Type of Document	Master's Thesis
Author	Moeller, Robert Vaughn
URN	etd-12072006-153454
Title	China's Campaign to Open the West: Xinjiang and the Center
Degree	Master of Arts
Program	East Asian Studies
School	School of Arts and Sciences
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Thomas Rawski Committee Chair Evelyn Rawski Committee Member Katherine Carlitz Committee Member
Keywords	policy economic minority
Date of Defense	2006-11-21
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract This paper examines China’s ambitious Campaign to Open the West and its impact upon Han and ethnic minority populations in Xinjiang. It focuses on analyzing the components of the campaign that are being implemented to develop Xinjiang through the intensification of agriculture, exploitation of energy resources, and reforms to Xinjiang’s education system, revealing that the campaign, rather than alleviating poverty, is leading to greater asymmetry between Han and ethnic minority populations within Xinjiang. Rather than a plan for bridging the gap of economic disparity between the eastern and western regions of China, as construed by Beijing, the plan fits into a greater strategy for integration and assimilation of Xinjiang’s restive ethnic population by Beijing.
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