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[–] MelastSB@sh.itjust.works 28 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Chinese people colonising turkic people

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago

Ethnic Han to be more specific, but yeah

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Yep. Independent Turkic kingdoms were in the region until China conquered them in the 18th century.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

https://www.britannica.com/place/Yunnan/History

Says it was controlled by various Chinese dynasties starting in 221 BC. I don't see any references to Turkic peoples being in Yunnan, on that page or others.

[–] MelastSB@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 months ago

Oh indeed, I assumed this was in North Western China.

The Muslim minority in Yunnan is probably the Hui. They, however, are "native" from North Western China. Considering they are also present in Kazakhstan and Kirghizstan, they might be turkic too.

So these Hui migrated inside China after their homeland was colonised instead of Yunnan being a colony directly. Repressing your colonised population still is colonial bullshit