From the Perspective of Social Stability: Research on the Prevention and Control of Targeted Population in Xinjiang’s Rural Areas

Li Zhe, “From the Perspective of Social Stability: Research on the Prevention and Control of Targeted Population in Xinjiang’s Rural Areas,” 2016. 立哲：〈社会稳定视角下 新疆农村重点人口防治问题研究〉，《河北公安警察职业学院学报》，2016 年 3 月第16 卷第1 期，41-44。 Summary The author from Xinjiang’s Yili Normal University argues that “troubled populations” in Xinjiang share similar socioeconomic characteristics such as being male, rural, and religious (Muslim). […]

An Analysis on Israel’s War on Terror and Its Implications for China’s War on Terror in Xinjiang— Using the Decision-Making Mechanism of the “National Security Commission” as the Focus

Lu Peng and Cao Xuefei, “An Analysis on Israel’s War on Terror and Its Implications for China’s War on Terror in Xinjiang— Using the Decision-Making Mechanism of the “National Security Commission” as the Focus,” 2014. 芦鹏和曹雪飞: 〈浅析以色列反恐战略及对中国新疆反恐启示——以“国安委”决策机制为视角〉，《中国刑警学院》，2014年1月，19-21。 Summary This article published by the National Police University of China discusses the “success story” of Israel’s anti-terror […]

Studies on Anti-Terrorism and the Xinjiang Mode

Ding Wang and Dan Shan, “Studies on Anti-Terrorism and the Xinjiang Mode,” 2016. 王定和山丹：〈反恐研究与新疆模式〉，《情报杂志》，2016 年11 月第35 卷第11 期，20-35 。 Summary Wang Ding and Shan Dan, theorists in a local Xinjiang police academy, argue that the model of preventative policing that other policing theorists had proposed needed to be adapted in an explicit ‘Xinjiang Mode’ (新疆模式) […]

The Theory and Practice of Anti-Terrorism Community Policing

Ji Yantao and Wei Yin, “The Theory and Practice of Anti-Terrorism Community Policing,” 2016. 姬艳涛和尹伟：〈反恐社区警务的理论与实践〉，《中国人民公安大学学报（社会科学版）》，2016 年第1 期，144-151。 Summary In an article that was published in the summer of 2016, Chinese policing theorists Ji Yantao and Yin Wei describe the way this turn in policing could be adapted in a Chinese context by emphasising the need […]

New Vision for China’s Borderland Study of “One Belt and One Road”

Feng Jianyong, “New Vision for China’s Borderland Study of ‘One Belt and One Road’,” 2016. 冯建勇：〈”一带一路” 的中国边疆研究新视角〉，《爱思想》。 Summary Feng focuses on the re-conceptualization of the center in the Middle Kingdom in light of the Belt and Road Initiative where Xinjiang’s peripheral status is re-situated as the center under the new development paradigm.

Counterterrorism or Cultural Genocide?

Matthew P. Robertson, “Counterterrorism or Cultural Genocide?” Made in China Journal, 12 June 2020. Summary Matthew P. Robertson argues that current CCP policies toward Uyghurs are focused on cultural genocide, and counterterrorism has been intentionally invoked as the cover. Introduction Since 2017, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has embarked on a rapid and intense securitisation […]

Chinese Strategy for De-Radicalization

Zunyou Zhou, “Chinese Strategy for De-Radicalization,” Terrorism and Political Violence 31, Issue 6, 9 June 2017: 1187–1209. Summary This article discusses the ideas and structure behind China’s de-radicalization campaigns in Xinjiang and its effectiveness. Abstract China is fighting a tough battle against separatist terrorism perpetrated by militant Muslim Uyghurs in the far-western region of Xinjiang. […]

Controlling Religious Knowledge and Education for Countering Religious Extremism: Case Study of the Uyghur Muslims in China

Dilmurat Mahmut, “Controlling Religious Knowledge and Education for Countering Religious Extremism: Case Study of the Uyghur Muslims in China,” Forum for International Research in Education 5, no. 1, 2019: 22–43. Summary This article discusses the history of how the PRC Government has viewed Islamism, and in the wake of increased radical terrorist attacks at the […]

Cultural and Political Disciplining inside China’s Dislocated Minority Schooling System

James Leibold and Timothy Grose, “Cultural and Political Disciplining inside China’s Dislocated Minority Schooling System,” Asian Studies Review 43, 7 January 2019: 16–35 Summary This article discusses the teacher-student dynamics and the manner in which students are disciplined in China’s minority schooling system that has been in place since 1985, which houses Tibetans, Uyghurs, and […]

Islamic Veiling in Xinjiang: The Political and Societal Struggle to Define Uyghur Female Adornment

James Leibold and Timothy Grose, “Islamic Veiling in Xinjiang: The Political and Societal Struggle to Define Uyghur Female Adornment,” The China Journal 76, 2016: 78–102. Summary This article discusses the current attempts by the PRC Government to police how Uyghur women in Xinjiang should dress and its cultural norms. Abstract The Islamic veil is arguably […]