The Xinjiang region in northwest China is one of the country''s least populated zones, but is currently undergoing increasing environmental stress as a result of intensive development projects and a massive population explosion. In 2001 China initiated a p..
Xinjiang, the nominally autonomous region in China''s far northwest, is of increasing international strategic and economic importance. With a population which is mainly non-Chinese and Muslim, there are powerful forces for autonomy, and independence, in Xi..
The first comprehensive history of a major Muslim rebellion and the rise and fall of an independent Islamic state within China during the second half of the nineteenth century--in Xinjiang, where potentially separatist Islamic movements still worry the Chi..
Forming one-sixth of the People''s Republic of China (PRC), Xinjiang stands at the crossroads between China, India, the Mediterranean, and Russia and has, since the Bronze Age, played a pivotal role in the social, cultural, and political developm..
On the Silk Road, a region of overlapping cultures, the province was virtually independent until the late nineteenth century, nominally part of the Qing Empire, with considerable interest taken in it by the British and the Russians as part of their Great G..
It guides you through the region with reliable information and comprehensive coverage of all the sights and attractions, from Shennongjia Forest Reserve to Wudang Shan and from antique Ming villages to China's porcelain capital, Jingdezhen. Detailed ma..
China''s minorities, however, have only recently begun to move in significant numbers, motivated by economic, social, and political factors. This book looks at how current changes in China are affecting the minority populations. It gives special ..
China''s minorities, however, have only recently begun to move in significant numbers, motivated by economic, social, and political factors. This book looks at how current changes in China are affecting the minority populations. It gives special ..
