Ask HN: Will China ever have white people in government?

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3 years ago

Probably seems like a strange question, but consider that in the West, you can see "non-majority ethnic group" people in the government:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Asian_Americans_and_Pacific_Islands_Americans_in_the_United_States_Congress

Not that many, and I'm not sure how it compares to the "ratio" of these ethnicities to "Anglosaxon" or whatever as a whole, but China has 4x to 5x the people (tho presumably a lot lower number of non-Han-Chinese).

Somehow tho, I just don't see China ever embracing this. Is there a reason? Or am I wrong and is it possible?

I know in HK at least there have been a few white people in government positions:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Zimmerman_(politician) - yet only a district councilor, not in LegCo

But I don't think this has happened in Taiwan or Macao, or the Mainland (at least since 1949).

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