The divide between Uighur and Han ethnic groups in Xinjiang, China has been fluctuating over the years with leaders and policy makers influencing the relationship. This research analyzes the relations..
The divide between Uighur and Han ethnic groups in Xinjiang, China has been fluctuating over the years with leaders and policy makers influencing the relationship. This research analyzes the relationship between Uighur and Han ethnic groups and the increasing divide between both groups. It uses recent national and local policies to examine the discriminatory leanings of the policies and if they are collectively growing over time and increasing the divide. The analysis in this paper is based off of open-source documents and uses qualitative analysis of case studies. This work considers four primary components: Uighur identity construction, religion, education, and labor market are negatively affecting the Uighurs. These four areas have shown increasing separation between the ethnicities due to local policies showing discriminatory nature. Governments need to decide whether they actually want ethnic integration or not and recognize how the discrimination in their policies effects this integration.
