Some ethnic conflicts resulted in genocides . During the 350 AD Wei – Jie war , the Han Chinese leader Ran Min massacred non-Chinese Wu Hu in retaliation for abuses of the Chinese population ; the Jie people were particularly affected . Rebels slaughtered Arab and Persian merchants in the Yangzhou massacre ( 760 ) . According to Arab historian Abu Zayd Hasan of Siraf , the rebel Huang Chao 's army killed Arab , Jewish , Christian , and Parsi merchants in the Guangzhou massacre when he captured Guang Prefecture . Arabs and Persians living in Quanzhou were massacred in the Ispah rebellion
Yangzhou massacre ( 760 )
Yangzhou massacre (760)
Ethnic issues in China