Description:
This book provides an account of how Beijing's evolving integrationist policies in Xinjiang have influenced its foreign policy in Central Asia since the establishment of the People's Republic in 1949, and how the policy of integration is related to China's concern for security and to its pursuit of increased power and influence in Central Asia.
Review Quotes:
"Overall, Clarke has done a wonderful job of piecing together a political history of Xinjiang's strategic importance for Chinese policy in Central Asia. The achievement of Xinjiang and China's Rise is in Clarke's analysis, which is intelligent and comprehensive and offers a new perspective for framing Xinjiang in the larger global dynamics of contemporary politics." - Kristian Petersen, Ph.D., Gustavus Adolphus College; Journal of International and Global Studies
"Clarke's book is indispensible for anyone interested China's ethnic relations, state formation, and foreign policy, especially during the communist regime. Summing Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduates and above."-L. Teh, CHOICE (February 2012)