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FINLEY, JOANNE SMITH (4) answer(s).
 
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Chinese oppression in Xinjiang, Middle Eastern conflicts and gl / Finley, Joanne Smith   Journal Article
Finley, Joanne Smith Journal Article
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Publication 2007.
Summary/Abstract Individuals in Xinjiang are not merely passive recipients of state representations and policies; they are also agents capable of finding subtle means of self-representation. These symbolic oppositions are necessarily fluid: they emerge, adapt and disappear in response to the changing political environment. Currently, some individuals are demonstrating symbolic resistance to the state through the vehicle of Islam itself: a return to the mosque and orthodox religious practice. This article explores the nature and source of the current Islamic renewal in Xinjiang, conceived (though not exclusively) as a vehicle of symbolic opposition to perceived Muslim oppression at national and global levels. In discussing the international dimension, I explore the role played by imported Islamic materials, pilgrimage, study abroad, and, above all, the national and global mass media
Key Words Conflict  Middle East  Xinjiang  Islamic Terrorism 
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Securitization, insecurity and conflict in contemporary Xinjiang: has PRC counter-terrorism evolved into state terror? / Finley, Joanne Smith   Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract In the Introduction to this special issue, I first provide an overview of the programme of 'de-extremification' and mass internment in Xinjiang since early 2017. I then situate this development against the ‘ideological turn’ in Chinese Communist Party policy under President Xi Jinping, highlighting the new emphasis on stability maintenance and ideational governance. Next, I explore experiences of (in)security in Uyghur communities in- and outside of Xinjiang in the era of internment to consider how far PRC counter-terrorism initiatives have now evolved into state terror. In doing so, I apply Ruth Blakeley's (2012) definition of state terror as a deliberate act of violence against civilians, or threat of violence where a climate of fear is already established by earlier acts of violence; as perpetrated by actors on behalf of or in conjunction with the state; as intended to induce extreme fear in target observers who identify with the victim; and as forcing the target audience to consider changing its behaviour. Finally, I discuss the six contributions to the special issue.
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Situating the uyghurs between China and Central Asia / Beller-Hann, Ildiko (ed); Cesaro, M Cristina (ed); Harris, Rachel (ed); Finley, Joanne Smith (ed) 2007  Book
Finley, Joanne Smith Book
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Publication Hampshire, Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2007.
Description xxv, 249p.
Series Anthropology and cultural history in Asia and the Indo-Pacific
Standard Number 9780754670414
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Wang Lixiong prophecy: Palestinization’ in Xinjiang and the consequences of Chinese state securitization of religion / Finley, Joanne Smith   Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract In Your Western Regions, My Turkestan (2007), Chinese dissident Wang Lixiong warned of the ‘Palestinization’ of the Xinjiang question, defined as reaching ‘a critical point in time’ where Uyghurs and Han Chinese enter an interminable ‘ethnic war’. Following the knife attack on Han civilians in Kunming (2014), seen by many as an act of Uyghur terror, Wang reminded us that he had foreseen this trajectory seven years earlier. This article outlines Wang’s six interpretations of ‘Palestinization’ in the Xinjiang context, then shows how tightened regulations on religion and intrusive religious policing was the main catalyst for local retaliatory violence in 2012–2015. I contend that state securitization of religion was counterproductive, heightening societal insecurity and promoting inter-ethnic conflict between Uyghur and Han communities. In Chen Quanguo’s era of ‘de-extremification’, the state’s purported attempt to ‘purify’ Islamic practice continues to be experienced on the ground as violation of pure, halal space.
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