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Review "Well-researched....[I]t is one of the few studies to survey and analyze such a critically important subject."--Foreign Affairs"With its careful research and accessible style, this book provides a thorough and much needed survey of the minority nationalities in China, including Tibetans, Uygurs, Mongolians, and Koreans....A scholarly and important achievement."--Choice"The general reader seeking information on China's ethnic minorities will learn much from this work....Mackerras has produced a well-written work which should command a wide readership."--China Quarterly"While it would appear to be a daunting task to deal adequately and comparatively with so many differing groups, Mackerras has succeeded."--The Annals of the American Acadamy Product Description China is home to 55 recognized minority groups including Tibetans, Muslim Uygurs, Mongolians, and Koreans. This insightful study looks at the status of minorities in China throughout the twentieth century, placing particular emphasis on population growth and decline, the implementation ofcentral government policies aimed towards them, economic development, and their international relations. Colin Mackerras charts the dynamics of the political, social, and economic modernization of the communities themselves as well as their integration into greater China. Emerging from histhoughtful assessment of the current status of Chinese minorities are predictions about what the future will hold for these elements of contemporary Chinese society.