06-27-2019, 10:38 PM
(06-23-2019, 06:34 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: I hadn't realized until now the depth of racial hatred between the
"Han" and the "Hao" (assuming I have those terms right)
I don't think you have those terms right. Both north Chinese and south Chinese are Han. Note that the one child policy only applied to Han, and it definitely applied to the south.
You do have it right that there is a split, though. I used to think it was a split between Cantonese speakers and Mandarin speakers, but I think by your definition Nanking was in the south, but the Nationalist government that was based in Nanjing was a Mandarin government.
You do bring up a very interesting point about all the revolutions starting in the South. The South is generally where the businesses and, let's say, capitalists are. I don't think of them as very prone to militarism - not as much as the north.
I think the northerners overreacted to your article with their insults because Chinese economic growth in recent decades has mostly been in the south, and some northerners may resent that.
