China's Forgotten People - Xinjiang, Terror and the Chinese State

One of the few Western commentators to have lived in the region, journalist Nick Holdstock travels into the heart of the province reveals the Uyghur story as one of repression and hardship. With Islamic terrorism in China likely to increase over the next decade, how the Party responds will have global repercussions. China's Forgotten People explains why terrorism is on the rise in the world's most powerful one-party state, and what this means for the way we think about China.

List of contents

Maps
A Note on Place Names
Introduction

1. Drawing Boundaries
2. 'Liberation' : The Communist Era Begins
3. 'Opening Up'
4. Striking Hard: The 1990s
5. Exiles
6. The Peacock Flies West
7. Urumqi and After : Learning the Wrong Lessons
8.'A Perfect Bomb'

Sources and Recommended Reading
Index

About the author

Nick Holdstock is a journalist and writer.

Summary

Lifting the lid on China's secret struggle with home-grown Islamic Terrorism

Foreword

Lifting the lid on China's secret struggle with home-grown Islamic Terrorism

Product details

• Authors: Nick Holdstock
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.05.2015
• EAN: 9781784531409
• ISBN: 978-1-78453-140-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 134 mm x 214 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education