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Self-Determination in the People’s Republic of China: Elite Responses, 1949-2012

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2015, Master of Arts (MA), Wright State University, International and Comparative Politics.
This work addresses the historical response of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to perceived irredentist threats in its contested territories. This is assessed through a comparative case analysis. The four cases are Taiwan, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang and Tibet. The response of the first four generations of CCP leaders: Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao, are analyzed through a framework that evaluates domestic and international priorities, domestic self-determination sentiment, strength of domestic self-determination movements, and the status of self-determination. The findings of this framework are used to project the response of current CCP leader and President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, to separatist threats.
Laura Luehrmann, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
December Green, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Judson Murray, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
237 p.

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  • Tarbert, H. M. (2015). Self-Determination in the People’s Republic of China: Elite Responses, 1949-2012 [Master's thesis, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1439813669

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Tarbert, Hanna. Self-Determination in the People’s Republic of China: Elite Responses, 1949-2012 . 2015. Wright State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1439813669.

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  • Tarbert, Hanna. "Self-Determination in the People’s Republic of China: Elite Responses, 1949-2012 ." Master's thesis, Wright State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1439813669

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