Uyghurs in Chinaʼs labour migration Chinese labour migration, and the emergence of a new division of labour along rural-urban divides, are typically explained in literature …
The global and the regional
The politics of integration in Chinaʼs autonomous areas Global circulation of ideologies, and regional practices associated with these ideologies – an outside-in approach – such …
An identity for Kashmir
“I am a Kashmiri to whom Kashmir has always been the dearest of treasures, and suffered for it. To me the nationalism of today is …
Models of conflict
The case of Xinjiang, China The conflict between Han Chinese ʻsettlersʼ and ʻindigenousʼ Uyghur inhabitants of Chinaʼs westernmost province, Xinjiang, is oftentimes explained by the …
Entitlement and extortion
How institutional factors foster behaviour in state actors The Weberian thesis has often been explained as the relevance of motivational factors for the development of …
Zheng Chenggong and nationalist historiography
Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga or Coxinga) has variously been depicted as a Chinese pirate, an opportunistic general, and a Ming loyalist. Zheng Chenggong was born in …
Geographies of ignorance
In focus through process metaphors “The hegemony of modern geography, mapping, and the geo-body of a nation is far stronger then perhaps we are prepared …
Ethnic violence in Ürümqi to flare up again?
(Updated 22:30 – False rumours?) Unrest seems to again have taken hold of the streets in Ürümqi, in western China. Uyghurs announce more violence after …
Ere wie ere toekomt
Terug uit China concludeer ik dat er sinds de rellen van begin juli een aantal zeer inzichtelijke en genuanceerde stukken over de Xinjiang en de …
Slanted reporting won’t help the Uyghurs
The Chinese aim threats at western journalists. Again the western media comes under criticism in China. Nobody gains from slanted journalism, not the Han, not …
State power and personal sovereignty in the Cultural Revolution
How do people cope? How do different people cope differently with the biopolitical projects of state? These questions are the subject of this paper. I …