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The Han people constitute the largest ethnic group both in China and in the world. There are about 1 billion Han people living throughout China and Making up 91.96 percent of the population. The formation and development of the Han people was a continuous process of integration of the earliest Huaxia tribe with other related tribes and ethnic groups. It was in the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220AD) that they adopted the name 'Han'. The Han language, common speech (putonghua), is based on the Beijing dialect. Modern Chinese characters developed from oracle-bone script (Jiaguwen) and cast-bronze inscriptions (Jinwen) which were created over 3000 years ago.
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