The Minorities of Northern China
Author | : Henry G. Schwarz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Henry G. Schwarz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Robyn R. Iredale |
Publisher | : East Gate Book |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Migration, Internal |
ISBN | : |
China's minorities have now become part of a social change phenomenon, motivated by economic, social and political factors. This work looks at how current changes in China are affecting the minority population.
Author | : Xiaowei Zang |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : 2015-06-05 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0745690459 |
On the global stage, China is often seen to be a homogenous nation when, in fact, it is a diverse multi-ethnic society, with 55 minority nationality groups recognized by the government. Scattered across the vast landmass, ethnic minorities in China occupy a precarious place in the state, where the Confucian concept of cultural community plays down ethnicity and encourages integration of minority nationalities into the majority Han-Chinese society. This insightful book reveals the ethnic diversity underlying the People’s Republic of China and examines how ethnicity intersects with social and political issues through key themes such as ethnic inequality, the preservation and contribution of the rich traditions and customs of minority cultures, and the autonomy of regions such as Tibet and Xinjiang. The author investigates the important role of the state and Beijing’s assimilation stance to show how its nationality policy, driven by Confucian assimilation ideology, has dictated China’s own minority rights regime and influenced its foreign policy towards international minority rights. This book by a distinguished scholar of ethnicity in China will be essential reading for students and scholars of race and ethnic relations, nationalism and Chinese culture and society.
Author | : Colin Mackerras |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1660 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : China |
ISBN | : 9780415576536 |
China is the world's most populous country with fifty-five state-recognized ethnic minorities: approximately 123 million people, taking up over 60 per cent of China's territory. And, while China's dizzying growth has made it a major world force, both economically and strategically, one of the chief concerns of the rising Chinese state--not new, but gaining an ever higher priority--is to remain united and become better integrated. Yet over the past decade, ethnic tensions appear to have grown sharper among some minorities. Rioting in the Tibetan areas in March 2008 and in the Xinjiang capital of Urumqi in July 2009 have shown the volatility of ethnic relations in those particular areas and underscore the urgent need for a greater understanding of the situation. This new Routledge Major Work collection addresses that need. It answers theoretical questions relating to China's ethnic minorities, detailing the individual separatist movements, and providing the historical background, as well as the politics and policy, economic, social, religious, and educational causes to some of the problems facing China today.
Author | : Mahesh Ranjan Debata |
Publisher | : Pentagon Press |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : China |
ISBN | : 9788182743250 |
'Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) on the North Western Border of China is one of the most important regions of China. In terms of area, XUAR is the largest province of China with Uyghur Muslims as the majority. Uyghur Separatists have been demanding an independent state out of China.' (Publisher)
Author | : Mette Halskov Hansen |
Publisher | : Studies on Ethnic Groups in Ch |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015-07-21 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780295996585 |
Open-access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295804125 Two very different ethnic minority communities?the Naxi of the Lijiang area in northern Yunnan and the Tai (Dai) of Sipsong Panna (Xishuangbanna), along Yunnan?s border with Burma and Laos?are featured in this comparative study of the implementation and reception of state minority education policy in the People?s Republic of China. Based on field research and historical sources, Lessons in Being Chinese argues that state policy, which is intended to be applied uniformly across all minority regions, in fact is much more successful in some than in others. In Lijiang, elite members of the Naxi ethnic group (minzu) have a centuries-old connection with Chinese state educational systems as avenues to social mobility, and have continued this tradition under Communist rule. They participate enthusiastically in the present system, using education to gain official and professional positions. In contrast to the Lijiang area, Sipsong Panna functioned in many ways as a separate kingdom until 1950, with its own script and a separate educational system centered in Theravada Buddhist monasteries. Today, many Tai in that area still prefer monastic education for their sons, and most parents are indifferent to state education. This study finds that standardized, homogenizing state education is in itself incapable of instilling in students an identification with the Chinese state, ironically often increasing ethnic identity. Lessons in Being Chinese enhances our understanding of how state policy toward minorities works in many areas of life, and its conclusions can be extended well beyond the sphere of education. It will be of interest to both anthropologists and educators.
Author | : Wolfram Eberhard |
Publisher | : Wadsworth Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Barbara A. Anderson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 25 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Minorities |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Alain Y. Dessaint |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 1992-02-01 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 030904684X |
This volume describes one of the most extensive grassland ecosystems and the efforts of Chinese scientists to understand it. Leading Chinese scientists attribute the decline in China's grasslands to overgrazing and excessive cultivation of marginal areas and discuss measures to limit the damage. The book gives its view on the Chinese approach to the study of grasslands and the relevance of this activity in China to global scientific concerns.