Living in the extreme corners of three southern Chinese provinces (southern Jiangxi, southwest Fuijian and northeast Guangdong), coupled with a complicated history and an independent character that was influenced by their surroundings as well as their past, the Hakkas has contributed a lot not just within China (e.g. Hong Xiuquan, Sun Yat-sen and Deng Xiaoping) but also in the diaspora (e.g. Lanfang Republic and Singapore's Lee Kwan Yew).
However, I wonder why the Hakkas doesn't have a province to call their own. Was it due to their geography, their independent spirit or both?