This book is a comprehensive study of China's legal and political governance of the ethnic regions of China, especially Inner Mongolia, Tibet and Xinjiang, and analyses its implication for Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Pitman Potter is Director of the Institute of Asian Research and Professor of Law at the University of British Columbia, USA.
Introduction 1. Overview 2. Political Authority in the Inner Periphery 3. Socio-Cultural Relations in the Inner Periphery 4. Economy and Development in the Inner Periphery 5. Implications for the Outer Periphery Conclusion