1st Edition

Xinjiang and China's Rise in Central Asia - A History

By Michael E. Clarke Copyright 2011
224 Pages
by Routledge

238 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

The recent conflict between indigenous Uyghurs and Han Chinese demonstrates that Xinjiang is a major trouble spot for China, with Uyghur demands for increased autonomy, and where Beijing’s policy is to more firmly integrate the province within China. This book provides an account of how China’s evolving integrationist policies in Xinjiang have influenced its foreign policy in Central Asia since... Read more

1. China and the Integration of Xinjiang: The History of a Permanent Provocation  2. Xinjiang from the Qing Conquest to the Republic of China, 1760-1949  3. Completing the Forbears Behest: The Resurgence of the State’s Integrationist Project under the PRC, 1949-1976  4. ‘Crossing the River by Feeling for the Stones’: Xinjiang in the ‘Reform’ Era, 1976-1990  5. Reaffirming Chinese Control in the Wake of Central Asia’s Transformation, 1991-1995  6. Biding Time and Building Capabilities: Xinjiang and Chinese Foreign Policy in Central Asia, 1996-2001  7. Walking on Three Legs: Balancing China’s Xinjiang, Central Asia and Grand Strategy Derived Interests, 2002-2009  8. The Integration of Xinjiang: Securing China’s ‘Silk Road’ to Great Power Status? 

Biography

Michael E. Clarke is a Research Fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University, Australia. He is the co-editor of China, Xinjiang and Central Asia: History, Transition and Crossborder Interaction into the 21st Century (also published by Routledge).

"Overall, Clarke has done a wonderful job of piecing together a political history of Xinjiang’s strategic importance for Chinese policy in Central Asia. The achievement of Xinjiang and China’s Rise is in Clarke’s analysis, which is intelligent and comprehensive and offers a new perspective for framing Xinjiang in the larger global dynamics of contemporary politics." - Kristian Petersen, Ph.D., Gustavus Adolphus College; Journal of International and Global Studies

"Clarke's book is indispensible for anyone interested China's ethnic relations, state formation, and foreign policy, especially during the communist regime. Summing Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduates and above."-L. Teh, CHOICE (February 2012)