China's Spatial (Dis)integration : Political Economy of the Interethnic Unrest in Xinjiang.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (208 pages)
- Chandos Asian Studies Series .
- Chandos Asian Studies Series .
Front Cover -- China's Spatial (Dis)integration -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- Tips for readers -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: A long journey -- 1 A brief history of Xinjiang -- Xinjiang: New frontier -- Early encounters -- Rise and fall of Xinjiang -- Quest for a Uyghur khanate -- Decline of the khanate -- Xinjiang becomes a province -- Xinjiang in the People's Republic of China Era -- Territorial changes in Xinjiang -- Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region -- Annex: Chronology of key events related to Xinjiang -- 2 Chinese-style development in Xinjiang: Narrative -- Quasi-militaristic development zones -- Xinjiang production and construction corps -- Organization of the Xinjiang production and construction corps -- Functions of the Xinjiang production and construction corps -- Large construction projects -- Exploitation of natural resources -- The West-East gas Pipeline -- Socioeconomic implications -- Pairing-aid programs -- Historical evolution -- Progress and achievements -- Pairing aid to Xinjiang -- Inland middle school classes -- Motivation -- Organization -- Performance -- Unresolved issues -- Annex: Major interprovincial events relating to the Pairing-Aid-to-Xinjiang programs -- 3 Uyghur unrest and Xinjiang: Narrative -- Unorganized unrest (1986-1989) -- Urumqi protests (1989) -- Organized unrest (1990s) -- Baren riot (1990) -- Yining incident (1997) -- Unrest from dormancy to activation (2000s) -- Xinjiang raid (2007) -- Kashgar (2008) attack -- Shaoguan incident (2009) -- Urumqi riots (2009) -- More unrest and attacks (2010-2014) -- Aksu bombing (2010) -- Hotan attack (2011) -- Yecheng attack (2012) -- Bachu raid (2013) -- Shanshan riots (2013) -- Tiananmen attack (2013) -- Kunming attack (2014) -- Mong Cai clash (2014) -- Urumqi attacks (2014). Further implications -- Annex: Timeline of unrest related to Xinjiang (1986-2014) -- 4 Determinants of spatial (dis)integration: A model -- Literature review -- Cultural influences on trade -- Analytical framework -- Gravity model -- Nonlinear ethnic influences -- Interprovincial variables and data -- Ethnic linkage index -- Other variables -- Interprovincial trade -- Gross domestic product and per capita gross domestic product -- Distance -- Adjacency -- Interprovincial panel data -- Statistical estimation -- Basic results -- Ethnic influences -- Focusing Uyghurs -- Analytical implications -- Annex 4.1. A list of China's 56 ethnic groups -- Annex 4.2. Data on selected interprovincial variables, 2000 and 2010 -- Annex 4.3. Notes to the regressions -- 5 Going back to Xinjiang: Analytic narrative -- A bird's-eye view of Xinjiang -- International connections -- Interprovincial linkages -- Internal economic performance -- General situation -- Comparing Xinjiang with Tibet -- External economic performance -- An export-import puzzle -- Explaining the puzzle -- Probing the Xinjiang problem -- Xinjiang is culturally diverse -- Focusing Uyghurs -- Development policies -- Interethnic policy -- Policy implications -- Annex 5.1. Regressions for interprovincial export and import, 2000 and 2010 -- Annex 5.2. Measuring ethnic diversity -- 6 Spatial efficiency and Xinjiang: Policy options -- Administrative divisions in China -- Historical evolution -- Regional ethnic autonomy -- Hierarchy, size, and efficiency -- Hierarchy of power and efficiency -- Administrative size and efficiency -- Dividing Xinjiang: A proposal -- Southern Xinjiang as a new autonomy -- Northern Xinjiang as a new province -- Rationale for the proposal -- Broader implications -- Annex 6.1. Spatial optimization of an administrative area. Annex 6.2. Changes of spatial benefit curves after an administrative area is divided into smaller ones -- References -- Index.