It is common knowledge that China, traditionally, comprised five main racial groups and they are the dominant Han Chinese, followed by Manchus, Mongols, Hui Muslims (now including Uyghurs of Xinjiang) and Tibetans. Currently, the Han Chinese forms 92% of the total population of 1.3 billion and the remaining 110 million come from the above four major …

Hui Muslims in prayer (Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

Tibetan monks (Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

The Potala Palace in Tibet (Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

An exhibition on China minority people’s portraits (Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)