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Excerpt from Amongst the Shans
Ancient indo-chinese inseparable from the formation of the Chinese nation. Their Chinese affinities originated before they settled in their present seats. Misunderstandings still current on China, and recent researches - How to explain the affinities of civilization - Reasons of the similitudes - How they are illustrated in China and indo-china. Causes of the misunderstandings - Special arrangement of the Chinese Annals - Geographical and administrative divisions of the Chinese Dominion. Avowed existence of non-chinese populations - Slow extension of the dominion of the Chinese - Distinction between their dominion and their influence. Ancient intrusive races - tek and tok race - fang or N UN G race - Woman-ruled tribes - Lolos, etc. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
