How Chinese Policies Helped Strengthen Or Weaken Uyghur Identity?

For example, in Confucianism, the government is designed around a ridged hierarchy. For a Confucian society to function properly, everyone must understand their rank and act accordingly. Citizens were required to put blind faith in and pledge unwavering loyalty to their superiors and government. In the same way, in an effort to improve the overall strength of society, the Communist Party of China (CPC) ranks their interests above the interests of their citizens. Given this superior mindset, the government feels duty bound and even righteous in their punishment of journalists whose writings may endangers the party’s continuation. Recently, French journalist, Ursula Gauthier, was forced to leave China after writing an investigative piece about a Muslim region in western China. From a western perspective, this banishment seems completely unjustified as openness to new and old knowledge is celebrated as is dissent, investigation, and inquiry. But, considering the CPC’s singular focus on their notion of societal good, this decision is understandable, if not valid. In

China has been a communist country. Despite persistent debate over an extended period of time, the question whether which Chinese government is the most responsive to its people has never been permanently settled. However, I dare to claim that Qing Dynasty was the most open and receptive to its people among several Chinese governments. Some people might contend that Republic of China, Warlords, and Chinese Communist Party were the most responsive to its people. However, a close examination throughout this essay will clearly reveal the fallacious nature of their argument. My line of reasoning will derive its support from the most fundamental sources of human wisdom and history.

Imagine. Imagine having the continuous feeling of needing to act a certain way because that is what the government wants. Imagine having to worship in an underground church because of belonging to the "wrong" religion. Imagine being blind and not being able to learn because the government cannot accept a disability. Lastly, imagine being killed because of simply disagreeing. This is everyday life in China for many people because of what the Communist Chinese government has caused for decades. Human Rights Abuse in China has caused millions of deaths and permanent injuries. In 1979, the One Child Policy was created and ever since then the abuse has escalated into being a normal part of lives. On June 4 1989, the government took the abuse to a whole other level. This fateful day was called the Tiananmen Square crackdown. This was the day of millions of deaths. China's government truly takes human rights violations to an extreme and has caused fear among their people. The government has previously claimed

The thesis of the editorial is chinese security agents tried to stop a 25 year old torontonian from advocating for freedom of religion and expression. Another quotation used,”Silence will not protect my father… I know he is safer in the light of international attention than in the shadows sought by the authoritarians.”

Huang He thinkers developed a vague world view that was accepted as a standard approach in later Chinese thinking

Imperialism’s effects on China has always been controversial and debatable. Andrew Nathan’s article on Imperialism’s Effects on China explains imperialism’s positive contributions to modern day China and defends the theory that China’s difficulties are caused by internal factors rather than external. On the other hand, Joseph Esherick’s Harvard on China: The Apologetics of Imperialism argues that China’s economic and social disruptions are caused by imperialism. However, when one examines the evidence chosen and rhetoric of both sides, one may realize the faults in Nathan’s essay which are not shown in Esherick’s. Esherick, as opposed to Nathan, delivers his arguments and defends his stance in a well-rounded manner along with wise usage of

Historians have been constantly disputed the root cause of passing the Chinese Exclusion Act, Erika Lee in her book, At America’s Gates, she said, “rather than emphasizing the ‘labor’ aspect of Chinese Exclusion”, she emphasizes, “the western part of the equation”, also she arguing that “the late 19th –century U.S. West became the birthplace of anti-Chinese legislation because of the ‘history of extending and reinforcing white supremacy in the region and its unique relationship with the federal government.” However, Mr. King is lucky; because of religious reason, he cannot stay in China anymore, he came to America to apply for political asylum in 2005. For the reason of religious, I do not talk about too much; I only can say the background was China’s only one failure

The People’s Republic of China with a population 1.3 billion, is the third largest country in the world and has a land size of 960,000 square kilometres. It is a rapidly growing economy, with living standards being raised every year. However, human rights violations are still a part of daily life in some part of China and can still be seen in the present time. The most controversial issues include discrimination, right to live and not to be subject to torture, freedom of religion, opinion, to fair public hearing, rights to family and the right of movement. (The Consulate General of The People's Republic of China, 2003),(Infoplease, 2009)

From the ancient Chinese’s advanced religion, government and treatment of one another, we can derive many lessons to apply to our lives today. Some of these lessons include: firstly, when the government demonstrates its support to the working middle class through benefits, the country is strengthened by the middle class’ new allegiance, expanded borders, its new ability to provide itself with an education, and its opportunity to be apart of the government and ensure equality through even representation. Secondly, a country whose belief system about gods and ancestors is accessible to every person benefits the social structure, motivation morale than an institutionalized religion provided. Lastly, when

The most alarming similarity between Nazi Germany and Modern China is that they both featured/feature an overtly racist government policy towards its minorities, most notably Jews, in the case of Nazi Germany, and Uighurs, in the case of China. Uighurs are a non-Han (Chinese majority) indigenous population of the Xinjiang Province of China. Since coming under Communist rule in 1949, they have claimed autonomy from the Chinese government and distinction from its people. They are distantly related to the Turks and most practice Islam. In fact, Uighurs constitute half the entire Muslim population in China. They have their own Turkic based language, with the written portion based on Arabic letters. The word “Uighur” means “unity” or “alliance”

Perhaps one of the greatest countries in the world, China, was created through struggle, sacrifice, and much more. Many of the changes in China have affected the way we think, act, and what we consider normal. This most famous, and influential country was formed through wars, governmental change, and the formation of a central religion. Governmental changes have been a huge part of China’s history. The first major government was the Dynasties.

China has been in a state of revolution and reform since the Sino-Japanese war of 1895. As a result of Japan’s victory over Russia in 1905, China’s constitutional reform movement gathered momentum. This forced the Manchu government by public opinion to make gestures of preparation for a constitutional government, an act to which reformers in exile responded enthusiastically by establishing a Political Participation Society (Cheng-wen-she) (1, pg.84).

For the oppressed Hui people, there was little that could be done about their land or possessions, due to the social class and power discrepancies. Caroline B. Brettell, in the reading, “A Comparison Across Five Immigrant Populations,” clarifies how these discrepancies can lead to the acceptance of the oppression as she writes, “In many situations, resigned acceptance is the only realistic response. This is a strategy shared by first generation immigrants, many of whom do not feel they have the resources (including linguistic ability and legal status) to pursue a more confrontational response.” The acceptance then maintains the oppression and severs as a mechanism to further control land and a marginalized population seen as outcasts in the North Central Area of China. The results of the moral panic can be seen in the ways the Hui people reacted and accepted what was told to them, which led them to be colonized by their own

Today, Tibet looks more like China because of increasing number of Chinese residents, Chinese letters on the street, and even Chinese schools are getting popular due to better opportunities for children after school. One way in which China is infiltrating in Tibet is through investment in infrastructure projects and economic development that bring thousands and thousands of workers of Han Chinese descends. For example, from the 1950s to 1999, over 200,000 Han workers have migrated to Tibet to work on infrastructure projects (Hessler, 1999). Some people fear that Tibet will become just like the Inner Mongolia where Mongolians are the minority to Chinese people. If we ask a random Chinese person on the street about Tibet, that person is likely to say that Tibet is a part of China. Likewise, according to Liang Xiangming who is a researcher in Beijing stated that "The dialogue between Dalai and the central government is not a dialogue between two

The Muslim minority groups thus felt themselves being marginalized and ill-treated because of their ethnicity. In addition, Han cadres often times couldn 't and didn 't want to collaborate with the Uygurs. They didn’t know or didn 't care to learn about the culture and language of the Uygurs, making the Uygurs feel helpless and estranged (15). Resultantly, the ethnic tensions grew strongly and quickly between them and the Han. Hence, another main reason for the upheavals against the Chinese is due to the rising feelings of ethnic identity and deep-rooted prejudice towards the Han.