1st Edition

Xinjiang - China's Northwest Frontier

Edited By K. Warikoo Copyright 2016
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

Xinjiang is the ‘pivot of Asia’, where the frontiers of China, Tibet, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia approach each other. The growing Uyghur demand for a separate homeland and continuing violence in Xinjiang have brought this region into the focus of national and international attention. With Xinjiang becoming the hub of trans-Asian trade and traffic , and also due to its rich... Read more

1. Introduction 2. Cultural Heritage of Xinjiang 3. Energy and Natural Resources in Xinjiang 4. Xinjiang under the Qings 5. Rethinking Ethnicity in China 6. China’s Ethnic Tangle with Special Reference to Xinjiang 7. China’s Policy in Xinjiang, 1949-1978 8. Kazakh Diaspora in Xinjiang 9. Economic Cooperation between Central Asian Republics and Xinjiang Region of China 10. Xinjiang Factor in Kazakhstan-China Relations  11. Cross-border Interaction between Xinjiang and South Siberia in Central Asia: The Big Altai Approach 12. Economic and Social Development in Xinjiang 13. China’s Western Development Programme in Xinjiang 14. Religious Policies in Xinjiang 15. Ethno-Religious Separatism in Xinjiang and China’s Response 16. Uyghur Nationalism and 5 July 2009 Incident in Urumqi

Biography

K.Warikoo is Professor of Central Asian Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. He has authored several books on Kashmir, Central Asia and Afghanistan, and is the founding editor of the quarterly journal Himalayan and Central Asian Studies. His books Religion and Security in South and Central Asia and Himalayan Frontiers of India have been published by Routledge in 2011 and 2009 respectively.

"This volume is a valuable addition to the existing scholarship about Xinjiang, extending our understanding of Xinjiang’s history, its ethnic-religious diversity, its relations with neighbouring Central Asian countries, and China’s efforts in stabilizing this geo-strategic region, both for experts and general readers." – Hang Lin, ASIEN 2016