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Hakka

Member of a people of China dispersed throughout Taiwan, Malaysia, and Thailand. The Hakka originated in northern China but were driven out by the Mongols in the 12th and 13th centuries. They played a prominent part in the Taiping Rebellion 1851.



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Hakka activists argued that the Hakka people were becoming an "invisible minority" in the sense that most of them, especially those with a higher socio-economic status, were reluctant to reveal their ethnic identities to others.
Domestic and international considerations of Taiwan's 2004 ... by Henderson, Robert D'A. / Pacific Affairs
Within a day's drive (providing you have the right driver and a well serviced car) lie the beginnings of a landscape dominated by the rammed earth dwellings of the Hakka people.
Earthly fortresses by Thompson, Fred D. / The Architectural Review
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