Examines the Chinese government’s administration of its ethnic minority regions, particularly border areas. This title provides an overview of government relations with key minority populations, against which one can view…

Explores the effects of the withdrawal of Soviet assistance, the role of international financial agencies in supporting a pure market economy, and the ways that new policies have led to…

Demanding and offering tribute is a most common feature in human societies and nothing special to China. In the course of the development of Neolithic and later societies social classes…

With its easy-to-use format, this book provides a collection of annual data on China’s 56 ethnic groups. In this book, data are presented on an ethnic group-by-ethnic group basis, and…