{"id":2585,"date":"2014-08-11T18:11:26","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T18:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/?p=2585"},"modified":"2014-08-11T18:11:26","modified_gmt":"2014-08-11T18:11:26","slug":"wang-lixiong-and-woeser-a-way-out-of-chinas-ethnic-unrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wang-lixiong-and-woeser-a-way-out-of-chinas-ethnic-unrest","title":{"rendered":"Wang Lixiong and Woeser: A Way Out of China\u2019s Ethnic Unrest?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ian Johnson<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/08\/wang-woeser_jpg_600x675_q85.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2586\" alt=\"wang-woeser_jpg_600x675_q85\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/08\/wang-woeser_jpg_600x675_q85-300x215.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/08\/wang-woeser_jpg_600x675_q85-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/08\/wang-woeser_jpg_600x675_q85.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSim Chi Yin<br \/>\nWang Lixiong and Woeser<br \/>\nWoeser and Wang Lixiong are two of <!--more-->China\u2019s best-known thinkers on the government\u2019s policy toward ethnic minorities. With violence in Tibet and Xinjiang now almost a monthly occurrence, I met them at their apartment in Beijing to talk about the issue. In part one of our conversation, they discussed the difficult situation in both regions and the limitations of the Dalai Lama\u2019s strategy for Tibet. In this part, they discuss the reasons for China\u2019s repressive policies against ethnic minorities and offer some possible solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Why has the Chinese government relied so much on suppression in Tibet and Xinjiang?<\/p>\n<p>Wang Lixiong: Simply put, it\u2019s due to their politics, but they can\u2019t say that. They say it\u2019s due to hostile foreign forces. After troubles started in Tibet they said it was the \u201cDalai Clique\u201d creating trouble. When unrest started in Xinjiang, they said it was Rebiya Kadeer [a former Uighur businesswoman who now heads the World Uyghur Congress]. You can see the situation getting worse year by year, so it\u2019s only possible to say that it\u2019s their policy. It\u2019s clear to people with just a bit of objectivity [that the repression is making it far worse], but the government insists it\u2019s foreign forces and their conclusion is that the repression isn\u2019t enough so they increase it.<\/p>\n<p>Has the new Chinese government under Xi Jinping made any changes in its Tibet policy?<\/p>\n<p>Wang Lixiong: People thought when Xi took office it would help because he didn\u2019t have the baggage of Hu Jintao. Hu had been party secretary in Tibet. The line on Tibet had been set by Hu Jintao. So even me, a pessimistic person, I felt that Xi would take a new course and make some progress. But no, no change at all. In fact, it\u2019s even harder.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nybooks.com\/blogs\/nyrblog\/2014\/aug\/08\/wang-lixiong-woeser-chinas-ethnic-unrest\/\">For detail please visit here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ian Johnson Sim Chi Yin Wang Lixiong and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wang-lixiong-and-woeser-a-way-out-of-chinas-ethnic-unrest\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[1343,746,387,743],"views":3048,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2587,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585\/revisions\/2587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}