Ethnic Identity and National Conflict in China

by Wang Pengxin, Arabinda Acharya, Rohan Gunaratna, et al.

With links to the global jihad, the indigenous insurgency and terrorism in Xinjiang challenges the security and stability of China. This book examines the prevailing scholarship on ethnic and minority conflicts and argues that the root cause of the conflict in China, especially in Xinjiang is not only about religious extremism, but also about the systematic violation of basic rights and insensitivity towards minority identities by the state. As our...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230103057
• ISBN13: 9780230103054
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.3"