China's forgotten people
Subtitle: Xinjiang, terror and the Chinese state
By: Nick Holdstock
Publisher: I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9781784531409
Subjects: Politics and government; Terrorism; Muslims; Islam and politics; Islam
Description: One of the few Western commentators to have lived in the region, journalist Nick Holdstock travels into the heart of the province reveals the Uyghur story as one of repression and hardship. With Islamic terrorism in China likely to increase over the next decade, how the Party responds will have global repercussions. 'China's forgotten people' explains why terrorism is on the rise in the world's most powerful one-party state, and what this means for the way we think about China.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.