Perspectives in History Fall 2021
Reading Worksheet – Nov. 29th
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Read Sean R. Roberts, “The Biopolitics of China’s ‘War on Terror’ and the Exclusion of the Uyghurs.” Critical Asian Studies, 50, no. 2: 232-58, and answer the following questions.
Question #1: According to this article, when did the Chinese government start labeling the Uyghurs as a “terrorist” threat?
Write your answer in the box below. Your answer should be 1 sentence minimum. No quotes required.
Question #2: According to Roberts, why did the Chinese government begin to apply the “terrorist” label to the Uyghurs at this particular time? Was it because they suddenly represented a greater threat, or for some other reason? Roberts says some specific things about why this shift happened when it did and I would like you to find and discuss these specific points in your answer.
Write your answer in the box below. Your answer should be 4 sentences minimum, and should include at least one quote from the reading. You must give a page number for your quote.
Question #3: What are three of the policies, practices, tactics, or technologies that the Chinese government has used to promote its security goals in Xinjiang?
Write your answer in the box below. Your answer should be 4 sentences minimum, and should include at least one quote from the reading. You must give a page number for your quote.
Question #4: Does the Chinese government practice racial/ethnic profiling against the Uyghurs? Explain.
Write your answer in the box below. Your answer should be 4 sentences minimum, and should include at least one quote from the reading. You must give a page number for your quote.
Question #5: Following the Chinese government’s designation of the Uyghurs as a “terrorist” threat, how has its attitude toward and treatment of Islam (as practiced by Uyghurs especially) changed?
Write your answer in the box below. Your answer should be 4 sentences minimum, and should include at least one quote from the reading. You must give a page number for your quote.
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