The Chinese Mosaic

Leo J. Moser is a Foreign Service officer and currently the director of the Center for the Study of Foreign Affairs of the U.S. Department of State.

Preface -- China as Mosaic -- Origins of the Han Chinese -- The Sons of Han -- Beijing and the Northern Mandarin Peoples -- The Northwestern Mandarin Peoples, Including the Hui -- Sichuan Province and the Southwestern Mandarin Peoples -- The Eastern Mandarin Peoples -- The Wannan, or Huizhou, People of Anhui Province -- The Gan People of Jiangxi Province -- Hunan Province and the Xiang People -- Shanghai and the Wu Peoples -- Fuzhou and the Minbei Peoples -- The Seagoing Minnan Peoples -- The Cantonese and the Other Yue Peoples -- The Controversial Hakka: “Guests” from the North -- Larger Patterns: Unity and Diversity