China's forgotten people : Xinjiang, terror and the Chinese state /: Xinjiang, terror and the Chinese state. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Xinjiang, terror and the Chinese state
• Further Information: Note: Nick Holdstock.
• Authors: Holdstock, Nick
• 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?
• Publisher Details: London New York : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (273 pages), maps
• Subjects: 950; Islam and politics -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu; Terrorism -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu; Uighur (Turkic people) -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu; Muslims -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu; Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam; Islam -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu; Uighur (Turkic people); Terrorism; Social policy; Social conditions; International relations; Ethnic relations -- Political aspects; Islam; Islam and politics; Muslims; Politics and government; Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam; Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects; Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) -- Relations -- China; China -- Relations -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu; Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) -- Social conditions; Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) -- Politics and government; China -- Politics and government -- 2002-; Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) -- Social policy; China; China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857738158; 0857738151
• Related ISBNs: 9781784531409; 1784531405
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-264) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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