Contestation and Adaptation: The Politics of National Identity in China

Tha author unravels the complexities of national-identity contestation and adaptation among various ethnic minority groups in China, focusing on the interactions between domestic and international forces that inform ethnic groups' national-identity contestation and positing a theoretical framework where international factors play a significant role in determining whether ethnic groups contest the national identities imposed on them. It argues that whether ethnic groups contest those national identities depends on their perceiving a better, achievable alternative

Tha author unravels the complexities of national-identity contestation and adaptation among various ethnic minority groups in China, focusing on the interactions between domestic and international forces that inform ethnic groups' national-identity contestation and positing a theoretical framework where international factors play a significant role in determining whether ethnic groups contest the national identities imposed on them. It argues that whether ethnic groups contest those national identities depends on their perceiving a better, achievable alternative.

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Tables""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""1. National Identity Contestation and Adaptation in China""; ""2. Politics of Nation Building in China in Historical Perspective""; ""3. National Identity Contestation Among the Uyghurs""; ""4. Emigration and Fragmentation of the Chinese Koreans""; ""5. Ambiguities of National Identity Among the Mongols""; ""6. Cultural Revival and National Identity Adaptation Among the Dai""; ""7. The International Dimension of the Tibet Question""; ""8. Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Name Index""; ""A""

Tha author unravels the complexities of national-identity contestation and adaptation among various ethnic minority groups in China, focusing on the interactions between domestic and international forces that inform ethnic groups' national-identity contestation and positing a theoretical framework where international factors play a significant role in determining whether ethnic groups contest the national identities imposed on them. It argues that whether ethnic groups contest those national identities depends on their perceiving a better, achievable alternative.