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Author Holdstock, Nick, author.

Title China's forgotten people : Xinjiang, terror and the Chinese state / Nick Holdstock.

Publication Info. London ; New York : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd., 2015.
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Description 1 online resource (273 pages) : maps
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-264) and index.
Summary One of the few Western commentators to have lived in the region, journalist Nick Holdstock travels into the heart of the province reveals the Uyghur story as one of repression and hardship. With Islamic terrorism in China likely to increase over the next decade, how the Party responds will have global repercussions. 'China's forgotten people' explains why terrorism is on the rise in the world's most powerful one-party state, and what this means for the way we think about China.
Contents 1 Drawing Boundaries; 'Xinjiang' or 'East Turkestan'?; How the west was 'won'; The Qing expansion; Rebellion; Independence?; 2 'Liberation': The Communist Era Begins; The chaos of the Cultural Revolution; 3 'Opening Up'; Xinjiang 'opens up'; The war in the countryside; 'The most difficult work on earth'; Not all (Islamic) protests are created equal; The response to Baren; Does 'religious extremism' exist in Xinjiang?; 4 Striking Hard: The 1990s; The breaking of the iron rice bowl; Separate worlds; Protest songs; Seeking escape; A two-faced strategy; 'Nothing from the government'
5 ExilesKadeer's leadership of the WUC; Kadeer's political career; Fallout; 6 The Peacock Flies West; 'Bilingual' education; China joins the War on Terror; Closing the west; Shrine tourism; 'Separatist' art; No longer 'volatile'?; The peacock flies north; 7 Urumqi and After: Learning the Wrong Lessons; The aftermath; 'Kill Wang Lequan'; The Xinjiang Work Forum; The death of old Kashgar; A wider transformation; Looking forward; 8 'A Perfect Bomb'; A new cycle of violence?; Kunming and after; 'Utterly vile': the trial of Ilham Tohti; Playing the same song; The main battlefield?
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Subject Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects.
Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) -- Relations -- China.
China -- Relations -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu.
China.
Relations.
Islam and politics -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu.
Islam and politics.
China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu.
Terrorism -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu.
Terrorism.
Uighur (Turkic people) -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu.
Uighur (Turkic people)
Muslims -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu.
Muslims.
Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) -- Social conditions.
Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) -- Politics and government.
Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Islam -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu.
Islam.
China -- Politics and government -- 2002-
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 2002-
Subject Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) -- Social policy.
Social policy.
Social conditions.
International relations.
Ethnic relations -- Political aspects.
Chronological Term Since 2002
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Title Xinjiang, terror and the Chinese state
Other Form: Print version: Holdstock, Nick. China's forgotten people 9781784531409 (OCoLC)909251078
ISBN 9780857738158 (electronic book)
0857738151 (electronic book)
9781784531409
1784531405

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