Xinjiang

Xinjiang the nominally autonomous region in China's far northwest is of increasing international strategic and economic importance. With a population which is mainly non-Chinese and Muslim there are powerful forces for autonomy and independence in Xinjiang. This book provides a comprehensive overview of Xinjiang. It introduces Xinjiang's history economy and society and above all outlines the political and religious opposition by the Uyghur and other Turkic peoples of Xinjiang to Chinese Communist rule.