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1 online resource |
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China Today |
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China today.
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| Contents |
Cover; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Map; Chronology; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1: The People's Republic of China as a Multinational Country; Ethnic Demography; The Ethnic Classification Project in the 1950s; Beijing's Assimilation Stance; Discussion; Recommended Reading; 2: Ethnic Inequality; Socioeconomic Changes in the Post-1949 Era; State Support for Socioeconomic Development in Minority Areas; Ethnic Tourism; Environmental Degradation and Protection; Evaluations of State Support to Minority Areas; Affirmative Action |
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Evaluations of the Affirmative Action ProgrammesEmpirical Evidence of Ethnic Inequality; Discussion; Recommended Reading; 3: Minority Cultures; State Policy on Minority Cultures in the Post-1949 Era; Minority Customs, Medicines and Sports; Minority Literatures, Arts and Crafts; Minority Languages; Religion; Discussion; Recommended Reading; 4: Regional Autonomy; Historical Context; The Development of Regional Autonomy since 1949; The Power of Autonomous Regions; Evaluations of Regional Autonomy in China; Han Migration into Minority Areas; Discussion; Recommended Reading |
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5: Intra- and Inter-Group DifferencesIntra-Group Differences; Inter-Group Differences among Ethnic Minorities; The State's Perceptions of Minority Threat; A Comparative Study of the Hui and Uyghurs; Discussion; Recommended Reading; 6: Tibet and Xinjiang; Historical Background; The Socialist Transformation of Tibet and Xinjiang: 1949-1966; The Cultural Revolution of 1966-1976; From Socialist Revolution to Economic Development in the Post-1978 Era; Rising Ethnic Conflicts in Tibet and Xinjiang since the 1990s; Ethnic Issues as a Challenge to Governance in Tibet and Xinjiang; Discussion |
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Recommended Reading7: China's Nationality Policy and International Minority Rights; Minority Rights: A Historical Perspective; A Paradigm Shift in Minority Rights; The Minority Rights Regime in China; Minority Rights and China's Foreign Policy; Changes in China's Policy towards Minority Rights; Rigidities and Inertia in Beijing's Minority Rights Regime; Discussion; Recommended Reading; References; Index; End User License Agreement |
| Summary |
On the global stage, China is often seen to be a homogenous nation when, in fact, it is a diverse multi-ethnic society, with 55 minority nationality groups recognized by the government. Scattered across the vast landmass, ethnic minorities in China occupy a precarious place in the state, where the Confucian concept of cultural community plays down ethnicity and encourages integration of minority nationalities into the majority Han-Chinese society. This insightful book reveals the ethnic diversity underlying the People's Republic of China and examines how ethnicity intersects with social and political issues through key themes such as ethnic inequality, the preservation and contribution of the rich traditions and customs of minority cultures, and the autonomy of regions such as Tibet and Xinjiang. The author investigates the important role of the state and Beijing's assimilation stance to show how its nationality policy, driven by Confucian assimilation ideology, has dictated China's own minority rights regime and influenced its foreign policy towards international minority rights. This book by a distinguished scholar of ethnicity in China will be essential reading for students and scholars of race and ethnic relations, nationalism and Chinese culture and society |
| Notes |
Title from resource description page (Recorded Books, viewed August 17, 2015) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Minorities -- China
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Ethnic groups -- China
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Ethnicity -- China
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Ethnology -- China.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Ethnic groups
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Ethnic relations
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Ethnicity
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Ethnology
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Minorities
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| SUBJECT |
China -- Ethnic relations
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| Subject |
China
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780745690452 |
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0745690459 |
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