“The Chinese cultural world incorporates a distinctive cross-section of peoples in ___________ . What does “diasporic” mean?
What will be an ideal response?
• mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore, and diasporic groups elsewhere all around the globe
• "Diasporic" refers to the dispersal or scattering of a people to areas outside of their original homeland.
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A) ?The Waste Land B) ?Brave New World C) ?1984 D) ?A Moveable Feast
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