Why are East Asian Countries so Ethnically Homogeneous?
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- Опубліковано 18 гру 2019
- Why are the countries of East Asia so seemingly ethnically homogeneous? Most countries of East Asia, including China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Mongolia have a far more homogeneous or uniform national identity when it comes to a cultural, ethnic and linguistic perspective when compared to other countries of Asia, or even Europe, but why is this the case?
Today we will be looking at the genetic and ethnic history of the region stretching back to antiquity, and how and why many of these East Asian groups came to be in the first place, and what happened to all of the ethnic diversity that may or may not have existed in the first place. Thanks for watching!
I think you forgot one of the main reasons that led East Asian countries to be ethnically homogenous. I was waiting for it but never heard it. The reason is geography. The Himalayas to the South, frozen Siberia and the steppes to the North the desserts of China to the West and the vast Pacific ocean to the East. All these circumstances create an isolated area and made immigration difficult especially in the old times. Morever the Eastern parts namely Korea and Japan are mostly harsh mountainous territories and Japan deals with natural disasters like earthquakes and Tsunamis all the time. So if people are cut off for a long time and stay together long enough the will create a common civilisation and ethnicity. It'svery logical
I'm Mongolian and i can tell you our culture is very distinct from the rest of East Asia, in my opinion we are more closely culturally tied to Turkic, Tungusic and North Asian (Siberic) cultures
China isn't as homogeneous as Korea and Japan. There're 56 officially recognized ethnic groups in China. Even the so-called Han Chinese have a lot of variations in terms of languages, phenotypes, traditions, and cuisines.
They’re not homogeneous, they are just well-mixed diversity. 200 years melting pot versus 5000 years melting pot.
I'm so happy this guy said "East Asia" instead of just "Asia." Like there are quite a few morons out there who think that Asia just means China and Japan. They ignore countries like Thailand, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, etc. This guy is smart.
East asian countries are able to keep their homogeneity because even if there is any kind of diversity, the han (or majority) genetics are so dominant. They also prefer a homogeneous population as well because of social and political reasons.
Han Chinese isn't homogeneous though. They have northern and southern Han Chinese. Southern Chinese can look more Southeast Asian.
Me in Poland with 99,8% poles (0,2% minorities ) 😮
I’m part Manchurian and Mongolian, i am born and raised in Canada. When I found out through my Ancestry DNA results, I was so surprised but happy 😊
You are saying all Europe country is same. You just have no idea on culture and history background
i am a korean. and in an airport in netherland, i was asked in chinese by a chinese woman. i said i don't speak chinese. even east asians themselves can't distinguish each other.
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I love learning about origination of cultures and people. Really appreciate your work
It is essentially due to the establishment of highly centralized government in past 2000 years which made us politically homogeneous. And Chinese Characters(rather than spoken language) made us culturely homogeneous.
I am Canadian of European descent. I noticed that Tibetan people looked like inuit people here when I was in Tibet. That land bridge theory seems pretty legit to me
East Asian countries are not immigrant countries, and their cultural roots are similar. The most important point is that East Asia has not been colonized by other civilizations.
You should make a 1 hour video at least!! I want to learn about each, which languages ,writing systems are close to each other, what is the situation of Christians in these countries, what kind of affiliations are known. Where did you get those fine maps--I would like to learn about genetic and linguistic connections from all around the world !
Can you do a video like this on North Africa, specifically the Maghreb, except on how not-homogenous the population is?
Very well done. You know your stuff.
Thanks! Fascinating topic.