Ethnic Policy in China: Is Reform Inevitable?

86 Pages·2013·1.882 MB·English

by  James Leibold

Policy
Studies 68
Ethnic Policy in China:
Is Reform Inevitable?
James Leibold

Ethnic Policy in China
Is Reform Inevitable?
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Policy
Studies 68
Ethnic Policy
in China
Is Reform Inevitable?
James Leibold
Copyright © 2013 by the East-West Center
Ethnic Policy in China: Is Reform Inevitable?
James Leibold
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Contents
List of Acronyms ix
Executive Summary xi
Introduction 1
Scope and Aims 3
Current Policy and Perceived Shortcomings 5
Three Key Policy Planks 6
Policy Shortcomings 8
“China’s 9/11”: The Ürümqi Riots 10
Making Sense of Recent Unrest 11
The Reform Agenda and Discontents 13
Ma Rong’s Case for Reform 14
A Second Generation of Ethnic Policies? 19
The “Minzu Establishment” Responds 22
Gauging Public Opinion: Right, Left, and Center 25
The Chinese Liberals 27
The Chinese Left and Ultra-Nationalists 33
Broader Public Opinion 38
Direction of Ethnic Policy under Xi Jinping 41
Zhu Weiqun’s “Personal Opinion” 41
Hu Jintao’s Legacy and Personnel Changes 43
Xi’s Chinese Dream and Ethnic Policy 47
Concluding Thoughts 50
Endnotes 53
Bibliography 55
Acknowledgments 67