Overview

This book endeavors to provide a balanced analytical treatment of ethnic nationalists, state leaders, and foreign intervenors in China's frontier politics, explaining systematically the circumstances of their entanglements, and traces in detail the underlying and lasting causes and effects of their association—from the closing years of the last Chinese imperial dynasty in the late nineteenth century to the present day., Structured chronologically, the book offers in-depth analysis, comprehensively covering more than a hundred years of ethnic separatism, governance, and interventionism in the modern political history of China, using Tibetan, Uyghur, and Inner Mongolian case studies with a theoretical framework of internal colonialism/state integration., Competing Nationalisms in China's Borderlands is essential reading for students and instructors of undergraduate and graduate courses on China and acquisition for university and public libraries, and is also recommended for everyone else interested in China's ethnic politics and its international dimensions. This study does not limit discussions to one specific time period or any one regime , it does not limit discussions to one particular ethnic group, and includes an underlying analytical framework for testing with evidence

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Author:   Chien-peng Chung (Lingnan University, Hong Kong)
Publisher:   Pallas Publications
Imprint:   Pallas Publications
Weight:   0.770kg
ISBN:  

9789048564880

ISBN 10:   9048564883
Pages:   332
Publication Date:   28 August 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Chapter 1: “Xinzheng” – “New Administration” in the late Qing dynasty (1902-11) Chapter 2: Separatists, Central Government, and Foreign Involvement in Republican China (1912 – 1949) Chapter 3: Case Studies of Separatism under the Republic of China Regimes (1912 – 1949) Chapter 4: The Theory and Practice of Regional Autonomy for Minority Nationalities in the First Forty Years (1949-89) of the People’s Republic of China Chapter 5: Rising Ethnic Nationalism in China astride the Millennium (1990-07) Chapter 6: Heading for Ethnic Troubles (2007-10) Chapter 7: Tibet and Xinjiang in a State of Securitization (Since 2010) Chapter 8: Integration of Tibet and Xinjiang into Contemporary China: A Test of Propositions Chapter 9: Conclusion Index

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Chien-peng CHUNG is Professor of Political Science at the Department of Government and International Affairs, Lingnan University of Hong Kong. He received his PhD from the University of Southern California. He has written three solely authored books, co-authored one book, contributed chapters to edited works, and published many articles in academic and policy journals. He researches on China’s territorial disputes, foreign relations, and ethnic politics.

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