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The Great Qing Empire had never claimed that they were Chinese. They were the Manchurians, the conqueror and ruled the land of Far East Asian mainland for 268 years. They colonized the land. Those they ruled were their subjects, or slaves. The so called “Chinese” (中華民族)was invented by a scholar by the name of “梁啓超” in the later part of Qing Empire. This was later adopted by then revolutionists for the sake of keeping the territory of the Empire from splitting into many parts. The so called “漢族”, “炎黃子孫”, “朝代” and “five thousand years of history” were also invented at the same time for the same reason and for the legitimacy of the newly created country called “the Republic of China” (中華民國)in 1912. In 1950 there were over 400 ethnic groups in China and later were officially accepted to be 56. Of course these were all invented or fabricated within the last 120 years.
