Official insensitivity to ethnic minorities is evident in attempts in recent years to foster a cult of the Yellow Emperor, a mythical ancestor of the Han race, who supposedly lived 5,000 years ago.

• 官方对少数民族问题的迟钝反应在最近的一系列尊崇黄帝的仪式中表露无疑，传说中生活在5000多年前的黄帝是汉民族的祖先。