Han nationalism serves to suppress China’s internal differences while demarcating minorities

Evidence

The nationalism promoted by the regime is Han nationalism, which helps to suppress the linguistic, regional, and economic differences among 90 percent of the Chinese population. At the same time, it also underlines the differences with the non-Chinese ethnic minorities that constitute less than 10 percent of China’s population but occupy 60 percent of its territory. It also provides a basis for the regime’s opposition to Christianity, Christian organizations, and Christian proselytizing, which offer an alternative Western faith to fill the void left by the collapse of Maoist-Leninism. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 289

Categorization

• FICTION: The demographic fact that minorities occupy 60 percent of China’s territory while being under 10 percent of population is striking worldbuilding material for a political novel.