Table of Contents
Preface 7
Introduction: Dragons, Majorities and Minorities 9
1 Evolution of Ethnic Classification and Policies 28
2 Multicultural Beijing Past and Present: Lama Temple and Chinese Ethnic Culture Park 45
3 Hakkas: A Han Minority 59
4 Hui Muslims and their Neighbours in Northwest China 70
5 Xinjiang and the Uyghurs 90
6 Mongols of Inner Mongolia 117
7 Tibet and the Tibetans 134
8 Minorities of the Southwest: Yunnan Province 155
9 Manchus: The Renaissance of an Ethnic Group 167
10 Minor Minorities and Disputed Identities 177
11 Taiwan: Another China, Another Model 186
12 Ethnic-minority Policies: Unity and Conflict 200
Conclusion: Ethnic Minorities in the Age of Xi Jinping 217
China's National Minorities (shaoshu minzu) 222
References 225
Further Reading 237
Acknowledgements 243
Index 247