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Xinjiang and the Expansion of Chinese Communist Power - Kashgar in the Early Twentieth Century (Paperback)
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Xinjiang and the Expansion of Chinese Communist Power - Kashgar in the Early Twentieth Century (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
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Xinjiang, China's far northwestern province where the majority of
the population are Muslim Uyghurs, was for most of its history
contested territory. On the Silk Road, a region of overlapping
cultures, the province was virtually independent until the late
nineteenth century, nominally part of the Qing Empire, with
considerable interest taken in it by the British and the Russians
as part of their Great Game rivalry in Asia. Ruled by warlords in
the early twentieth century, it was occupied in 1949-50 by the
People's Liberation Army, since when attempts have been made to
integrate the province more fully into China. This book outlines
the history of Xinjiang. It focuses on the key city of Kashgar, the
symbolic heart of Uighur society, drawing on a large body of
records in which ordinary people provided information on the period
around the communist takeover. These records provide an
exceptionally rich source, showing how ordinary Uyghurs lived their
everyday lives before 1949 and how those lives were affected by the
arrival of the Chinese Communist Party and its army. Subjects
covered by the book include Eastern Turkestan independence,
regional politics, local government, the military, taxation,
education and the press.
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