Counterterrorism and preventive repression: China's changing strategy in Xinjiang/
GREITENS Sheena Chestnut
Counterterrorism and preventive repression: China's changing strategy in Xinjiang/ Sheena Chestnut Greitens - 2019/20
In 2017-18, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) changed its domestic security strategy in Xinjiang, escalating the use of mass detention, ideological re-education and pressure on Uyghur diaspora networks. Commonly proposed explanations for this shift focus on domestic factors: ethnic unrest, minority policy, and regional leadership. The CCP's strategy changes in Xinjiang, however, were also likely catalyzed by changing perceptions of the threat posed by Uyghur contact with transnational Islamic militant groups in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, and a corresponding increase in perceived domestic vulnerability.
COUNTERTERRORISM
CHINA--XINJIANG
Counterterrorism and preventive repression: China's changing strategy in Xinjiang/ Sheena Chestnut Greitens - 2019/20
In 2017-18, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) changed its domestic security strategy in Xinjiang, escalating the use of mass detention, ideological re-education and pressure on Uyghur diaspora networks. Commonly proposed explanations for this shift focus on domestic factors: ethnic unrest, minority policy, and regional leadership. The CCP's strategy changes in Xinjiang, however, were also likely catalyzed by changing perceptions of the threat posed by Uyghur contact with transnational Islamic militant groups in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, and a corresponding increase in perceived domestic vulnerability.
COUNTERTERRORISM
CHINA--XINJIANG