Natural Resources and the New Frontier

A history of China’s Xinjiang Province that shows how the hunt for natural resources determined how Chinese and Russian authorities viewed and tried to control it over the years.

Cea mai vestica provincie chineza Xinjiang a cunoscut cicluri escaladante de violenta, conflicte interetnice si represiune de stat inca din anii '90. In cautarea radacinilor acestor tensiuni in crestere, savantii au avut tendinta sa se concentreze asupra ciocnirilor etnice si a disputelor politice.