wheel and deal in Hong Kong politics. She being her usual forthright self. In all the Resource List: increasingly realises that Beijing has few time I have known her that was the only Ethnic Minorities good intentions for Hong Kong and that occasion I had been disappointed with her.” Britain will not, cannot, defend it. When she During those years of intense political in China breaks a long taboo and publicly enquires battle, was there another Christine Loh, the how the Chinese Communist Party oper- product of all those ancestors, her divorced COMPILED BY JOVY CHAN ates in Hong Kong, not only do the Chinese parents and her amah? The product, too, of WITH SI-SI LIU AND CAROL WANG and their acolytes in the Legislative Council her foreign education and her English revile her, but even Patten dismisses the native language, despite the Chinese pass- This resource list provides a wide range of question as “exotic.” That is hardly the port she acquired after giving up her British resources on ethnic minorities living in word: just before the 1997 hand-over, a one? The burden relayed in the first half of China and related human rights issues. very senior Special Branch officer showed her book is of her mixed identity. We learn “CSO and Academic Resources” includes me around an enormous room containing of her devotion to her mother and stepfa- information provided by governments-in-exile hundreds of files on the Hong Kong Com- ther, her amah and to a few half-relatives and civil society groups. The section also munist Party, which were about to be far away. But how is that she is the includes information on international legal shipped back to London. guardian and godparent of Leah Ehrlich, to standards relating to this issue, along with The second half of Loh’s book is taken whom this book is partially dedicated? some recommended books and articles. At up with her legislative and civic interests, What of romance, marriage, deep friend- the end, “PRC Government Resources” are which are wide-ranging, heroic and often ships, even fun? She says nothing. Loh is included for references to state mecha- effective. entitled to her discretion and her privacy, nisms that affect ethnic groups, such as Chi- Much of this part of the book will be of which may arise from a childhood in which nese laws and white papers. Additionally, interest only to those living in Hong Kong or troubles were barely mentioned, but the government-sponsored Web sites are also very curious about it, but what shines out is book remains a half-self-portrait. provided to demonstrate the PRC’s how Loh and her allies fought for human It is perhaps this that affects Loh’s writ- approach to the issue of ethnic groups. rights in Hong Kong before and after 1997. ing. The book’s first half is relatively lively The British, with a very few honorable and stylistically unexceptional. The second ABBREVIATIONS: exceptions, opposed and interfered in this is too much like a chronicle in style and is GZAR Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region struggle, she contends, while Beijing occasionally ungrammatical. IMAR Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region scorned the hopes and ambitions of the That said, in my judgement, Christine NHAR Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region democrats who, Loh rightly says, represent Loh, more than anyone in Hong Kong—and TAR Tibet Autonomous Region the hopes and ambitions of most people in there are plenty of pro-democracy cam- XUAR Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Hong Kong. paigners there—follows her own advice for For me, the most engrossing of Loh’s “active citizens”: We must learn, she crusades—a term I use with admiration— emphasises, “to ferret out the truth, ask CSO and ACADEMIC RESOURCES was to secure land ownership rights for questions, and demand answers and dis- women in traditional New Territories vil- sent if that is what it takes to force recon- MONGOLS lages. This so enraged the men of those sideration.” All this and cheery, too. A parts that some publicly threatened to rape remarkable public woman about whom we Southern Mongolian Human Rights Loh. It is characteristic of Loh that she would like to know more. Information Center laughed off this scandalous threat. Mean- http://www.smhric.org/ while, the British behaved badly. “They English, Chinese, Japanese wanted to stay on good terms with the local SMHRIC, based in New York, promotes the elites in order to secure their authority and protection of ethnic Mongolians’ rights and legitimise colonial rule So, ironically, it was supports a grassroots movement with an in modern Hong Kong that discriminatory ultimate goal of establishing a democratic patriarchal customary laws were recog- political system in the IMAR. The Web site nised and preserved as normative Chinese includes information on political prisoners tradition and exempted from legal interven- and papers on human rights issues, aggre- tion.” gates relevant news, and recommends Loh rarely speaks ill of others, but on books relating to Mongolian history and this issue, she contends, fellow-legislator issues. Emily Lau, usually a dependable defender of Hong Kong’s human rights, “stayed Inner Mongolian People’s Party close” to the cause of the angry men. “Per- http://www.innermongolia.org/ haps . . . because she had indigenous vil- English, Mongolian, Chinese lagers among her constituents . . . She was Headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, plainly edging around the issue and not the IMPP is a group of activists inside and mittee recognizes theTibetanGovernment- resolving conflict.TheCanadaTibet Com- opposes theuseofviolenceasa means of to theprincipleofnon-violenceand The CanadaTibetCommitteeiscommitted pendent statewithinthefamilyof nations. to restoreTibetitsstatusasan inde- ate thesufferingofTibetanpeopleand toallevi- oftheTibetanculture, destruction The Committeeseekstostoptheongoing English http://www.tibet.ca/en/ Committee Canada Tibet Planning. Healthand Security, national Relations, andInter- Information Education, Affairs, Home andCulture, departments—Religion andAudit—andseven Public Service tion, three autonomouscommissions—Elec- Government inExile.Itiscomprisedof the administrativebranchofTibetan The CentralTibetanAdministration(CTA) is Russian Japanese, Spanish, Chinese, Tibetan, English, http://www.tibet.net/ Administration The CentralTibetan in London. cial agencyofHisHolinesstheDalaiLama theoffi- maintained by ofTibet, theOffice basic freedomsintheTAR. Thissiteis fortherestorationof and leadsthestruggle opment ofTibetancultureandeducation, anddevel- preservation re-establishment, including the toTibetansinexile, pertaining allmatters administers India, Dharamsala, basedin The GovernmentofTibetinExile, English http://www.tibet.com/index.html inExile The GovernmentofTibet TIBETANS the UnitedStates. Mongolculturein promoting andpreserving and inhabitedbythe world Mongolpeoples, toareasof ble andhumanitariansupport MACA provides charita- Founded in1988, http://www.maca-usa.org/ Mongol-American CulturalAssociation onissuesofconcern. and papers onIMPPactivists background information theWeb siteprovides not recentlyupdated, rights andfreedomforMongols.Although outside oftheIMARpromotinghuman eseno ac 8 95 toachieve 1995, onMarch18, Gerstein Jigme Norbu(Taktser Rinpoche)andLarry dence Movement was foundedby Thubten TibetIndepen- International individuals, relies almostentirelyondonations from A grassrootsvolunteerorganization that English http://www.rangzen.org/ Movement Independence Tibet International TAR andtheDalaiLama. relatingtothe and historicalinformation environment. TheirWeb siteprovides news Tibetans andtoprotecttheirculture for human rightsandself-determination topromote Campaign forTibet(ICT)works theInternational DC, Based inWashington, German Tibetan, Chinese, English, http://www.savetibet.org CampaignforTibet International political prisoners. ofGu-Chu-Sumareformer 256 members inexile.All to releasedpoliticalprisoners aid toTibetansimprisonedintheTAR and of theTibetanfreedommovement. Itoffers by ex-politicalprisoners India, Dharamsala, in 1991, established onMarch27, The Gu-Chu-SumMovement ofTibetwas English http://www.guchusum.org/ Gu-Chu-Sum of Tibetans. respect forthefundamentalhumanrights of theTAR andpromotingprotection tion campaigningtoendChina’s occupation organiza- is anindependentmembership establishedin1987, Free TibetCampaign, English http://www.freetibet.org Free Campaign Tibet human rightsoftheTibetanpeople. oftheTibetancultureand the survival thatidentityandassure topreserve work gious identityoftheTibetanpeopleandto culturalandreli- about theuniquenational, thepublic toinform organization thatworks The Committeeof100forTibet(C100)an English http://www.c100tibet.org/ The Committeeof100forTibet the Tibetanpeople. in-exile asthelegitimaterepresentativeof for campaigningandorganizing. campaignsandresources tion oncurrent informa- Web Tibet-relatednews, siteoffers organizing andnon-violentdirectaction.Its grassroots freedom througheducation, for Tibetans’fundamentalrighttopolitical campaigns basedinNew York City, (SFT), StudentsforaFree Tibet tional network, Operating throughachapter-basedinterna- English http://www.studentsforafreetibet.org/ Students foraFree Tibet aboutTibetandTibetans. information isaWeb sitededicatedtonews and Tibet, of tothe“fatherland” whichrefers Phayul, English http://phayul.com/ Phayul methods. Tibet’s independencethroughnon-violent forms. forms. plat- rights forTibetansininternational istoadvocatehuman groups. Itscorework was Tibetsupport one of thefirst Tibet, CommitteeofLawyers for the International knownas formerly The TibetJusticeCentre, English http://www.tibetjustice.org/ JusticeCenter Tibet substantial Tibetanexilepopulations. ofIndiawith Dharamsala andinotherparts community. ThereareTCVschoolsin ofthe reliant andcontributingmembers culturalidentityandbecomeself- a firm sothatthey canachieve Tibetan education, and Tibetan childrencanreceiveamodern The missionofTCVistoensurethat English http://www.tcv.org.in Children’sTibetan Villages humanrightsgroups. and otherconcerned inadditiontosourceswithinTibet India, testimonies provided by Tibetanrefugeesin the Tibetancommunity. Itreliesprimarilyon ation inTibetandpromotesdemocracy thehumanrightssitu- The Centremonitors Tibetan German, Chinese, English, http://www.tchrd.org/ Democracy CentreforHumanRightsand Tibetan

REGULAR FEATURES 101 CHINA RIGHTS FORUM NO. 4, 2006 Tibet Online U.S. Tibet Committee right of the Uyghur people to use peaceful, http://www.tibet.org/ http://www.ustibet.org/ nonviolent, and democratic means to deter- English English mine the political future of East Turkistan. Tibet Online is operated by the interna- Established in 1977, the USTC has worked tional Tibet Support Group community to to further the Tibetan people’s nonviolent East Turkistan Information Center provide information on the plight of the TAR struggle to restore independence to Tibet. http://uygur.org/ and serve as a virtual community space At the grassroots level, they work on edu- English, Chinese, Arabic, Japanese, German dedicated to ending the suffering of the cating the public on the occupation of The East Turkistan Information Center pro- Tibetan people through self-determination. Tibet, and to mobilize political action. vides a compilation of news and list of Uyghur organizations around the world. The Tibetan Youth Congress UYGHURS Web site also contains historical informa- www.tibetanyouthcongress.org tion about Uyghurs and a collection of English Uyghur American Association human rights reports on East Turkistan. TYC is headquartered in Dharamsala, India, http://www.uyghuramerican.org and has regional chapters around the English, Uyghur The Government-in-exile of East Turkestan world, which has a combined membership The non-profit Uyghur American Associa- http://eastturkistangovernmentinexile.us/ of over 20,000. TYC organizes political and tion, based in Washington, DC, works to English, Uyghur cultural activities, assists in poverty allevia- promote the preservation and flourishing of This Government-in-exile was established tion and other social projects. The Con- a rich, humanistic and diverse Uyghur cul- by members of the Uyghur community in gress is presided over by the Central ture, and supports the right of the Uyghur exile in 2004 in Washington, DC. The Web Executive Committee (CENTREX), which people to use peaceful, democratic means site includes information on the govern- supervises the overall work of the organiza- to determine their own political future. ment in exile, current campaigns, and gen- tion, provides guidance to the Regional eral information on Uyghur concerns and Working Committee; and represents TYC in Uyghur Canadian Association culture. all national and international forums. http://www.uyghurcanadian.org/ English OTHER ORGANIZATIONS Tibetan Youth Association in Europe The UCA was established on March, 2000, http://www.tibetanyouth.org/ in Montreal. It works to promote diverse Human Rights in China German, some English Uyghur culture, and to support the right of http://www.hrichina.org/public/index Based in Switzerland, TYAE encourages Uyghurs to use peaceful, democratic English, Chinese contact between Tibetan youths in Europe; means to determine their own political HRIC is a Chinese, international NGO supports Tibetan refugees in India, Nepal, future. It does this by lobbying the Cana- established in 1989 to promote universally and Bhutan; and conducts activities for the dian government and informing the public recognized human rights and advance the preservation of Tibetan culture in exile com- about the abuse of human rights by the Chi- institutional protection of these rights in munities in Europe. nese government. The UCA also provides China. Its Web site contains articles and assistance to new Uyghur immigrants to interviews relating to ethnic minorities’ Tibetan Women’s Association Canada. issues. See also the Human Rights in http://www.tibetanwomen.org/ China and Human Rights Watch report, Dev- English Uygur Human Rights Project astating Blows: Religious Repression of Based in Dharamsala, India, TWA’s main http://www.uhrp.org/ Uighurs in Xinjiang (2005), http://hrichina. objective is to raise public awareness of English org/public/contents/21518. the abuses faced by Tibetan women in Chi- The Uyghur Human rights Project was nese-occupied Tibet, through extensive founded by the Uyghur American Associa- Minority Rights Group International publicity and involvement in national and tion in 2004 with a mission is to promote http://www.minorityrights.org/ international affairs. TWA also develops, human rights and democracy for the Uyghur English, French publishes and distributes various people, and to raise awareness of human Minority Rights Group International (MRG) brochures and reports concerning human rights abuses that occur in East Turkistan, works to secure the rights of ethnic, reli- rights violations in Tibet. also known as the XUAR. gious and linguistic minorities and indige- nous peoples worldwide, and to promote TibetWrites.org World Uyghur Congress cooperation and understanding between http://tibetwrites.org/articles/ http://www.uyghurcongress.org/ communities. MRG maintains a presence English English, Chinese, Uyghur, German at international forums promoting interna- This Web site provides literary articles, The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) is an tional human rights standards, and advo- poetry and essays in English by Tibetan international organization that represents cating for and with minority and indigenous writers, as well as reviews of recent publi- the collective interest of the Uyghur people groups. Its Web site provides information cations and current news events. both in East Turkistan and abroad. The on minority issues and active campaigns. main objective of WUC is to promote the plements and enhances the work ofother plements andenhances thework Human RightsCouncil.Themandate com- issues isaspecialprocedureofthe UN onminority The UNIndependentExpert Russian Arabic, Spanish, French, Chinese, English, minorities/expert/index.htm http://www.ohchr.org/english/issues/ onMinorities UN IndependentExpert INTERNATIONAL MECHANISMS reports. record oftheirresearchandrelated a contains introductionsofthevillages, women invillagesYunnan Province. It Foundation ontherightsethnicminority research projectsponsoredby theTokyo This bilingualWeb sitedocumentsa English Chinese, http://www.shecan.net/ (Shaoshu MinzuQuanyi Wang) SheCan ofconscienceinChina. base ofprisoners panelpresentationsandadata- reports, the Congress.TheCECCWeb siteincludes tothePresidentand mit anannualreport andtosub- of lawment oftherule inChina, to monitorhumanrightsandthedevelop- Congress inOctober2000withamandate on China(CECC)was createdby theUS The Congressional-ExecutiveCommission English http://www.cecc.gov on China Congressional- ExecutiveCommission ditions ofethnicminoritiesinChina. regardingsocialcon- page includesarticles andinjustice.TheWebagainst poverty ginalized peoplein43countriestofight withpoorandmar- working agency currently isadevelopment ActionAid International Chinese English, http://www.actionaid.org/china/376.html ActionAid China issues relatingtoethnicminorities. onhumanrights site includesinformation TheWebrights ofpeoplearoundtheworld. is committedtoprotectingthehuman HumanRightsWatch Established in1978, German Arabic, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Chinese, English, http://www.hrw.org/ Human RightsWatch Opendocument 12c2fb8bb21c12563ed004df111? unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/fb7fb 27):http://www.rights ofminorities(Article GeneralCommentNo.23:The See also religionandlanguage. minorities toculture, to therightsofethnic 27refers Article Arabian ian, Russ- Spanish, French, Chinese, English, m#art27 http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/ccpr.ht Political Rights CovenantInternational onCiviland live. and socialstabilityofStatesinwhichthey minorities andtocontributethepolitical religiousandlinguistic to nationalorethnic, belonging and protecttherightsofpersons The declarationsetsstandardstopromote Arabian ian, Russ- Spanish, French, Chinese, English, minorities.htm http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/ and LinguisticMinorities Religious Belonging toNationalorEthnic, Declaration ontheRightsofPersons INTERNATIONAL LEGALSTANDARDS tection oftheirrights. throughthepromotionandpro- minorities, solution toproblemsinvolvingstructive recommendations forthepeacefulandcon- anism forhearingsuggestionsandmaking asamech- itserves governments. Second, ties andbetween minoritiesand standing andmutualrespectamongminori- andtoseekbetterunder- minority issues, awareness on ofthedifferingperspectives for dialogue.Itaimstofacilitategreater The Working Groupaimsatbeingaforum Spanish French, English, http://www.unhchr.ch/minorities/group.htm UN Working GrouponMinorities visits. oncountry andinformation includes reports treaty monitoringbodies.TheWeb site ing theWorking GrouponMinoritiesand includ- minority rightsandissues, UN bodiesandmechanismsthataddress eiin andlanguage. religion, child hasrightstohisorherownculture, 30emphasizesthata Article In particular, Arabian ian, Russ- Spanish, French, Chinese, English, http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/crc.htm (CRC) Convention ontheRightsofChild 0049800f?Opendocument (Symbol)/3ae0a87b5bd69d28c12563ee http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/ Elimination ofRacialDiscrimination: paragraphs1 &4)by Committeeonthe ticular racialorethnicgroup(Artcle1, mendation No.08:Identificationwithapar- discrimination. 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Discrimination ofRacial Elimination ofAllforms ConventionInternational onthe national sovereignty ofstates. integrityand respectingtheterritorial law, of tive protectionofthemwithintherule toensureeffec- obligations ofstateparties doms ofnationalminoritiesandthe dards andprinciplesoftherightsfree- This 1995Convention outlinesthestan- English EN/Treaties/Html/157.htm http://www.conventions.coe.int/Treaty/ for theProtectionofNationalMinorities Framework Convention Council ofEurope, Arabian ian, Russ- Spanish, French, Chinese, English, htm http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/cedaw. against Women (CEDAW) Elimination ofAllForms ofDiscrimination ConventionInternational onthe Arabian ian, Russ- Spanish, French, Chinese, English, http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/cescr.htm Social andCulturalRights(ICESCR) CovenantInternational onEconomic,

REGULAR FEATURES 103 CHINA RIGHTS FORUM NO. 4, 2006 GENERAL RESOURCES parks; the invention of folklore and creation The State Administration for myths; the role of pilgrimages in construct- Religious Affairs BOOKS ing local identities; and the impact of glob- http://www.sara.gov.cn/GB/ alization and economic reforms on non-Han Chinese Barnett, Robert. Lhasa: Streets With Memo- groups such as the Muslim Hui. The State Administration for Religious ries. (New York: Columbia University Press, Affairs is a department working under the 2006). Gladney, Dru C. Ethnic Identity in China: The State Council in charge of religious affairs Barnett explores Lhasa’s past and present, Making of a Muslim Minority (Case Studies and issues, which are of particular rele- and interweaves his diary accounts from in Social Anthropology). Wadsworth Publish- vance in minority regions. the period of unrest in 1987. ing, 1997. This case study examines the problems of Nationalities Unity and Progress Fischer, Andrew Martin. State Growth and ethnic diversity in China as well as the Association of China Social Exclusion in Tibet: Challenges of larger issue of ethnic pluralism in modern http://www.seac.gov.cn/homepage/home- Recent Economic Growth. (Copenhagen: nation-states. page.jsp?refsubportal=ptredb36efa883d7 Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Press, Chinese 2005). ARTICLES & REPORTS This organization, managed by the State Fischer argues that modern economic Ethnic Affairs Commission, operates as a development in Tibet is responsible for the Bass, Catriona. “Learning to Love the Moth- representative non-governmental organiza- exclusion and marginalization of the Tibetan erland: Educating Tibetans in China.” Jour- tion handling ethnic affairs. population. He highlights the common prob- nal of Moral Education 34:4 (December lems that Tibet shares with other poor 2005), 433-49. Government of Xinjiang Uygur developing regions throughout the world. Autonomous Region Bovingdon, Gardner. “Autonomy in Xinjiang: http://www.xinjiang.gov.cn Mackerras, Colin. China’s Ethnic Minorities Han Nationalist Imperatives and Uighur Dis- English, Chinese, Uyghur and Globalisation. London: RoutledgeCur- content.” Policy Studies 11, East West Cen- The official Web site of the XUAR govern- zon, 2003. ter Washington (2004). ment contains news and information on cul- This book examines the current state of ture, travel, investment and so on. It also China’s ethnic minorities at a time when Bulag, Uradyn E. “Mongolian Ethnicity and contains official news releases and links to ethnic affairs and globalization are key Linguistic Anxiety in China.” American other government departments. forces affecting the contemporary world. It Anthropologist 105: 4 (2003), 753-763. considers policy, economics, society and Ningxia (Huizu) Autonomous Region international relations, including the impact Gladney, Dru. “China’s Indigenous Peoples http://www.nx.cei.gov.cn of globalization and outside influences. and the Politics of Internal Colonialism: The Chinese Case of the Uyghur Muslim Minority.” Har- This official Web site of the government of Shih, Chih-you. Negotiating Ethnicity in vard Asia Pacific Review 3:1, 11-16. NHAR contains news and information on China: Citizenship as a Response to the economy, culture and travel in the region. State (Routledge Studies in China in Transi- Human Rights in China and Human Rights tion). London: Routledge, 2002. Watch, Devastating Blows: Religious Repres- Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region This book brings together anthropology and sion of Uighurs in Xinjiang (New York, http://www.nmg.gov.cn political science to examine how ethnic Human Rights in China and Human Rights Chinese minorities are constructed by the state, and Watch, 2005). This site contains information needed by how they respond to these constructions. residents, companies, investors, tourists The book also discloses mini negotiations Riddell, Roger. Minorities, Minority Rights and civil servants, including law and regu- between those acting in the name of the and Development. (London: Minority Rights lations on household registration, taxa- Chinese state and those carrying the Group International, 2002). tion, company registration and investment images of ethnic minority. projects.

Gladney, Dru C. Dislocating China: Muslims, CHINESE GOVERNMENT RESOURCES Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Minorities, and Other Subaltern Subjects. http://www.gxi.gov.cn Chicago: University Of Chicago Press, 2004. STATE ORGANS Chinese In this book, the writer locates China and This official Web site of the GZAR govern- Chinese culture in the context of historical The State Ethnic Affairs Commission ment contains mainly economic and politi- and contemporary multicultural complexity. http://www.seac.gov.cn/ cal news about the GZAR. It also contains He investigates how this complexity plays Chinese official news releases and links to other out among a variety of places and groups, As a commission under the State Council, government departments. examining representations of minorities the State Ethnic Affairs Commission is and majorities in art, movies and theme responsible for ethnic affairs nation-wide. 07/28/content_17948.htm http://english.gov.cn/official/2005- andDevelopment ofXinjiang History XUAR specific 07/27/content_17590.htm http://english.gov.cn/official/2005- Culture The Development ofTibetan 07/27/content_17564.htm http://english.gov.cn/official/2005- Tibet’s MarchToward Modernization white/tibet/index.htm http://www.china.org.cn/e- Situation AndHumanRights Ownership Tibet—Its white/last/index.htm http://www.china.org.cn/e- AutonomousRegion Tibet New ProgressinHumanRightsthe 07/28/content_18017.htm http://english.gov.cn/official/2005- Regional EthnicAutonomy inTibet TAR specific white/4/index.htm http://www.china.org.cn/e- in China National MinoritiesPolicy andItsPractice 07/28/content_18127.htm http://english.gov.cn/official/2005- in China Regional Autonomy forEthnicMinorities General situation relatingtospecificethnicgroups: issuedinresponsetothecurrent papers Followingon variousmatters. arewhite basis topresentPRCgovernmentpositions arereleasedonanadhoc White papers Chinese English, WHITE PAPERS Xinhua EthnicMinorityWeb Page eeomn,religionandculturalheritage. development, includingtheir cles onethnicminorities, andarti- mission. Itcoversnews reports managed by Com- theStateEthnicAffairs China’s EthnicPost isastatenewspaper Chinese http://www.mzb.com.cn/index.asp (Zhongguo MinzuBao) China’s EthnicPost China.org.cn English tures/EthnicGroups/126822.htm http://www.china.org.cn/english/fea- (Zhongguo Wang) China.org.cn autonomous regions. inChina’svarious development indicators specific toethnicminoritypopulationsand aswell asinformation tistical information, This Web sta- sitecontainsgeneralofficial English Chinese, htm (English) http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/index. http://www.stats.gov.cn/ (Chinese) National BureauofStatisticsChina ofmajorevents relatedtoethnicgroups. ogy ethnic statisticalyearbooksandachronol- of excerpts at thenationalandlocallevels, specificlaws andregulations white papers, including documents onethnicminorities, contains acompilationofChina’s official cultureetc.TheWeb sitealso cal location, geographi- including populationdistribution, officially-recognized ethnicgroupsinChina, onall exoticized depictionsandinformation Xinhua EthnicMinorityWeb Page provides Chinese 2003-01/21/content_700050.htm http://news.xinhuanet.com/ziliao/ GENERAL RESOURCES itr,customsandreligion. history, distribution, includingpopulation, China, of thenon-HanChineseethnicgroupsin contains government-sanctionedportrayals gateways.and information TheWeb site is oneofChina’s news official links to andprovides relating toethnicminorities, The Web news sitecovers andarticles people fromdifferentethnicgroups. customsandlifestylesof ing ondiversified focus- tions oflocalfolkcustomsinChina, aswell asculturalexposi- cultural heritage, 56 ethnicgroups.Itexploreshistoricaland cultureandsociallifeofChina’s the history, English-languagemagazinethatcovers first of themonthlymagazine publisher Commission, State EthnicAffairs 56-China.com.cn isaWeb by the siterun Kazakh andEnglish Uyghur, Korean, Mongolian, Chinese, http://www.56-china.com.cn/inox.htm (Zhongguo Minzu Wang) 56-China.com.cn autonomous regions. links tovariousWeb sitesfromthefive aswell as relating toethnicminorities, economicdevelopment andsociety cies, containsupdatesonpoli- News Network GZARandNHAR.Ethnic TAR, XUAR, IMAR, from fiveautonomousregionsincluding ofmajornews WebThis isanetwork sites Chinese http://www.minzunews.net/ (Minzu Wangmeng) Ethnic News Network ieaue educationandnaturalscience. literature, philosophy, religion, als onsocialscience, periodicalsandaudio-visualmateri- books, producing ized publisheronminorityissues, Ethnic PublishingHouseisastate-author- Chinese lish_main.asp http://www.e56.com.cn/publish/pub- The EthnicPublishingHouse The quarterly English http://www.ceg.com.cn/ China’s EthnicGroups ethnic minorityWeb sites. China Ethnicity China’s EthnicGroups and otherofficial China Ethnicity is the .

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