This paper examines Chinas ambitious Campaign to Open the West and its impact upon Han and ethnic minority populations in Xinjiang. It focuses on analyzing the components of the campaign that are being implemented to develop Xinjiang through the intensification of agriculture, exploitation of energy resources, and reforms to Xinjiangs education system, revealing that the campaign, rather than alleviating poverty, is leading to greater asymmetry between Han and ethnic minority populations within Xinjiang. Rather than a plan for bridging the gap of economic disparity between the eastern and western regions of China, as construed by Beijing, the plan fits into a greater strategy for integration and assimilation of Xinjiangs restive ethnic population by Beijing.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:PITT/oai:PITTETD:etd-12072006-153454 |
| Date | 23 January 2007 |
| Creators | Moeller, Robert Vaughn |
| Contributors | Evelyn Rawski, Thomas Rawski, Katherine Carlitz |
| Publisher | University of Pittsburgh |
| Source Sets | University of Pittsburgh |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-12072006-153454/ |
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