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The Mysterious ‘Chinese Romans’ of Liqian

In the remote village of Liqian in China, you will come across people with long noses, fair hair, and green or blue eyes. They allegedly descended from an ancient group of Roman soldiers, a claim that has been hotly contested among academics. Chinese Romans of Liqian Homer Dubs, a professor of Chinese history at Oxford ...

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A resident of Liqian.