Migration, Modernisation and Ethnic Estrangement: Uyghur Migration to Urumqi

Inner Asia
Written By Lina K

This article explores how the modernisation project in Xinjiang is taking precedence over ethnic harmony, as the ethnic division of labour exacerbates tensions between Han and Uyghur people.

By Ben Hopper and Michael Webber

Published in Inner Asia Vol 11. No. 2, January 2009.

Read the full paper here.

Lina K
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