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    Brothers Without Any Label

    Jan 16, 2020 4 minutes
    By Li Fangfang
    Copyedited by Sudeshna Sarkar

    When photographer Kurbanjan Samat’s flight landed at Los Angeles International Airport and he proceeded to the immigration desk, the official asked him twice if the Chinese passport he was showing was actually his.

    “Sorry, you carry a Chinese passport but you look Mexican,” the doubtful officer said.

    “You may have heard of the Uygur ethnic group in China,” Kurbanjan answered, explaining why he looked different. China has 56 ethnic communities and some of them have different features from the Han Chinese, the majority community.

    The above conversation, which took place in July 2016, forms the beginning.

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