What race do Albanians belong to?

The ancestors of the Albanians are the Illyrians, an ancient people on the Balkan Peninsula. Albania was founded in the 5th century BC and was occupied by the Roman Empire in the 2nd century BC. When the Roman Empire split in 395 AD, Albania became part of the Eastern Roman Empire and was occupied by the Slavs in the 6th century. From 1100 to 1400, Albania was increasingly threatened by foreign aggression. During this period, the Byzantine Empire gradually declined, and in 1190 Albania established a feudal principality.

The Turks invaded in 1415 and took control of the country. From 1443 to 1468, the Albanian people put up a tenacious resistance under the leadership of the national hero Skanderbeg. After Skanderbeg's death in 1468, Albania was conquered by the Ottoman Turkish Empire and ruled until 1912.

After more than 400 years of Turkish rule, Albania declared independence on November 28, 1912 and established a provisional government. During World War I, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Italy, France, Serbia and other countries occupied Albania, making Albania a battlefield for various countries. Italy then occupied Albania until Albania declared independence again in 1920. In 1925, Akhmet Sogu, who represented the feudal forces, seized power, declared the establishment of a republic headed by him and became president. He proclaimed himself emperor in 1928, and Albania has been under his rule since then. In 1939, Albania was occupied by Italy, and Albania and the Italian Empire "jointly" ruled for 4 years.

In 1941, the Albanian Communist Party was established. In 1943, German fascists occupied Albania. In May 1944, the Albanian rebels The Fascist National Liberation Conference was established, with Enver Hoxha as chairman. The Communist Party of Albania led the people across the country in the anti-fascist war of national liberation, and seized power on November 29, 1944, liberating the country. On January 11, 1946, the Albanian People's Republic was proclaimed. In 1976, the constitution was revised and renamed the Socialist People's Republic of Albania. On April 29, 1991, the 12th People's Assembly adopted the "Principles" constitution and decided to change the country's name from "Socialist People's Democratic Republic of Albania" to "Albanian Democratic Republic".

Relations with China: On November 23, 1949, Afghanistan and China established diplomatic relations. The close relationship formed after the Bucharest Conference in 1960 went through a tortuous and complicated process in the 1970s, and finally broke down completely by the end of 1978. Since 1979, Albania has severed all trade, cultural, educational, and scientific and technological relations with China, retaining only ambassadorial-level diplomatic relations. This "hibernation" state of Sino-Arab relations lasted until 1983, when normal state relations were gradually established between the two countries.