Major areas of distribution: Virtually scattered over all of China, the largest group, about 46.2 percent of the total, live in Liaoning Province, and the rest mostly in Jilin, Heilongjiang, Hebei, ...

Few of China's 56 ethnic groups can claim to have a history as tumultuous as the Manchus, whose highs include ruling the country during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and lows involve persecution and ...