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In this chapter, I present the interpretation of the fieldwork findings and I argue that ethnicity in Xinjiang is adopted with a circumstantialist perspective in order to maintain the status quo, which basically advantages the dominant Han ethnic group and Uyghur members of the bridge society. As a result, capabilities for Uyghurs are limited as ethnicity comes out as one of the main factor determining inequalities.
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Nanjiang 南疆 is the current way to define Southern Xinjiang.
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The 2009 riots have been mainly caused by young Uyghur migrants to Urumqi who wanted to claim their right to get access to the same services and benefits guaranteed to the rest of the Chinese population.
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Mainly Al Haq and Sen.
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Nixson (2001, p. 15).
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See Al Haq.
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Cappelletti, A. (2020). Conclusions: The CCP and a “Bridge Society” in XUAR—Ethnicity as a Tool for Social Engineering and Stratification. In: Socio-Economic Development in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1536-1_7
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