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China is overwhelmingly Han, but was ruled by the minority Manchu group until 1917. What is the legacy of this ethnic mismatch? Does modern China have Manchu people disproportionately holding high offices, the way that former European nobility does?

by /u/it_ribbits in /r/AskHistorians

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