Charting the course of Uyghur unrest

China Quarterly

Volumn , Issue 208, 2011, Pages 893-912

  Hastings, Justin V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

geography; resistance; Uyghur; violence; Xinjiang

Indexed keywords

POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL VIOLENCE;

CHINA; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84858830826     PISSN: 03057410     EISSN: 14682648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305741011001056     Document Type: Review

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