Re: your hakka japanese part.

[sllee <sllee@asiawind.com>]

Dear Sir,

Certainly Hakka is more Chinese than Japanese. But we cannot deny that Japan and
Korea retain some facets of ancient China's culture more so than we do.  BTW,
the statement awas mostly a quote of what the Japanese friends said. 

SL Lee
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On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, asdf wrote:

> "Hakka culture might be a key component of Japanese culture.  It is hard
> not to notice that spoken Hakka dialect/language and Japanese language
> are closer than Mandarin and Japanese. Certain Japanese also resemble
> Shandong Chinese, distinct from the Ainu features of Hokkaido. Some
> Japanese friends point out that Hakkas  look like Japanese. In fact the
> strong adherance to tradition and stubbornness are very characteristic
> of both Hakka and Japanese. The following is an account that could
> provide   some support to the link between Hakka and Japanese culture. "
> 
> 
> 
> hakka are more chinese than japanese.
> 
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