China's forgotten people
Subtitle: Xinjiang, terror and the Chinese state
By: by Nick Holdstock
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2019
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781788319805; 9781788319829
Subjects: Islam and politics; Islam; Muslims; Terrorism; Religious aspects; Politics and government
Description: "After isolated terrorist incidents in 2015, the Chinese leadership has cracked down hard on Xinjiang and its Uyghurs. Today, there are thought to be up to a million Muslims held in 're-education camps' in the Xinjiang region of North-West China. One of the few Western commentators to have lived in the region, journalist Nick Holdstock travels into the heart of the province and reveals the Uyghur story as one of repression, hardship and helplessness. China's Forgotten People explains why repression of the Muslim population is on the rise in the world's most powerful one-party state. This updated and revised edition reveals the background to the largest known concentration camp network in the modern world, and reflects on what this means for the way we think about China."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Includes index.

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Table of contents: title: Maps; title: A Note of Place Names; title: Foreword to the New Edition: The Camps and the Future of Xinjang; title: Introduction; title: 1 Drawing Boundaries; title: 2 'Liberation': The Communist Era Begins; title: 3 'Opening Up'; title: 4 Striking Hard: The 1990s; title: 5 Exiles; title: 6 The Peacock Flies West; title: 7 Urumqi and After: Learning the Wrong Lessons; title: 8 'A Perfect Bomb'; title: Postscript to the New Edition: A Warning from History; title: Sources and Recommended Reading; title: Index.