Directions: Watch the 3 short video clips and answer the questions on your handout.

Next select one the attached reading document to read (you can print to Seminar 5 if needed). From your reading find examples of: being treated poorly because of religion or ethnicity, being left behind or left out of China’s development, and any ways that rights are being violated. (Questions 8-10).

Focus on Xinjiang

Watch this video “Xinjiang Series: A Different China” 3 min, a Rosy overview- market scene, from China’s point of view; keeping Xinjiang part of China

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKXjlX9LQ-U&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DYKXjlX9LQ-U&app=desktop

1. How is this region described as “part of China”?

Watch this video: Why Is China Cracking Down On Muslim Culture? By the Seeker Network https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-PYC_lCfVQ

2. What is the name of this ethnic minority group? Where are they located?

3. What are some of their complaints against the Chinese Communist government? (Give 2)

4. What evidence indicates that this is discrimination because of their ethnic cultural group?

5. What evidence indicates that this is discrimination because of their religion?

Watch this video from the BBC opposing side: “China Violence Ethnic tension in East Turkestan (so called Xinjiang)” 2:45 min.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZhqcaYUtvA BBC

6. The video mentions that the region is rich in energy and minerals; how might this impact how the Chinese government deals with the residents?

7. What types of discrimination are mentioned?

Next select one the attached reading document to read (you can print to Seminar 5 if needed). From your reading find examples of:

8. being treated poorly because of religion or ethnicity,

9. being left behind or left out of China’s development,

10. and any ways that rights are being violated or respected.

Background population statistics

The Han Chinese are the largest ethnic group, where some 91.59%^[1] of the population was classified as Han Chinese (~1.2 billion). Besides the majority Han Chinese, 55 other ethnic groups are recognised in mainland Chinaby the PRC government, numbering approximately 105 million people, mostly concentrated in the northwest, north, northeast, south, and southwest but with some in central interior areas.

The major minority ethnic groups are Zhuang (16.9 million), Hui(10.5 million), Manchu (10.3 million), Uyghur (10 million), Miao(9.4 million), Yi (8.7 million), Tujia(8.3 million), Tibetan (6.2 million),Mongol (5.9 million), Dong (2.8 million), Buyei (2.8 million), Yao (2.7 million), Bai (1.9 million),Korean (1.8 million), Hani (1.6 million), Li (1.4 million), Kazakh (1.4 million), and Dai (1.2 million).