...Rachel Harris [T]he entire Uighur population is now regarded as a problem in need of an aggressive solution. © 2019 Current History. All rights reserved. 2019 The Regents of the University of California China Xinjiang authoritarianism Islam Uighurs Central Asia cul 276 [T]he...

...Raffaello Pantucci China is the increasingly dominant power in the region, but it is acting in full concordance with Russia. Raffaello Pantucci Central Asia Russia China Xinjiang Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Collective Security Treaty Organization New Silk Road Economic...

... strains, with a political system lagging behind epic economic change. In the first half of 2014 alone, there were at least five instances of what the state defines as terrorism associated with Xinjiang, the Muslim borderland in the west. A May attack at a vegetable market in Urumqi, Xinjiang s capital...

...Bruce J. Dickson Political protests in China are a far cry from those that created the Arab Spring. © 2011 Current History. All rights reserved. 2011 The Regents of the University of California Bruce Dickson China Chinese Communist Party Xinjiang Jasmine Revolution Arab Spring...

...Joshua Kurlantzick A struggle looms within Xinjiang's Uighur population between a no-holds-barred, more violent resistance to Beijing and a more assimilationist, peaceful approach that hopes to win greater political autonomy and economic rights. Unfortunately, too often both Beijing's and Western...

... of the University of California China Uighurs Xinjiang United States terrorism Al Qaeda Iraq Wang Bingzhang George Bush Falun Gong 432 Idh Kah Mosque, an enormous domed structure,sits in the heart of Kashgar, a city in China s vastwestern region of Xinjiang. Idh Kah functions as the center...

...Dru Gladney Not unlike Hong Kong (which under the one-country, two-systems formula continues to fly its own flag), the unique situation in Xinjiang calls for dramatic and creative solutions. The future of this region, which the American sinologist Owen Lattimore once called the ‘pivot of Asia...