Ethnic Conflict and Protest in Tibet and Xinjiang : : Unrest in China's West / / ed. by Ben Hillman, Gray Tuttle.

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,...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.) :; 2 Maps and 5 Tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: Understanding the Current Wave of Conflict and Protest in Tibet and Xinjiang
  • 1. Unrest in Tibet and the Limits of Regional Autonomy
  • 2. Propaganda in the Public Square
  • 3. Discussing Rights and Human Rights in Tibet
  • 4. The Chinese Education System as a Source of Conflict in Tibetan Areas
  • 5. Lucrative Chaos
  • 6. Environmental Issues and Conflict in Tibet
  • 7. Fringe Existence
  • 8. Prosperity, Identity, Intra-Tibetan Violence, and Harmony in Southeast Tibet
  • 9. Interethnic Conflict in the PRC
  • Contributors
  • Index