China is experimenting with “soft power” approaches to its restive minority populations, but brute force remains an omnipresent threat.
Can China Pacify Its Restive Minorities Peacefully?
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China is experimenting with “soft power” approaches to its restive minority populations, but brute force remains an omnipresent threat.
Xinjiang, China’s largest and westernmost province, is home to over eight million Uighurs, a Turkic-speaking, predominantly Muslim ethnic minority. The Uighurs have lived uneasily alongside China’s Han majority for centuries, ever since the Qing dynasty seized control...