The impact of internal and external factors on human rights conditions in Xinjiang, China

• Main Author: Rogers, Roy Anthony
• Other Authors: Mohd Sani, Mohd Azizuddin
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: College of Law, Government and International Studies, Universiti Utara Malaysia. 2010
• Subjects: JC Political theory
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/2536/1/Roy_Anthony_Rogers_-_The_Impact_of_Internal.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/2536/; http://icis.uum.edu.my/
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

In 1949, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took control of Xinjiang from the Koumintang (KMT) and declared that Xinjiang was to be an autonomous region in 1955. However, major decisions were still made by the CCP led by the Han Chinese and not the Uyghurs from Xinjiang. The CCP implemented aggressiv...