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Hakka
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Hakka

Ethnic group of China. Their name is Cantonese for “guest people” and is indicative of their unassimilated status in the areas of southern China where they live. In the 18th–19th centuries they often feuded with their non-Hakka neighbours over land. The Taiping Rebellion (1850–64) initially grew out of these local conflicts; after it, many Hakka emigrated to the island of Taiwan and the Malay Peninsula.
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Hakka activists argued that the Hakka people were becoming an "invisible minority" in the sense that most of them, especially those with a higher socio-economic status, were reluctant to reveal their ethnic identities to others.
Domestic and international considerations of Taiwan's 2004 ... by Henderson, Robert D'A. / Pacific Affairs
Within a day's drive (providing you have the right driver and a well serviced car) lie the beginnings of a landscape dominated by the rammed earth dwellings of the Hakka people.
Earthly fortresses by Thompson, Fred D. / The Architectural Review
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