centralized state

Qin Shi Huang unified China, the establishment of centralized state (221 BC), marking the history of the beginning of a unified multi-ethnic country. Over the next two thousand years of development, are also part of the establishment of ethnic or political power in the border areas, or the Central Plains, as the ruling nation, they have made our contributions to the development of multi-ethnic country. Such as the Qin Dynasty, the Huns north, northwest of the Western ethnic groups, western Qiang, northeast of the East Wu (Xianbei, Wuhuan), the husband had more than other nationalities have established their own political power; Wei and Jin Dynasties, in addition to the brief unity of the Jin, the Han and the minority regime has been established over 23, including the establishment of the Huns had before Zhao, Northern Liang, Xia three regimes over western Liaoning Xianbei establish, on behalf of the Northern Zhou, the former Latter Yan Dynasty, West Qinling, West Yan, South cool, Nam Yin, etc. 9 regime, established after the Qin Qiang, Pakistan Dizu established after the Han, the Han had established before the cold, Ran Wei, Xiliang, Shu, Northern Yan five power; Tang, after the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to the Song, Liao, Jin, China is once again experiencing separatist, the formation of the national political confrontation, such as the Song Dynasty and the Khitan tribe has Liao, Jurchen's Jin confrontation, etc.; Since then, the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty achieve national reunification. Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, national unity and cohesion of the Chinese nation further development. Yuan Dynasty in China and the ethnic minority areas, "province" system, the central dynasty close relationship with the ethnic minority areas; Manchu established the Qing Dynasty, was strongly against Russia, Britain and other colonial in Northeast China, Xinjiang, Tibet and other places aggression, and defend the national unity. Looking at the history of China, although the regime partakers are together, but national unification and ethnic unity has always been the mainstream of historical development and basic trends.