Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Manchu Diaspora

Manchuria is known to be the set homeland for the Manchu people, but as time went on the Manchu have migrated to different regions. Most Manchus live in mainland China as of today; they make up about .77% of all of China's ethnic population as they are still an ethnic minority. The Manchu have spread throughout 31 Chinese provincial regions. The original land of Manchuria, which now consists of Liaoning, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia and Jilin, still has the highest population of Manchus.

Of all the provincial regions containing Manchu, only two have more than 1 million of the ethnic minority (Liaoning, Hebei.) Within those two regions there is a total population of 7,455,606 Manchu people. That makes up about 72% of all Manchu population in mainland China. In Hebei and Liaoning, there are Manchu autonomous counties. Hebei has 4 autonomous Manchu counties and Liaoning has 6. Outside of these two provinces there is one more Manchu county in Jilin. Even though almost 100 percent of the Manchu culture live in mainland China, some have spread farther.
Major General John Liu Fugh





A very minimal amount of Manchu can be found off mainland China. Some Manchu have spread to Taiwan; about 12,000 Manchu claim residency there. Their move was made to Taiwan in 1949 during the ROC government (Republic of China.) Manchu have also settled in Japan as well as the United States. John Liu Fugh, a born Manchu, settled in America and became the Advocate General of the US Army. He was the first Chinese man to become a general in the US Army. 


Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchu_people 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fugh 

Picture:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/John_Fugh.jpg 

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