Essays about: "Xinjiang"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the word Xinjiang.

  1. 1. The Pursuit of Power : Political Power vs Individual Freedom: China’s Control and Surveillance

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Andrea Jonsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Social control; Surveillance; Privacy regulations; Uyghurs; Human Rights;

    Abstract : China has implemented social control mechanisms that operates through various technologies, such as surveillance, a social credit system and online censorship.  The aim is to gain insight in how these mechanisms might infringe on the human rights of their citizens, and especially the minority group Uyghur. READ MORE

  3. 2. Erasing Identity: A Study of the Legal Evolution of Cultural Genocide and its Implications for the Protection against State-imposed Extinction

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Samantha Edin; [2022]
    Keywords : folkrätt; public international law; folkmord; genocide; internationell straffrätt; international criminal law; kulturellt folkmord; cultural genocide; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Brottet folkmord kallas i folkmun för "brottets brott", vilket tyder på dess allvar och dess status som en jus cogens-norm i internationell rätt. Den nuvarande rättsliga definitionen av folkmord omfattar dock endast fysiska och biologiska handlingar, till skillnad från den ursprungliga definitionen som betonade innebörden av kulturellt folkmord. READ MORE

  4. 3. Between the Plentifulness and the Void: Historical Anthropology on The Uyghur People's Environmental Perception in Southern Xinjiang

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Huai-Tse Yang; [2019]
    Keywords : Historical anthropology; Human ecology; Environmental perception; Uyghur; Xinjiang; Dwelling perspective; Taskscape; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis is a historical anthropology of Uyghur people’s environmental perception, exploring the Uyghur people’s dwelling experiences in the oasis-desert landscape of southern Xinjiang during the early 20th century. Through the insights derived from historical anthropology and local knowledge, this study applies field visit and documents research. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Death of a Culture – A Critical Analysis of the Concept of Cultural Genocide in International Law

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Rui Johnson Petri; [2019]
    Keywords : public international law: international human rights law: international criminal law: cultural genocide; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Som ett led i att homogenisera den kinesiska befolkningen, har den kinesiska regeringen under längre tid bedrivit en kampanj för att avskaffa Xinjiang-provinsens inhemska folkgrupp Uigurer. Massiva konverteringsläger har inrättats där Uigurerna tvingas avsäga sig sin kultur, etnicitet och religion. READ MORE

  6. 5. A Study of the Relationship between Crude Birth Rate and Population Density in Xinjiang Uyguhur Autonomous Region of China

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Zechen Li; [2019]
    Keywords : population density; fertility; one-child policy; China; Xinjiang region; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Recently, the urbanization in China caused much social problem in China, and one of the distinctive features of urbanization is the increasing population density. This thesis aims to discover the relationship between population density and fertility in China by choosing Xinjiang region as an example, other determinants of fertility in Xinjiang region were also examined, such as average income, employment rate, ethnic minority rate and urban population rate. READ MORE