ABSTRACT
Xinjiang, the nominally autonomous region in China's far northwest, is of increasing international strategic and economic importance. With a population which is mainly non-Chinese and Muslim, there are powerful forces for autonomy, and independence, in Xinjiang. This book provides a comprehensive overview of Xinjiang. It introduces Xinjiang's history, economy and society, and above all outlines the political and religious opposition by the Uyghur and other Turkic peoples of Xinjiang to Chinese Communist rule.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part I Introduction to Xinjiang
chapter 4|5 pages
The Three Districts Revolution and ‘peacful liberation’
part |2 pages
Part II Turkic opposition and CCP response
chapter 6|21 pages
Political and religious opposition to Han Chinese control (1949–1996)
part |2 pages
Part III The changing international context
part |2 pages
Part IV Conclusion