China's forgotten people: Xinjiang, terror and the Chinese state [Revised and updated edition] 9781788319812, 1788319818, 9781788319829, 1788319826

Table of contents :
Maps --
A Note on Place Names --
Preface --
Introduction --
1. Drawing Boundaries --
2. 'Liberation': The Communist Era Begins --
3. 'Opening Up' --
4. Striking Hard: The 1990s --
5. Exiles --
6. The Peacock Flies West --
7. Urumqi and After --
Learning the Wrong Lessons --
8. 'A Perfect Bomb' --
Afterword: 'As close as pomegranate seeds' --
Sources and Recommended Reading --
Index

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