conflict Is Kashmir facing a new crisis? July 2, 2018 1 Written by Andrew Whitehead. June has been a cruel month in Kashmir. As it opened, there appeared to be a glimmer of hope in one of…
China Islam in Xinjiang: “De-Extremification” or Violation of Religious Space? June 15, 2018 1 Written by Joanne Smith Finley. As recently reported in the press, since Spring 2017, hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs and other minority Muslims in Xinjiang…
Ethnic Minorities Japan and the Other II – Caught between Asia and the ‘West’? May 24, 2018 0 Written by Griseldis Kirsch. If Japan tries to appear homogeneous to the outside world, it also has a sizeable and increasing immigrant population. As an…
Ethnic Minorities Japan and the Other – Its (not-so-) hidden minorities May 23, 2018 1 Written by Griseldis Kirsch. When, in 2005, Asō Tarō, then Minister for Interior and Communication, said that Japan consisted of “one nation, one civilization, one…
China What are the reasons behind rising ethnic violence in Xinjiang? April 27, 2018 0 Written by Reza Hasmath. In the past few years there has been an increase in inter-ethnic violence in Xinjiang. In mid-September 2015, a knife-wielding attack…
Ethnic Minorities The persistence of ethnic tensions in China April 26, 2018 0 Written by Adam Tyson and Xinye Wu. China’s propagandist line is that the country’s 56 officially recognised ethnicities are part of ‘one great family’ (minzu da…
China Xinjiang: China’s growing dilemma April 25, 2018 0 Written by Roy Anthony Rogers. Xinjiang is China’s largest province, situated to the northwest, about 4000 km from Beijing. It could be considered as one…
Ethnic Minorities The "Other" ethnic minorities in China April 24, 2018 0 Written by Colin Mackerras Among China’s 55 state-recognised ethnic minorities, the Tibetans and Uyghurs get most media attention. Mostly negative, its focus is repression and human…
