China has hundreds of languages and more than fifty recognized ethnic groups. In this massive nation, there was racial fighting historically, the Mongols invading and taking over hundreds of years ago, wars between north and south china, and the silk road, all examples of ethnic struggles in ancient china. Currently, the most populated ethnicity in china, with more than a billion people, is the Han Chinese. In China, they are spread out, being the majority in every province except for two. Xinjiang and Tibet are both more populated with other ethnic groups. Han Chinese mostly speak Mandarin, although, in many cities, they speak regional languages, such as the Beijing dialect or Shanghainese. A lot of the beauty standards in china centralize around the Han Chinese. White, pale skin is seen as beautiful even though many Chinese people aren’t pale. Han Chinese historical Tv and movies are top-rated, while some changes are made. primarily, beauty standards have changed to match a more eurocentric vision of broad shoulders and no monolid eyes. This relates to what Farish Noor speaks about with eurocentrism. He says this idea is about where people think Europe is the most powerful and advanced while everyone else is lesser. Even though the Chinese invented many things, including gunpowder, the idea that white people are clever or more beautiful is still prevalent. Hopefully, in the future, every ethnic group in china will find themselves attractive and not compare themselves to someone else.
Sources:
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Han_Chinese
http://en.chinaculture.org/focus/focus/minzuwang/2010-06/08/content_381865.htm