Islamophobia, Terrorism and the Uyghurs: When Minorities in China Find Themselves on the Wrong Side of the Counterterrorism Discourse

2021/06/01 by Sarah Tynen · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations #Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography #Chinese history and philosophy

paper · doi:10.1080/14650045.2021.1924939

openalex publication_date 2021/06/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30

Abstract

Roberts and Tobin bridge the field of International Relations and the Uyghur question in China. At first, their focus on a lesser-known Indigenous group in China might seem to be a niche subject. H...

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