This title was first published in 1990: This book is a study of past and present policies of the People's Republic of China towards its numerous and varied minority groups, a subject about which there is scant information in the West.

Thomas Heberer

1. Introduction to the Problem 2. The Cultural Revolution and the Ethnic Minorities 3. Nationality and Ethnic Identification: Recognition as a Minority 4. Autonomy and the Right to Self-Administration on Trial 5. Development of a Multinational Province: The Yunnan Case 6. Population Policies: Ethnic Minorities and Migration into Minority Areas 7. Religion, Religious Policy, and Ethnic Minorities 8. The Tibet Question 9. Prospects