TY - BOOK AU - KERR David AU - SWINTON Laura C TI - China, Xinjiang, and the transitional security of Central Asia PY - 2008/// KW - CHINA KW - INTERNAL SECURITY KW - XINJIANG KW - FOREIGN POLICY KW - CENTRAL ASIA KW - SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANISATION N2 - China faces a continuing security problem in Xinjiang as well as in its broader dealings with Central Asia. Suggests that the SCO is more a means of constraining the political options of others than of promoting China's own interests, and that China will have to deal with transnational politics for a very long time in this region ER -