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... Chinese rural landscape . They are common on the Loess Plateau and ... Hui - chou dialect , spoken in southern Anhwei , forms an enclave within the ... Chinese originated . In addition to the Han , the Manchu and the Hui ( Chinese Muslims ) ...
... Chinese rural landscape . They are common on the Loess Plateau and ... Hui - chou dialect , spoken in southern Anhwei , forms an enclave within the ... Chinese originated . In addition to the Han , the Manchu and the Hui ( Chinese Muslims ) ...
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... Hui ( Chinese Muslim ) tradesman weighing pears Leon Lee in a market in Yin - ch'uan , Hui Autonomous Region of Ningsia . Yearly precipitation on the Ningsia plain is only about eight inches ( 200 millimetres ) . The people . The ethnic ...
... Hui ( Chinese Muslim ) tradesman weighing pears Leon Lee in a market in Yin - ch'uan , Hui Autonomous Region of Ningsia . Yearly precipitation on the Ningsia plain is only about eight inches ( 200 millimetres ) . The people . The ethnic ...
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... ( Chinese ) and the Hui ( Chinese Muslims ) are essentially agriculturists , although some engage in trade and industry . The Mongols are pas- toralists or are seminomadic . Important urban areas are centred on Lan - chou . The largest ...
... ( Chinese ) and the Hui ( Chinese Muslims ) are essentially agriculturists , although some engage in trade and industry . The Mongols are pas- toralists or are seminomadic . Important urban areas are centred on Lan - chou . The largest ...
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CHINA | 36 |
CHINESE LITERATURE | 231 |
CHORDATES CHRISTIANITY | 251 |
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