This balanced history of Xinjiang and its Uyghur inhabitants traces the development of this ethnic group from imperial China to the present and its fraught relationship with the Chinese state. Morris Rossabi focuses especially on CCP policies, both progressive and repressive, toward the Uyghurs since 1949.
Preface
Map of the Silk Roads
Acknowledgments
1 Setting the Stage: Xinjiang and Imperial and Early
Republican China
Physical Environment
Silk Roads
Early History and the Silk Roads
Mongol Era and Xinjiang to 1750s
China Rules Xinjiang
Rebellion in Xinjiang and Aftermath
End of the Qing Dynasty and Consequences
2 China, the USSR, and the Emergence of Uyghurs
USSR Involvement and Chinese and Uyghur Responses
Chinese Communists Emerge Victorious
New Communist Policies
Repeated Changes in Communist Policies
Emergence of Radical Initiatives
3 Moderation and Ensuing Violence, 1976-2000
Era of Reform in Xinjiang
Uyghur Protests Start in 1990
Government Responses to Protests
Increases in Violence and "Strike Hard"
4 "Carrots and Sticks" in the Twenty-First Century
Shanghai Cooperation Organization, 9/11 Aftereffects vs. Moderation
Uyghur Dissatisfaction and PRC Responses
Violent Explosions
Peace through Moderation or Strike Hard Policies?
Xi Jinping and Three New Policies
Xi Reacts to Violence
Training Centers or Camps?
Failures and Successes and the Future
US Policy
Bibliography
Index