It may not be known to many, however, that the ruling class of several dynasties were ethnic minorities. The Qing dynasty, the last imperial dynasty of China, was ruled by the Manchu.

Its written form is based on Manchu script. History: The main body of the ethnic group in Xinjiang who call themselves the "Xibes" came to the northwest frontier in 1764.

For decades, Chinese scholars have been toiling at the party’s behest to draft an official history of the Qing, China’s last imperial dynasty, which the Manchu ethnic group led for nearly 270 ...

Xibo is spoken by about 30,000 descendants of members of an ethnic group allied to the Manchus who in the 1700s were sent to the newly conquered western region of Xinjiang.