Xinjiang in China’s Foreign Relations: Part of a New Silk Road or Central Asian Zone of Conflict?
@article{Mackerras2015XinjiangIC, title={Xinjiang in China’s Foreign Relations: Part of a New Silk Road or Central Asian Zone of Conflict?}, author={Colin Patrick Mackerras}, journal={East Asia}, year={2015}, volume={32}, pages={25-42} }
This paper analyses how the situation in China’s most northwestern province-level unit Xinjiang has affected China’s overall foreign relations since disturbances in its capital Ürümqi in July 2009. Xinjiang’s most populous ethnic group is the mostly-Muslim Uighurs. The paper assumes a framework that puts a high priority on China’s facing west. Though no more important than the eastward-looking foreign policy that has dominated Western analysis, the paper sees China’s facing west perspective as…
29 Citations
CHINA’S “NEW SILK ROAD” DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
- Economics
China’s tremendous economic development has made China an increasingly attractive economic partner in the first and second decade of the 21st century. During this period, the ancient Silk Road trade…
A Comparative Analysis of Shenzhen and Kashgar in Development as Special Economic Zones
- Economics
- 2015
Kashgar, a westernmost city in the restive Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region bordering Central and South Asia, was paired with the southern city of Shenzhen, the most successful special economic zone…
Russia’s Siberia and the Far East on the New Infrastructure Map of Eurasia
- Economics
- 2017
Since the global financial crisis of 2007–2009 all Asian powers (both rising and already well established) initiated or supported some large-scale infrastructure projects in the region. The…
Reflections on China's Belt and Road Initiative
- History
- 2016
ABSTRACT Since 2013, China’s leadership have been proposing a New Silk Road also called One Belt One Road to refer to the Silk Road Economic Belt (by land) and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road (by…
Beyond the hinterland: exploring the international actorness of China’s Yunnan province
- Political Science
- 2019
This study analyses the international relations of subnational governments, a phenomenon conceptualized as paradiplomacy. The scholarly literature on paradiplomacy tends to focus overly on…
Emerging costs of China’s belt and road strategy for transboundary water in south and southeast Asia
- EconomicsInternational Journal of Energy and Water Resources
- 2019
China’s belt and road strategy is stretching across most of the globe and promises increased connectivity and economic development. The availability of Chinese finance and expertise has resulted in…
Intermestic security challenges: Managing transnational bonds
- Political ScienceEuropean Journal of International Security
- 2018
Abstract Intermestic security challenges arise when there is concern in a country that a dissatisfied minority relies on transnational bonds with a foreign kin group for support. They result from…
Power, Ideas and Institutions: China’s Emergent Footprints in Global Governance of Development Aid
- Political Science
- 2017
This paper investigates whether China possesses normative power to determine what passes for ‘normal’ in the politics of foreign aid in the context of an ongoing debate about whether China will soon…
Introducing Chinese Foreign Policy: A Guide to the Literature
- Political ScienceChinese Journal of International Review
- 2021
The analysis of Chinese foreign policy presents itself as a challenging but necessary field. The complexities of its political system and the lack of official information about its processes are…
Resolving the Malacca Dilemma: Malaysia’s Role in the Belt and Road Initiative
- Business
- 2018
This chapter focuses on the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), one of China’s most prominent construction projects in Malaysia since the inception of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The chapter offers…
References
SHOWING 1-10 OF 17 REFERENCES
Xinjiang and China's Rise in Central Asia - A History
- Business
- 2011
1. China and the Integration of Xinjiang: The History of a Permanent Provocation 2. Xinjiang from the Qing Conquest to the Republic of China, 1760-1949 3. Completing the Forbears Behest: The…
Xinjiang in 2013: problems and prospects
- Political Science
- 2014
Several major disturbances in Xinjiang in China’s northwest in 2013 have further exacerbated the already tense ethnic relations between the Han Chinese and the main minority in Xinjiang, the Uighurs,…
Xinjiang: China's Muslim Borderland
- Education
- 2004
List of Tables and Illustrative Materials List of Acronyms Note on Transliteration 1. Introduction S. Frederick Starr Part I. Historical Background 2. Political and Cultural History of the Xinjiang…
Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang
- Sociology
- 2006
Eurasian Crossroads is the first comprehensive history of Xinjiang, the vast central Eurasian region bordering India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Mongolia.…
The Chinese Question in Central Asia: Domestic Order, Social Change, and the Chinese Factor
- Economics
- 2012
I. China as a Globalized Actor for the Central Asian States 1. Diplomatic Relations, Border Treaties, and the Unresolved Water Issue 2. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Successes and Challenges…
Sino-Japanese Relations since 1945
- Political Science
- 2013
The study of Sino-Japanese relations since 1945 can be divided into three main periods in which dominant themes have emerged. The prenormalization period (1949–1972) is marked by the lack of…
China's Policies on Its Borderlands and the International Implications
- Political Science
- 2010
This book examines the interplay of two sets of policies: the Chinese government’s policies to its borderlands and international relations. It proposes a conceptual framework and argues that China’s…
The China-Pakistan Alliance: Rhetoric and Limitations
- Economics
- 2012
necessarily reflect the view of Chatham House, its staff, associates or Council. Chatham House is independent and owes no allegiance to any government or to any political body. It does not take…
Ethnicity and Minority Nationalities Since 1949
- Sociology
- 2013
This article critically reviews the literature on ethnicity and minority nationalities in China since 1949.
It divides the topic into economy, and culture, with sections on particular minorities, the…
The Uyghurs: Strangers in Their Own Land
- History
- 2010
AcknowledgmentsNote on RomanizationAbbreviationsIntroduction1. Using the Past to Serve the Present2. Heteronomy and Its Discontents3. Everyday Resistance: Guerrilla Actions in the Battle over Public…