China’s Ethnic Relations in Historical Perspective: From the Qing to

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_10862
dc.contributor.author	Shen Yu
dc.contributor.author	Shyu Larry
dc.title	China’s Ethnic Relations in Historical Perspective: From the Qing to the People’s Republic
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	The geographical region known as ‘China’ has historically been inhabited by many ethnic groups, with the Han (漢) emerging as numerically the largest. Throughout China’s history, ethnic relations have been the most important issue, with direct bearing on political unity or division, war or peace in the region. China’s ethnic relations were marked by incessant conflicts and incorporations between the majority Han and other ethnic groups, or by fighting and integration among the minority ethnic groups themselves. This essay reviews the intricate, historical evolution of China’s ethnic relations in the modern period from the Manchu Qing dynasty (1644‑1911) to the People’s Republic. We focus on the formulation and implementation of the ‘nationality policy’ by the central governments, investigating policy intentions, goals, strengths, and weaknesses. Special attention is paid to some sensitive regions and ethnic groups.
dc.relation.ispartof	Sinica venetiana
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2023-10-11
dc.dateAccepted	2022-12-07
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-07-26
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-724-1/chinas-ethnic-relations-in-historical-perspective/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-723-4/004
dc.identifier.issn	2610-9654
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9042
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-724-1
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-723-4
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Autonomy
dc.subject	Migration
dc.subject	Minority regions
dc.subject	Minzu (ethnicity and nationality)
dc.subject	Segregation

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China’s Ethnic Relations in Historical Perspective: From the Qing to the People’s Republic

Yu Shen Indiana University Southeast, Indiana, USA

Larry Shyu University of New Brunswick, Canada

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The geographical region known as ‘China’ has historically been inhabited by many ethnic groups, with the Han (漢) emerging as numerically the largest. Throughout China’s history, ethnic relations have been the most important issue, with direct bearing on political unity or division, war or peace in the region. China’s ethnic relations were marked by incessant conflicts and incorporations between the majority Han and other ethnic groups, or by fighting and integration among the minority ethnic groups themselves. This essay reviews the intricate, historical evolution of China’s ethnic relations in the modern period from the Manchu Qing dynasty (1644‑1911) to the People’s Republic. We focus on the formulation and implementation of the ‘nationality policy’ by the central governments, investigating policy intentions, goals, strengths, and weaknesses. Special attention is paid to some sensitive regions and ethnic groups.

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Oct. 11, 2023

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Dec. 7, 2022

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July 26, 2022

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978-88-6969-724-1

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Keywords: Segregation • Minzu (ethnicity and nationality) • Autonomy • Minority regions • Migration

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