{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.han-chinese-people","code":"thing-q42740","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q42740/","name":"Han Chinese people","alternateNames":["Taiwanese Hakka people","Tsàu-ôn Hakka people","Burmese Hàn","Hakka people"],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.2.0-wave.4","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Society, people and institutions","entryKind":"thing","plane":"SOC","domain":["SOC.PER"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"The largest ethnic group in the world, comprising the majority population of China and Taiwan and large communities across Southeast Asia and the diaspora, defined by shared Chinese language varieties, script and cultural traditions, with subgroups such as the Hakka people including Taiwanese Hakka and the Hakka of Chao an, and Han communities such as the Burmese Chinese; the term Han derives from the Han dynasty, and identity questions in Taiwan and among subgroups are matters the model reports with attribution.","purpose":"Let an agent explain the Han Chinese and their subgroups, relay history, language, culture and demographics from academic and official sources with attribution, describe the Hakka and other subgroups the registry aliases name, and distinguish Han Chinese from Chinese nationals of other ethnicities, from Chinese diaspora identities and from the Han dynasty.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Largest ethnic group","Sinitic languages and script","Regional subgroups","Diaspora"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"Who the Han Chinese are.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition and subgroups.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"Who are the Han Chinese, and how do subgroups such as the Hakka, including Taiwanese and Chao an Hakka, and communities such as Burmese Han fit in?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the question about the group, a subgroup, Taiwan identity or the Han dynasty?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"language","name":"Language","description":"Language and culture.","findings":[{"id":"language-finding","name":"Language","description":"Language.","questions":[{"text":"How do Sinitic language varieties, script and traditions define Han identity?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific variety?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"history","name":"History","description":"History.","layers":[{"id":"formation","name":"Formation","description":"Ethnogenesis.","findings":[{"id":"formation-finding","name":"Formation","description":"Formation.","questions":[{"text":"How did Han identity form from the Huaxia and the Han dynasty through later migrations, as historians describe?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"migration","name":"Migration","description":"Migration and diaspora.","findings":[{"id":"migration-finding","name":"Migration","description":"Migration.","questions":[{"text":"How did Han communities spread to Taiwan, Southeast Asia and the world?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"identity","name":"Identity","description":"Identity today.","layers":[{"id":"taiwan","name":"Taiwan","description":"Taiwan.","findings":[{"id":"taiwan-finding","name":"Taiwan","description":"Taiwan.","questions":[{"text":"How are Han, Hakka and Taiwanese identities discussed in Taiwan, with positions attributed?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the presentation neutral and attributed?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"minorities","name":"Minorities","description":"Han and other groups.","findings":[{"id":"minorities-finding","name":"Minorities","description":"Minorities.","questions":[{"text":"How does the PRC classify Han and the 55 minority groups, and what debates exist, with positions attributed?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits ethnic groups in China?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"context","name":"Context","description":"Culture and study.","layers":[{"id":"culture","name":"Culture","description":"Culture.","findings":[{"id":"culture-finding","name":"Culture","description":"Culture.","questions":[{"text":"What cultural traditions are shared and regionally varied among Han Chinese?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits Chinese culture?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"study","name":"Study","description":"Study.","findings":[{"id":"study-finding","name":"Study","description":"Study.","questions":[{"text":"How do scholars study Han identity and its construction?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits Chinese studies?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Explain the Han as an ethnic group, its subgroups and the origin of the name from scholarly sources.","Relay cultural and linguistic diversity within the group rather than treating it as uniform."],"mustNot":["Present the group as homogeneous in language, culture or politics.","Take a side on questions of Taiwanese or diaspora identity as if settled.","Equate being Han with supporting any government or political position.","Infer a person's ethnicity from their name or appearance and record it."],"requiresHuman":["Publishing content on contested identity questions in China and Taiwan.","Recording ethnicity about identifiable people."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Ethnic categories have been used both for identity and for discrimination.","Identity questions in the region are politically sensitive and affect real people."],"affectedParties":["Han people and subgroups","Minority peoples in the region","Diaspora communities"]},"owners":{"steward":"Nobody owns an ethnic group; each community speaks for itself.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["National census records"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q6501380","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Chinese people","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"Sinitic languages","type":"related","note":"in many varieties"},{"target":"Han dynasty","type":"related"},{"target":"Hakka people","type":"related","note":"as a subgroup"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.han-chinese-people","Wikidata: Q42740 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42740)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":["population: about 1.4 billion - estimates","share of China s population: about 91 percent","Hakka population: about 80 million - estimates","name origin: Han dynasty, 206 BCE to 220 CE note"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"optional","items":["Majority ethnic group of China","Hakka people, Taiwanese Hakka, Chao an Hakka, Burmese Han","Chinese nationals include 55 other recognised groups; overseas Chinese identities vary; the Han dynasty is historical","Not a visible object; a people."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain the group and subgroups","relay history and culture","describe demographics","distinguish related concepts"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Partisan framing of Taiwan identity questions","Treating Han as homogeneous","Registry aliases naming subgroups and a diaspora community"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["PRC ethnic classification recognising 56 groups","Taiwan Hakka Basic Act","Census definitions in various states"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Not applicable; an ethnic group.","northern and southern Han regional groups","Hakka people including Taiwanese and Chao an Hakka","Cantonese, Hokkien and other linguistic subgroups","Han in Taiwan","overseas Han communities such as Burmese Chinese","Han in Hong Kong and Macau"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q42740: Han Chinese people","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42740","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Han Chinese","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Chinese","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should Hakka people and Han Taiwanese be separate primary entries?","How should academic sources be linked?","The registry entry has merged aliases naming subgroups and a diaspora community; should they be split off?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q42740/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q42740/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-13T14:33:26Z","builder":"tools/build_cards.py@1.0.0"},"completeness":{"sections":{"classifiers":"filled","whatItIs":"filled","purpose":"filled","distinguishingFeatures":"filled","structure":"filled","agentConduct":"filled","ethics":"filled","owners":"filled","relations":"filled","interaction.identity":"filled","interaction.properties":"not-applicable","interaction.recognition":"filled","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"filled","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-06T19:52:00+00:00: completeness 1.00; sense: Wikidata description; 2 live sources; review by codex: pass","interaction.properties":"Plane SOC: no invented physical properties."},"score":1.0}}