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Colonization with Chinese characteristics

Politics of (in)security in Xinjiang and Tibet

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ID8089569
AuthorsDibyesh Anand (0000-0003-3604-2539, University of Westminster, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume38
Issue1
Pages129-147
Publication date2018-11-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCentral Asian Survey (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0263-4937 • E-ISSN: 1465-3354
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02634937.2018.1534801
OpenAlexW2900665736
LanguageEN
Citations received41
References cited75

China as a victim rather than a proponent of modern colonialism is an essential myth that animates Chinese nationalism. The Chinese statist project of occupying, minoritizing and securitizing different ethno-national peoples of Central Asia, such as Uyghurs and Tibetans, with their own claims to homelands, is a colonial project. Focusing on China’s securitized and militarized rule in Xinjiang and Tibet, the article will argue that the most appropriate lens through which this can be understood is neither nation-building nor internal colonialism but modern colonialism. It argues that the representation of Uyghurs and Tibetans as sources of insecurity not only legitimizes state violence as a securitizing practice but also serves contemporary Chinese colonial goals

Archaeology · Colonization · Geography · Political science · Politics · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · Chinese history and philosophy · Law

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