{"product_id":"ethnic-china-9781498507288","title":"Ethnic China","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough ethnic politics is not the Achilles heel of the People's Republic of China as it was for the former Soviet Union, it is an important and multifaceted set of issues that necessarily command the attention of China's leaders. Ethnic China presents a dozen well-crafted, thought-provoking, and well-balanced chapters by Chinese American scholars on a broad range of issues relating to ethnicity. They reveal a gap between rosy official depictions of a harmonious, ethnically well-integrated society and a rather grimmer reality in which rapid economic development is not a panacea for all the problems that exist in the multi-ethnic society of contemporary China. -- Steven I. Levine, University of Montana\u003cbr\u003eAs the authors grapple with a range of challenging issues, they offer valuable perspectives on some of the most difficult questions facing both China’s Communist Party leaders and Americans responsible for the formulation of human rights policies toward China. The authors, all Chinese scholars working in American colleges and universities, offer unique insights as they grapple with sensitive questions relating to Chinese national identity, political unity, and human rights. These thought-provoking studies of historical and contemporary issues of ethnic identity and politics in China will challenge both Chinese and American readers to question their assumptions about issues ranging from Tibet and Xinjiang to the foundations and efficacy of American human rights policies toward China. -- Harold M. Tanner, University of North Texas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Beijing’s Dream and Ethnic Reality, Xiaobing Li and Patrick Fuliang Shan\t \t Part I: Perception, Definition, and Identity Chapter One: From Five “Imperial Domains” to a “Chinese Nation”: A Perceptual and Political Transformation in Recent History, Xiaoyuan Liu\t\t Chapter Two: Elastic Self-Consciousness and the Reshaping of Manchu Identity, Patrick Fuliang Shan Chapter Three: Muslim Voices in the Late Qing Debate over the Definitions of Guo and Zu, Yufeng Mao  Party Two: Policy and Marginality Chapter Four: Uyghur Women in Xinjiang: Political Participation, Employment, and Birth Control, Xiaoxiao Li and Mei Zhou Chapter Five: Commodifying Naxi and Mo-So Minorities in China’s New Economy, Linda Q. Wang Chapter Six: The Hui People: Policies, Development, and Problems, Ting Jiang and Xiansheng Tian Chapter Seven: The Protestant Church Shortage and Religious Market in China: Spatial and Statistical Perspectives, Zhaohui Hong, Lu Cao, and Jiamin Yan  Part Three: Relations, Confrontation, and Solution Chapter Eight: Still “Familiar” But No Longer “Strangers”: Muslims in China, Jieli Li and Lei Ji Chapter Nine: Faith and Freedom: Tibetan Buddhist Movements, Xiaobing Li Chapter Ten: Struggling for a Better Solution: Communist Government and Minorities, Qiang Fang\t Chapter Eleven: The Tibet Issue and U.S. Tibet Policy, Guangqiu Xu   Conclusion: New Challenge and Potential Prospects, Xiaobing Li and Patrick Fuliang Shan","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040633717079,"sku":"9781498507288","price":94.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498507288.jpg?v=1750947338","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ethnic-china-9781498507288","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}