Xinjiang

By Michael Dillon

Release : 2003-10-23

Genre : Political Science, Books, Politics & Current Events, Nonfiction, Social Science, History, Asian History, Reference

Kind : ebook

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Xinjiang, the nominally autonomous region in China's far northwest, is of increasing international strategic and economic importance. With a population which is mainly non-Chinese and Muslim, there are powerful forces for autonomy, and independence, in Xinjiang. This book provides a comprehensive overview of Xinjiang. It introduces Xinjiang's history, economy and society, and above all outlines the political and religious opposition by the Uyghur and other Turkic peoples of Xinjiang to Chinese Communist rule.

Xinjiang

By Michael Dillon

Release : 2003-10-23

Genre : Political Science, Books, Politics & Current Events, Nonfiction, Social Science, History, Asian History, Reference

Kind : ebook

(0 ratings)
Xinjiang, the nominally autonomous region in China's far northwest, is of increasing international strategic and economic importance. With a population which is mainly non-Chinese and Muslim, there are powerful forces for autonomy, and independence, in Xinjiang. This book provides a comprehensive overview of Xinjiang. It introduces Xinjiang's history, economy and society, and above all outlines the political and religious opposition by the Uyghur and other Turkic peoples of Xinjiang to Chinese Communist rule.

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