Xinjiang -China's Muslim Far Northwest

Xinjiang, China''s far northwestern province, is of increasing international strategic and economic importance. With a population which is mainly non-Chinese and Muslim, the forces for autonomy, and independence, in Xinjiang are quite strong. This book provides a comprehensive overview of Xinjiang. It introduces Xinjiang''s history, economy and society, and above all outlines the political and religious opposition by the Turkic peoples of Xinjiang to Chinese communist rule.

Table of contents : Preface Acknowledgements

Part I - Introduction to Xinjiang

Chapter 1. Xinjiang's Geographical Position

Chapter 2. Xinjiang before 1949: a historical outline

Chapter 3. Ethnic groups in Northwest China and Uyghur language and culture in 20th Century Xinjiang

Chapter 4. The Three Districts Revolution and 'Peaceful Liberation': The Chinese Communist Party takes political and military control

Chapter 5. The Economy of Xinjiang in the Reform and Opening Era

Part II - Turkic Opposition and CCP Response

Chapter 6. Political and Religious Opposition to CCP Control (1949-1995): Cultural, Nationalist or Islamist

Chapter 7. Beijing's Response to Opposition in Xinjiang (1980-1995)

Chapter 8. Leadership Changes in Xinjiang

Chapter 9. 'Strike Hard': the long hot summers of 1996 and 1997

Chapter 10. Underground Fires: the struggle continues Part III - The Changing International Context

Chapter 11. New Great Games: Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan

Chapter 12. Newly Independent Central Asian Republics

Chapter 13. Xinjiang and the 'War against Terror' Conclusion

Chapter 14. Xinjiang in the Twenty-first Century