The Pacification of Xinjiang: Uighur Protest and the Chinese State, 1988-2002
@article{Hierman2007ThePO, title={The Pacification of Xinjiang: Uighur Protest and the Chinese State, 1988-2002}, author={Brent Hierman}, journal={Problems of Post-Communism}, year={2007}, volume={54}, pages={48 - 62} }
Efforts to repress dissent in Xinjiang are leading Uighurs to discover common grievances and interests.
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