HANDLE WITH CARE: CHINA'S POLICY FOR MULTICULTURALISM AND MINORITY NATIONALITIES

The article adopts a revisionist perspective on China's policy for multiculturalism and its minority nationalities, calling for a more sympathetic and cautious approach than is usually encountered in the Western scholarly and policy literature and the media. The importance of the Han factor in...

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Published in:Asian perspective 1998-04, Vol.22 (1), p.5-34
Main Author: Magid, Alvin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
China
China (People's Republic)
Chinese culture
Communism
Communist parties
Countries
Cultural policy
Economic reform
Ethnic groups
Ethnic minorities
Foreign relations
Government policy
Lamas
Language minorities
Minorities
MINORITY GROUPS
Mongolia
Multiculturalism
Muslims
Nationalism
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Plural societies
Political parties
Social policy
TIBET
United States
UNITED STATES, 1945 TO PRESENT
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Summary:The article adopts a revisionist perspective on China's policy for multiculturalism and its minority nationalities, calling for a more sympathetic and cautious approach than is usually encountered in the Western scholarly and policy literature and the media. The importance of the Han factor in the Chinese population is underlined along with the reality of China's cultural diversity based on more than fifty minoritynationality groupings. Attention is drawn to the efforts of China's communist regime to grapple generally with multiculturalism against the backdrop of its economic-reform program and Chinese history, and to the regime's problematic dealings especially with the Tibetans, Muslims and, to a lesser extent, Mongolians. Finally, the article examines key aspects of the Tibetan issue and warns against heavyhanded interference by other countries, particularly the United States.
ISSN:0258-9184
2288-2871
2288-2871
DOI:10.1353/apr.1998.a921106