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From being a remote Miao settlement, the village of Shibadong in the central
Shi, who is proudly standing under a portrait of Xi, went from barely having any electricity to earning
The Miao community is just one of the 55 ethnic minorities benefiting from the promotion of folk tourism across the Asian giant.
But while the attraction of ancestral traditions and customs drives many tourists to travel to remote villages across
The video app
Over 25% of the earning users lived in provinces classified as poor and in which ethnic minorities reside.
The online sales were part of a
"We have gone from having zero yuan in rice sales in 2011 to
Gu is one of the many people from rural areas who were forced to emigrate to bigger cities to seek better opportunities. He is also part of a new wave of people returning to rural villages since the "revival" of ethnic minorities.
He says that unlike before, many of those who leave the villages to go to university are returning to rural areas after their studies to apply the knowledge they have acquired.
Some scholars in
At the end of the last century, Chinese authorities changed the term for minorities from "nationalities" to "ethnic groups" as a way to change their perception and that of
"Equality of individual rights, rather than minority politics, is the right way to reduce the differences and conflict between majority and minority," economist and professor at
Nearly 9% of the Chinese population belong to an ethnic minority, according to official data. EFE
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