Description

What’s gone wrong with China’s minorities policy in Xinjiang and Tibet and how to revive it? The mainstream argument points to the rule of the Chinese, particularly the Chinese Communist Party. Professor Zheng looks into the development of Xinjiang and Tibet and provides a drastically different perspective. He argued that what is happening in China’s minority regions is a reaction to the development of market economy and capitalism with the Chinese characteristics.

About The Speaker

Zheng Yongnian is Professor and Director of East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore. He is Editor of Series on Contemporary China (World Scientific Publishing) and Editor of China Policy Series (Routledge). He is also a co-editor of China: An International Journal. He has studied both China’s transformation and its external relations. His papers have appeared in journals such as Comparative Political Studies, Political Science Quarterly, Third World Quarterly and China Quarterly. He is the author of 13 books, including Technological Empowerment, De Facto Federalism in China, Discovering Chinese Nationalism in China and Globalization and State Transformation in China, and co-editor of 11 books on China’s politics and society including the latest volume China and the New International Order (2008).

Besides his research work, Professor Zheng has also been an academic activist. He served as a consultant to United Nation Development Programme on China’s rural development and democracy. In addition, he has been a columnist for Xinbao (Hong Kong) and Zaobao (Singapore) for many years, writing numerous commentaries on China’s domestic and international affairs.