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Communist Language Policies for China's Ethnic Minorities: The First Decade

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

Henry G. Schwarz
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When the Chinese Communists spelled out their policy of regional autonomy for ethnic minorities, it appeared to many observers that a significant break with the past had been made. Throughout China's modern history, central governments sought to amalgamate the various ethnic minorities with the dominant Han group. Now, hi 1949, it seemed as if, for the first time, a central Chinese government was determined to end this process of sinification and to give its non-Chinese subjects a degree of autonomy. This self-rule, as outlined hi official documents of the Peking regime, included the administrative, economic, educational and cultural spheres of life.

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The Intellectuals (III)
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The China Quarterly , Volume 12 , December 1962 , pp. 170 - 182
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Copyright © The China Quarterly 1962

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25 The English term for ch'i is banner. This Mongol administrative unit is equivalent to the Chinese hslen (county).

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