Ethnic China: Identity, Assimilation, and Resistance - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 149850728X ISBN 13: 9781498507288

Publisher: Lexington Books, 2015

Synopsis

There are some serious concerns and critical questions about the on-going minority protesting in China, such as Tibetan monks' self-immolations, Muslims' suicide bombings, and Uyghur large-scale demonstrations. Why are minorities such as the Uyghur dissatisfied, when China is rising as a world power? What kind of struggle must they go through to maintain their identity, heritage, and rights? How does the government deal with this ethnic dissatisfaction and minority riots? And what is ethnic China's future in the 21st century? Ethnic China examines these issues from the perspective of Chinese-American scholars from fields such as economics, political science, criminal justice, law, anthropology, sociology, and education. The contributors introduce and explore the theory and practice of policy patterns, political systems, and social institutions by identifying key issues in Chinese government, society, and ethnic community contained within the larger framework of the international sphere.Their endeavors move beyond the existing scholarship and seek to spark new debates and proposed solutions while reflecting on established schools of history, religion, linguistics, and gender studies.

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About the Author

Xiaobing Li is professor and chair of the Department of History and Geography and director of the Western Pacific Institute at the University of Central Oklahoma. Patrick F. Shan is associate professor of history at Grand Valley State University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 149850728X
• ISBN 13: 9781498507288
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 312
• Editor: Li Xiaobing, Shan Patrick Fuliang