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dc.contributor.authorMackerras, Colin
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T12:45:33Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T12:45:33Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.issn14692953
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/14631369.2013.860788
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/64073
dc.description.abstractSeveral major disturbances in Xinjiang in China's northwest in 2013 have further exacerbated the already tense ethnic relations between the Han Chinese and the main minority in Xinjiang, the Uighurs, who are Turkic and Muslim. The Chinese state blames terrorism but most Western journalists remain sceptical. This article argues that terrorism is indeed a real threat, but the Chinese state tends to overreact to disturbances, exacerbating the problems. China's response has included befriending countries further west, including Turkey. The outlook is not good for ethnic harmony, but the region is likely to develop economically and the prospects for independence or quasi-independence from China are very poor.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.format.extent74658 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom247
dc.relation.ispartofpageto250
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAsian Ethnicity
dc.relation.ispartofvolume15
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSociology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical Science
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSociology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode160899
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1606
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1608
dc.titleXinjiang in 2013: Problems and prospects
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.rights.copyright© 2014 Taylor & Francis. This is the author-manuscript version of the paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.Please refer to the journal link for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2015-08-06T00:12:27Z
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gro.griffith.authorMackerras, Colin P.


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