This book examines the Chinese government's policies and
practices for relations with the Inner Periphery areas of Tibet,
Xinjiang, and Inner Mongolia, and the Outer Periphery areas of Hong
Kong and Taiwan focusing on themes of political authority,
socio-cultural relations, and economic development. China's history
may be seen as one of managing the geographic periphery surrounding
China proper. Successive imperial, republican, and communist
governments have struggled to maintain sovereignty over the regions
surrounding the great river valleys of China.
The importance of the periphery is no less real today, concerns
over national security, access to natural resources, and long-held
concerns about relations between Han and other ethnic groups
continue to dominate Chinese law, policy and practice regarding
governance in the Inner Periphery regions of Inner Mongolia,
Xinjiang, and Tibet. In the Outer Periphery, Beijing sees
engagement with the outside world (particularly the West) as
inextricably tied to Chinese sovereignty over former foreign
colonies of Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Using the case study of national integration to indicate how
policies are articulated and implemented through law and
political-legal institutions, this book will be of interest to
students and scholars of the peripheral regions. It will also
appeal to academic and policy communities interested in legal
reform in China
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