From dungans to Xinyimin: China, Chinese migration and the changing sociopolitical fabric of central asian republics

• Main Author: Yeoh, Emile Kok Kheng
• Format: Article
• Published: Institute of China and Asia-Pacific Studies - National Sun Yat-sen University 2015
• Subjects: HC Economic History and Conditions
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/19373/; http://icaps.nsysu.edu.tw/ezfiles/122/1122/img/2375/CCPS1(2)-Yeoh.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

This paper looks at the issue of ethnic identity of the Dungans – descendants of early Chinese migrants in Central Asia – and its change and preservation in the context of the fragile social fabric of the Central Asian states that were born from the shadow of the now-defunct Soviet Union, the arduou...