The Impact of Ethnic Minorities on China’s Foreign Policy

Clarke, M

The Impact of Ethnic Minorities on China’s Foreign Policy

Clarke, M

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Publisher:: SAGE Publications
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: China Report, 2017, 53, (1), pp. 1-25
Issue Date:: 2017-01-18

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dc.contributor.author	Clarke, M https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1048-9586
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-03T23:35:38Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-03T23:35:38Z
dc.date.issued	2017-01-18
dc.identifier.citation	China Report, 2017, 53, (1), pp. 1-25
dc.identifier.issn	0009-4455
dc.identifier.issn	0973-063X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/162268
dc.description.abstract	<jats:p>This article argues, through a case study of the evolving impact of the Xinjiang and Uyghur issue, that the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) ethnic minorities have been a significant factor in Beijing’s foreign relations throughout its history. Since the end of the Cold War in particular, China’s approach to the Xinjiang and Uyghur issue has played an important role in undergirding domestic stability and shaping its relations with Central Asia. More broadly, the case of Xinjiang and the Uyghur suggests that the nature and scale of the challenge posed by any one ethnic minority in the context of the PRC’s foreign policy has largely been a function of the interplay of five major factors: the historical relationship between the ethnic group and the Chinese state; the geographic concentration of an ethnic minority; the degree of acculturation to the dominant Han society; external great power support; and mobilised diasporas.</jats:p>
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	SAGE Publications
dc.relation.ispartof	China Report
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dc.subject.classification	International Relations
dc.title	The Impact of Ethnic Minorities on China’s Foreign Policy
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (International)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (International)/Australia-China Relations Institute
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This article argues, through a case study of the evolving impact of the Xinjiang and Uyghur issue, that the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) ethnic minorities have been a significant factor in Beijing’s foreign relations throughout its history. Since the end of the Cold War in particular, China’s approach to the Xinjiang and Uyghur issue has played an important role in undergirding domestic stability and shaping its relations with Central Asia. More broadly, the case of Xinjiang and the Uyghur suggests that the nature and scale of the challenge posed by any one ethnic minority in the context of the PRC’s foreign policy has largely been a function of the interplay of five major factors: the historical relationship between the ethnic group and the Chinese state; the geographic concentration of an ethnic minority; the degree of acculturation to the dominant Han society; external great power support; and mobilised diasporas.

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