SCHOOL OF HUMANTIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Autonomous Region Leadership since 2012: Ethnic Composition, the Tibet Aid Program and Professional Backgrounds. S C H O O L O F H U M A N T I E S A N D S O C I A L S C I E N C E S
The Centre of Excellence for Himalayan Studies
Dr Devendra Kumar
CHS Publication: Commentary
Published on 04 August 2023.
Wangs Huning’s visit to Tibet
Autonomous region.
On the visit of Wang Huning, the head of the Chinese People’s Consultative Conference, to the Tibet Autonomous Region and his messaging about central government’s action plan for the region.
Dr Devendra Kumar
CHS Publication: Occasional Paper
Published in September 2023.
Changes and Continuities in Tibet
On the changes and continuities in ethnic representation of cadres in Chinese Party-state institutions at prefecture and provincial levels in the Tibet Autonomous Region; and on Tibetan cadres from all Tibetan areas at national level. The study is based on a unique data set of cadres from local to national levels and it examines cadre management as a component of China’s policies in Tibet.
CHS Publication: Occasional Paper Published on 02 October 2023. Laying Down the Line- Xi Jinping visit in Xinjiang S C H O O L O F H U M A N T I E S A N D S O C I A L S C I E N C E S
The Centre of Excellence for Himalayan Studies
Dr Anand P Krishnan
CHS Publication: Commentary
Published on 30 September 2023.
Social Stability through Cultural Flattening: Xi’s message in Xinjiang.
On Xi Jinping's day-long trip to Xinjiang in August 2023 and his speech to the local cadres. It underlines the Party-state's continued emphasis on ethnic unity as integral to social stability.
Dr Devendra Kumar
On Xi Jinping’s day-long visit to Xinjiang and its political and ideological significance for China's policies in the region.
Dr Anand P Krishnan
CHS Publication: Commentary
Published on 2 November 2023. Transformation through Hard Labour: The Double Burden through Xinjiang’s Ughyur workers.
On Xi Jinping's obsession with the virtues of hard labour for Uyghurs – ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Autonomous Region – and how it is inspired from the era of Mao Zedong.
Activities of the Tibet Autonomous Region since 2014. S C H O O L O F H U M A N T I E S A N D S O C I A L S C I E N C E S
The Centre of Excellence for Himalayan Studies
Dr Anand P Krishnan
CHS Publication: Commentary
Published on 29 January 2024.
Resolving Imbalances through More
Development: Xinjiang’s New Pilot Free Trade Zone.
On the opening of a new pilot Free Trade Zone in Xinjiang in November 2023. It is part of the Chinese Party-state’s continued diversification of economic strategies in the region and illustrates the use of frontier provinces for commercial-geopolitical outreach.
Dr Devendra Kumar
CHS Publication: Issue Brief
Published in March 2024.
Border Provinces in China’s Foreign Policy: An Analysis of Foreign Affairs
On the role of sub-national actors in China’s foreign policy, by examining foreign affairs related activities and budgets of Foreign Affairs
Offices at provincial, prefecture, and county levels in the Tibet Autonomous Region.