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ISBN-10: 023116999X
ISBN-13: 9780231169998
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publish Date: 03/10/2020
Dimensions: 9.50" L, 6.00" W, 0.80" H

Ethnic Conflict and Protest in Tibet and Xinjiang: Unrest in China’s West

Edited byBen Hillman
Editor: Gray Tuttle

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Price: $30.00

Overview

Despite more than a decade of rapid economic development, rising living standards, and large-scale improvements in infrastructure and services, China’s western borderlands are awash in a wave of ethnic unrest not seen since the 1950s. Through on-the-ground interviews and firsthand observations, the international experts in this volume create an invaluable record of the conflicts and protests as they have unfolded–the most extensive chronicle of events to date. The authors examine the factors driving the unrest in Tibet and Xinjiang and the political strategies used to suppress them. They also explain why certain areas have seen higher concentrations of ethnic-based violence than others.

Essential reading for anyone struggling to understand the origins of unrest in contemporary Tibet and Xinjiang, this volume considers the role of propaganda and education as generators and sources of conflict. It links interethnic strife to economic growth and connects environmental degradation to increased instability. It captures the subtle difference between violence in urban Xinjiang and conflict in rural Tibet, with detailed portraits of everyday individuals caught among the pressures of politics, history, personal interest, and global movements with local resonance.

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Ethnic unrest in Tibet and among the Uyghurs in Xinjiang is very much in the news and is a subject of great academic and public interest. It is hard to research because the Chinese government limits access to these areas. Nonetheless, these resourceful and courageous scholars have managed to access these regions, find out what is troubling the ethnic minority residents there, and assess how deep the trouble is.–Andrew J. Nathan, coauthor of China's Search for Security
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ISBN-10: 023116999X
ISBN-13: 9780231169998
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publish Date: 03/10/2020
Dimensions: 9.50" L, 6.00" W, 0.80" H
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