1st Edition

China and Its National Minorities Autonomy or Assimilation

By Thomas Heberer Copyright 1989
    180 Pages
    by Routledge

    200 Pages
    by Routledge

    This title was first published in 1990: This book is a study of past and present policies of the People's Republic of China towards its numerous and varied minority groups, a subject about which there is scant information in the West. It examines the impact of Chinese culture on these diverse groups and China's attempt to bring them into the mainstream of Han life. The impact of the Cultural Revolution on the minority peoples, the future of Tibet, and the implications of Chinese minorities policies for Sino-Soviet relations are among the topics discussed in this book.

    1. Introduction to the Problem  2. The Cultural Revolution and the Ethnic Minorities  3. Nationality and Ethnic Identification: Recognition as a Minority  4. Autonomy and the Right to Self-Administration on Trial  5. Development of a Multinational Province: The Yunnan Case  6. Population Policies: Ethnic Minorities and Migration into Minority Areas  7. Religion, Religious Policy, and Ethnic Minorities  8. The Tibet Question  9. Prospects

    Biography

    Thomas Heberer