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Article: LONG CHINA'S OUTCASTS, MANCHUS REGAIN IDENTITY.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- June 19, 1995
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Byline: IAN JOHNSON The Baltimore Sun
BEIJING For most of this century, being a Manchu meant suffering shame, discrimination and abuse.
Although the tribe of horseback warriors had conquered China in the 17th century, founding the Qing dynasty and ruling for nearly 300 years, they had become a symbol of everything wrong with China.
From fierce warriors, they had degenerated into welfare addicts unable to ride a horse, string a bow or lop off a head. Conscripts and mercenaries fought their wars, and they usually lost.
After the 1911 revolution overthrew the last emperor a Manchu named Pu Yi the Manchus were vilified. Their ...