Title Ethnic conflict and protest in Tibet and Xinjiang : unrest in China's west / edited by Ben Hillman and Gray Tuttle

Published New York : Columbia University Press, [2016] ©2016

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 268 pages) : maps Series Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Contents Introduction: Understanding the current wave of conflict and protest in Tibet and Xinjiang / Ben Hillman -- Unrest in Tibet and the limits of regional autonomy / Ben Hillman -- Propaganda in the public square : communicating state directives on religion and ethnicity to Uyghurs and Tibetans in western China / Antonio Terrone -- Discussing rights and human rights in Tibet / Françoise Robin -- The Chinese education system as a source of conflict in Tibetan areas / Clémence Henry -- Lucrative chaos : inter-ethnic conflict as a function of the economic "normalization" of southern Xinjiang / Thomas Cliff -- Environmental issues and conflict in Tibet / Yonten Nyima and Emily T. Yeh -- Fringe existence : Uyghur entrepreneurs and ethnic relations in urban Xinjiang / Tyler Harlan -- Prosperity, identity, intra-Tibetan violence, and harmony in southeast Tibet : the case of Gyalthang / Eric Mortensen -- Interethnic conflict in the PRC : Xinjiang and Tibet as exceptions? / James Leibold Summary Through on the ground interviews and first hand observations, the international experts in this volume create an invaluable record of conflict and protest in Tibet and Xinjiang. They examine the factors driving the unrest and the political strategies used to suppress them. They also explain why certain areas have seen higher concentrations of ethnic-based violence than others Notes "Release date: April 12, 2016." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Ethnic conflict -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region Ethnic conflict -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu Borderlands -- China Ethnic conflict -- China POLITICAL SCIENCE -- World -- Asian. Borderlands Ethnic conflict Ethnic relations SUBJECT Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Ethnic relations Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) -- Ethnic relations China -- Ethnic relations Subject China China -- Tibet Autonomous Region China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu Form Electronic book Author Hillman, Ben, editor. Tuttle, Gray, editor. Columbia University. Press, publisher, distributor. LC no. 2015024326 ISBN 0231540442 9780231540445

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