1. China’s Political Culture

2. Population Centered in the East East-West cleavage
Urban-Rural cleavage

3. Ethnicities Over 50 officially recognized Over 200 claimants Policies
Control nationalist tendencies
Minimize differences
Promote centralization/authority
Portray image of China as harmonious, multiethnic state

4. Tibet China sent troops in 1950
Failed uprising and Dalai Lama fled 1959
“Autonomous” Region
Currently
Relocation of Han Chinese
Exploitation for tourists
Suppression of protests

5. Uighurs “East Turkistan” declared in 1949
Xinjiang became part of China in 1949
Culture more Central than Eastern Asian
Claims of persecution
Good education & jobs go to Han Chinese
Practice of Islam criminalized
Schools closely supervised
Economic development projects ignore locals

6. Religion Freedom of Religion guaranteed by constitution
Government defines religion as “regular” religious activities (ie. Government recognized
In % of Chinese reported being religious
Examples of suppression
Falun Gong
Church of Almighty God (Eastern Lightning)
March 2016 burning crosses

7. Middle Class
Growth of technology
Demands for reforms

8. Media
From state subsidies to self-supporting

9. Art & Expression
Ai Weiwei
Woeser (book on Self Immolation in Tibet)

10. Reproduction One Child Policy 4-2-1 problem Missing girls
Revision if both parents are only children….

11. Environmental Movements
20% of all land
60% of all water
Tremendous need for power

12. Economic
Household Responsibility system
Yuan value….
US Debt

13. Military Influence