Hayes, Anna (2025) Book Review of "Zero Tolerance: Repression and Political Violence on China’s New Silk Road" by Philip B.K. Potter and Chen Wang. Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9781009114905. The China Journal, 94. pp. 196-198.

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Abstract

This important book examines issues of increasing significance in the contemporary era. It methodically explains how political repression of the Uyghurs is compounded by China’s great power status and its strategic competition with the United States. It therefore has a wide appeal for audiences from China studies to international relations to specialists in Great Power conflicts. It examines Beijing’s harsh repression of the Uyghur population, identifies the significance of Xinjiang to securing Chinese economic and security interests in Central Asia and the Middle East, which are enacted via the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), notes the importance of Afghanistan to China’s political and economic interests, and explores the delicate balancing act Beijing has been forced to adopt following US withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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Item ID:	86146
Item Type:	Article (Book Review)
ISSN:	1835-8535
Date Deposited:	17 Jul 2025 03:36
FoR Codes:	44 HUMAN SOCIETY > 4408 Political science > 440807 Government and politics of Asia and the Pacific @ 100%
SEO Codes:	23 LAW, POLITICS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES > 2302 Government and politics > 230299 Government and politics not elsewhere classified @ 100%
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