"There are a host of ethnic minorities in China but they often have a weak sense of identity and are relatively small in total number. History has taught the Han that other groups will and should ultimately be absorbed and assimilated as Han. There is a belief that the Han enjoy a superior and far more advanced culture."

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Source : "Identity runs deep in China" by Martin Jacques, www.theguardian.com. July 10, 2009.

Martin Jacques

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“You'd think that would have been forgotten long ago. But no, no sooner has a little grass grown over it than some clumsy camel comes along and rakes it all up again." Caroline giggled. She was probably imagining Aunt Glenda as a camel. "This is not a TV series, Maddy," said Lady Arista sharply. "Thank goodness, no, it isn't," said Great-aunt Maddy. "If it were, I'd have lost track of the plot ages ago.”

Source : Kerstin Gier (2014). “The Ruby Red Trilogy”, p.225, Macmillan
“Don't be too precious or attached to anything you write. Let things be malleable.”

Source : "The Real Tina Fey". Interview with A.J. Jacobs, www.esquire.com. April 13, 2010.
“I'm nothing more than what you actually see, but I am also the complete opposite.”
“Chemotherapy takes its toll; the more you keep doing it, you lose your energy, and it gets more difficult to swallow.”
“Learning consists of ideas, and not of the noise that is made by the mouth.”
“Just believe in yourself and to find spirituality thatâ€™s going to carry you. Because all the rest is just fluff.”
“AIDS is a plague - numerically, statistically and by any definition known to modern public health - though no one in authority has the guts to call it one.”

Source : "AIDS is a plague allowed to happen" By Larry Kramer, www.cnn.com. January 14, 2011.
“Yesterday misspent can't be recall'd Vanity makes beauty contemptible Wisdom is more valuable than riches.”

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