But shouldn't Han also have borders
As for Tujia, I fixed the spelling (for some reason the source I was using had the wrong spelling as well :P)
i wonder how that mongol exclave got into tibet
1. Based on a bit of research, the Zhuang have borrowed many cultural elements from the Han, while the Hui are closely related to the Han and speak Mandarin (the main difference is that they are Muslims). I think groups like the Uighurs and Tibetans get more attention because they are very different from the Han Chinese and haven't assimilated.
2. Politics. Uighurs and Tibetans have been in the news a lot because they have faced discrimination from the Chinese government. I don't think the other groups face as much discrimination, probably because they've already assimilated. The Manchus and Mongols are well known because they ruled China historically.
One final point: even if you don't know about the Miao, you might know the Hmong. It turns out the Hmong are actually subgroup of the larger Miao ethnicity!
As you can tell, China is very complex in terms of ethnicity and culture, which is one of the things that makes it so cool :)
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