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“There are some Ainu who were apprehensive about what they would be able to say about ‘the Ainu people’ during the visit to China, but during their first meeting on the 16th, the Ainu delegation expressed a consensus that, ‘Although the concept of Ainu ethnicity as a unified group has not yet been established, we hope that this exchange and study with Chinese ethnic minorities will be a first step toward developing a concept of Ainu’” (Anutari Ainu, Vol. 6-7, January 20, 1974, pp.1-2).
アイヌの一部には、訪中して”アイヌ民族”の何を語るというのかと言った不安を持つものもいるが、十六日の初会合では、訪中団の統一見解として、「アイヌの民族概念もまだ確立していないが、中国の少数民族と交流し、学び合って”アイヌ”の考え方を策く第一歩と捉えている。」