China China’s religion problem: Why the Chinese Communist Party views religious belief as a threat October 17, 2019 0 Image Credit: Photo by Kevin Poh/Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. By John Powers. Beginning in the earliest grades, Chinese students are subjected to anti-religious propaganda. They learn that…
China Wounds that fester: Histories of Chinese Islamophobia August 2, 2019 0 By Hannah Theaker. Image Credit: China by M M/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Sometime in March 2019 the Baike Baidu page about the Great Northwestern Muslim Rebellion (陕甘回民起义),…
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 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…
China China has not won the heart of its minorities June 20, 2017 2 Written by Claude Arpi. On June 1, the Information Office of China’s State Council (Cabinet) published a White Paper (WP) entitled “Freedom of religious belief…
China Islam in Xinjiang June 19, 2017 0 Written by Elizabeth Van Wie Davis. A new Chinese White Paper titled, Human Rights in Xinjiang-Development and Progress (White Paper) was released on June 1,…
China Terrorism and Counterterrorism in China: The Other “War on Terror” April 28, 2017 0 Written by Scott N. Romaniuk & Shih-Yueh Yang. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) comprehensive counterterrorism law that came into effect at the turn of 2016…
China China’s Self-Defeating Counter-Terrorism Strategy in Xinjiang February 16, 2017 5 Written by Michael Clarke. The correlation between regime type and the likelihood of terrorism has been a subject of scholarly attention for decades. One major…
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…
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’…
