China The Xinjiang camps as a “Stanford Prison Experiment” October 24, 2018 1 Written by Magnus Fiskesjö. The Xinjiang camps represent a dramatic escalation of a longstanding Chinese policy to colonise and dominate Xinjiang, the "New Frontier" of the Qing…
China Chess masters and poker players: ways to understand the politics of policy-making in Xinjiang October 23, 2018 0 Written by Nathan Attrill. For the People’s Republic of China (PRC), control over the western provinces has proved a major area of concern for policy-makers at…
China China’s complex ‘multiculturalism’ with ethnic and religious tensions October 19, 2018 2 Written by Daouda Cissé. In order to propel their propaganda agenda, Chinese officials often wrongly portray China as being a country with a monolithic society…
China Tashi Wangchuk and the state of Tibetan language in China June 20, 2018 1 Written by Katia Buffetrille and Françoise Robin. The PRC is a multi-ethnic country in which citizens theoretically enjoy a number of rights guaranteed by the Constitution. More…
China Chinese Islam in the City June 18, 2018 0 Written by Elizabeth Van Wie Davis. There are two major forces pressing on Chinese Muslims. The first is the massive urbanization in search of a better…
China China’s Islamic Challenges: Perceptions and Realities June 15, 2018 0 Written by Yitzhak Shichor. According to official figures, China has about 25 million Muslims, about the number in Yemen and Uzbekistan, twice the number in…
China Precious Little Space for Uyghur or Tibetan Grievances. March 21, 2016 0 Written by Elliot Sperling. It’s already been many years since anyone seriously asserted that continuing political liberalization would be the certain result of economic growth…
China The “Terror” Angle in China’s Domestic “Stability Maintenance.” March 18, 2016 1 Written by Tom Cliff. The foremost aim of Chinese authorities’ “Uyghur terror-threat” mobilisation outside Xinjiang is stability among the Han majority. Initially confined to Xinjiang,…
China The Current Status of Ethnic Policy in China March 17, 2016 0 Written by Wenshan Jia. This post discusses China’s Ethnic Policy since the 18th Party Congress. Analysis of literature on evolving theoretical and policy discourses on…
Culture and Society Cracks in China’s New Silk Road March 15, 2016 0 Written by Michael Clarke. Francis Fukuyama recently argued that President Xi Jinping’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ (OBOR) strategy ‘represents a striking departure in Chinese policy’…
