This book investigates how Uyghur-related violent conflict and Uyghur ethnic minority identity, religion, and the Xinjiang region more broadly, became constituted as a 'terrorism' problem for the Chinese state.

Pablo A. Rodríguez-Merino is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Defence and International Affairs at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, UK.

Introduction 1. From Securitization to 'Terroristization' 2. Securitizing Xinjiang: The years of 'counterrevolution' (1978-1990) 3. The Proto-Terroristization of Xinjiang: 'Striking Hard' against the 'Three Forces' (1991-2001) 4. The Terroristization of Xinjiang (2001-2020): Waging a People's War on Terror. Conclusion