Human rights of ethnic minorities in China
There are 55 officially recognized native ethnic minorities in China.
Some groups are still fighting for recognition as minorities. In the 1964 Census, there were 183 nationalities registered, of which the government recognized 54.[1]
Large-scale population transfers transformed the Han Chinese share of the total population in Xinjiang from 6 to over 40 percent, and the government has been accused of "ethnic dilution" in the region through tactics such as waiving the one-child policy for Han Chinese migrants to Xinjiang,[2] and registering the children of mixed couples as solely Chinese[3][4] . Muslim residents have expressed resentment at "being treated as second-class citizens in their homeland".[5] [6] Beijing has encouraged massive investment in the region and Uyghurs feel that they are gradually losing not only their lands and autonomy, but also their identity.[7] In its 2007 annual report to the U.S. Congress, the Congressional-Executive Commission on China said the Chinese government "provides incentives for migration to the region from elsewhere in China.[8]
Discriminatory policies favouring the Han Chinese over the local peoples in access to jobs, education, health care and other services in Xinjiang.[6]
Ethnic minorities in China accuse Chinese government of pursying a policy of forced assimilation, cultural genocide and religious repression. [9] An ethnic minority source from Xinjiang stated:[9]
The Chinese authorities harden state policies and adopted measures that control, interfere and deliberately manipulate minority communities' life. Local authorities abuse their power to police and dictate the day-to-day existence of our communities. It is an impossible way of living that is gradually erasing our culture and tradition. China is staging a silent cultural genocide in Xinjian that no one seems willing to halt.
Also the 14th Dalai Lama calls China’s practices “cultural genocide”.[10]
Chinese President Xi Jinping said on April 2014, that the government could impose tougher controls on its ethnic minorities.[11]
See also[edit]
- Human rights in China
- List of ethnic groups in China
- List of endangered languages in China
- Cultural Revolution
- Ethnic minorities in China
- Sinicization of Tibet
- Sinocentrism
- Han chauvinism
- Sinicization
- Affirmative action in China
- Ethnic issues in China
- Lop Nur Nuclear Weapons Test Base
- List of Chinese nuclear tests
References[edit]
- ↑ World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - China : Overview
- ↑ separatism and the war on terror in china's injiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
- ↑ Dr. Habib Siddiqui. Whitewashing Beijing’s Repression In Xinjiang Won’t Do The Trick
- ↑ Sean Roberts, Understanding Ethnic Clashes in China, Washington Post, July, 2009
- ↑ Authenticating Tibet: Answers to China's 100 Questions. Anne-Marie Blondeau, Katia Buffetrille. 2008
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 ISLAMIC UNREST IN THE XINJIANG UIGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION
- ↑ Playing the Long Game: Unrest and Changing Demography in Xinjiang
- ↑ Uighurs and China's Xinjiang Region
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2011 - China
- ↑ Legal Standards and Autonomy Options for Minorities in China: THE TIBETAN CASE
- ↑ China’s president hints at tougher controls on ethnic minorities
Further reading[edit]
- China's Ethnic Minorities and Globalisation By Colin Mackerras, Professor and Head of School of Asian and International Studies Colin Mackerras
- Authenticating Tibet: Answers to China's 100 Questions. Anne-Marie Blondeau, Katia Buffetrille. 2008
- Amnestyusa.org
- Minorityrights.org
- Scaling Back Minority Rights?: The Debate About China's Ethnic Policies
- CHINA'S REGIONAL ETHNIC AUTONOMY LAW: DOES IT PROTECT MINORITY RIGHTS?
- Amnesty.org - Report - Chian - 2011
- UN Human Rights Chief: China Fails To Protect Minority Rights
- Minority Language Policy and Practice in China
- Education of Ethnic Minorities in Contemporary China
- CHINA'S REGIONAL ETHNIC AUTONOMY LAW- DOES IT PROTECT MINORITY RIGHTS?
- Ethnic Law and Minority Rights in China
- Forced cultural assimilation for the Tibetans
- China:Minority Exclusion, Marginalization and Rising Tensions
- Demographics and Development in Xinjiang
- Migration and Inequality in Xinjiang
- Forced assimilation and conflict a case-study of the Muslim Uyghurs of China
- Wishful Thinking: Tibet in the Face of Communist China's War against Autonomy
- The Uyghur fight against Chinese Cultural Assimilation
- The effects of Nuclear Testing in East Turkestan
- Nuclear Testing in China’s Western Territory
- Chinese Nuclear Tests Allegedly Cause 750,000 Deaths
- European Parliament Assessing the Impact of Nuclear Testing in Xinjiang
- China's Geography: Globalization and the Dynamics of Political, Economic, and Social Change
- Anwar Rahman. Sinicization Beyond the Great Wall: China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region,
- UYGHURS:SINICIZATION, VIOLENCE AND THE FUTURE
- XINJIANG AND CHINA: POLICIES, SETTLERS, SEGREGATION, DEVELOPMENT AND GO WEST
- CHINA: HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND COERCION IN ONE-CHILD POLICY ENFORCEMENT
- Settlers in Xinjiang Circling the wagons
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