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Interwoven 'Destinies': The Significance of Xinjiang to the China Dream, the Belt and Road Initiative, and the Xi Jinping Legacy.

Authors :
Hayes, Anna
Source :
Journal of Contemporary China; Jan2020, Vol. 29 Issue 121, p31-45, 15p
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) has been an uncomfortable fit within the Chinese state. However, XUAR's location on the Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB) has increased the importance of this frontier region and it is now an important element in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and China's future. Moreover, given the BRI now underpins Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy, XUAR has increasingly become interwoven into the China Dream, the BRI and Xi's legacy, resulting in serious human rights violations there. This article argues that the repressive control of XUAR demonstrates Beijing's acute anxiety over opening this region up to external influences, particularly from Central Asian and Middle Eastern SREB states. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10670564
Volume :
29
Issue :
121
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Journal of Contemporary China
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
141048714
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/10670564.2019.1621528