1. China and the integration of Xinjiang : a history of a permanent provocation -- 2. Xinjiang from the Qing conquest to the Republic of China, 1750-1949 -- 3. Completing the forbears behest : the resurgence of the state's integrationist project under the PRC, 1949-1976 -- 4. 'Crossing the river by feeling for the stones' : Xinjiang in the 'reform' era, 1976-1990 -- 5. Reaffirming Chinese control in the wake of Central Asia's transformation, 1991-1995 -- 6. Biding time and building capabilities : Xinjiang and Chinese foreign policy in Central Asia, 1996-2001 -- 7. Walking on three legs : balancing China's Xinjiang, Central Asia and grand strategy derived interests, 2002-2009 -- 8. The integration of Xinjiang : securing China's 'silk road' to great power status?
Summary
This book provides an account of how Beijing's evolving integrationist policies in Xinjiang have influenced its foreign policy in Central Asia since the establishment of the People's Republic in 1949, and how the policy of integration is related to China's concern for security and to its pursuit of increased power and influence in Central Asia
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-200) and index
