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Ethnic Conflict and Protest in Tibet and Xinjiang : Unrest in China's West, Paperback / softback Book

Ethnic Conflict and Protest in Tibet and Xinjiang : Unrest in China's West Paperback / softback

Edited by Ben Hillman, Gray Tuttle

Part of the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University series

Paperback / softback

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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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