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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 energy resources, Uyghur Muslims of Xinjiang are poised to assert their ethno-political position, thereby posing serious challenge to China's authority in the region. This book offers a new perspective on the region, with a focus on social, economic and political developments in Xinjiang in modern and contemporary times. Drawing on detailed analyses by experts on Xinjiang from India, central Asia, Russia, Taiwan and China, this book presents a coherent, concise and rich analysis of ethnic relations, Uyghur resistance, China's policy in Xinjiang and its economic relations with its Central Asian neighbours. It is of interest to those studying in Chinese and Central Asian politics and society, international relations and security studies.
Introduction / K. Warikoo -- Cultural heritage of Xinjiang / K. Warikoo -- Energy and natural resources in Xinjiang / Ji Zen Tu -- Xinjiang under the qings / K. Warikoo -- Rethinking ethnicity in China / Qiu Yonghai -- China's ethnic tangle with special reference to Xinjiang / K.R. Sharma -- China's policy in Xinjiang, 1949-1978 / Debashish Chaudhry -- Kazakh diaspora in Xinjiang / Natalia Ablazhey -- Economic cooperation between Central Asian republics and Xinjiang region of China / Kh. Umarov -- Xinjiang factor in Kazakhstan-China relations / A.M. Yessengaliyeva and S.B. Kozhirova -- Cross-border interaction between Xinjiang and South Siberia in Central Asia : the Big Altai approach / Evgeny Vodichev -- Economic and social development in Xinjiang / Chen Xi -- China's western development programme in Xinjiang / Wang Jianming -- Religious policies in Xinjiang / Wang Qinji -- Ethno-religious separatism in Xinjiang and China's response / K. Warikoo -- Uyghur nationalism and 5 July 2009 incident in Urumqi / Fu Jen-Kun.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-208) and index.