China and the Uyghurs

Morris Rossabi is Distinguished Professor of History at City University of New York and adjunct professor at Columbia University. He is the author of several celebrated works on Asian history and has collaborated on exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cleveland Museum of Art. His books include A History of China, The Mongols: A Very Short Introduction, The Mongols and Global History, and Khubilai Khan: His Life and Times.

China and the Uyghurs is a go-to book for those who want to read about the Uyghurs and the Chinese state for the first time. In present times, the plight of the Uyghurs is receiving increasing attention, but their situation is still often misunderstood. Furthermore, and due to the study in China and the Uyghurs of a longer time frame than other books on the Uyghurs, those readers who are relatively familiar with the topic will still benefit from the original historical perspective of Rossabi’s work.

• Preface Map of the Silk RoadsAcknowledgments1 Setting the Stage: Xinjiang and Imperial and EarlyRepublican China Physical EnvironmentSilk RoadsEarly History and the Silk RoadsMongol Era and Xinjiang to 1750sChina Rules Xinjiang Rebellion in Xinjiang and Aftermath End of the Qing Dynasty and Consequences2 China, the USSR, and the Emergence of UyghursUSSR Involvement and Chinese and Uyghur ResponsesChinese Communists Emerge VictoriousNew Communist PoliciesRepeated Changes in Communist PoliciesEmergence of Radical Initiatives3 Moderation and Ensuing Violence, 1976–2000Era of Reform in Xinjiang Uyghur Protests Start in 1990Government Responses to ProtestsIncreases in Violence and “Strike Hard”4 “Carrots and Sticks” in the Twenty-First CenturyShanghai Cooperation Organization, 9/11 Aftereffects vs. ModerationUyghur Dissatisfaction and PRC ResponsesViolent ExplosionsPeace through Moderation or Strike Hard Policies?Xi Jinping and Three New PoliciesXi Reacts t