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2 Berkeley J. Middle E. & Islamic L. 61 (2009)
China's Failed War on Terror: Fanning the Flames of Uighur Separatist Violence

handle is hein.journals/bjme2 and id is 63 raw text is: China's Failed War on Terror: Fanning the Flames of Uighur Separatist Violence Dana Carver Boehm* TABLE OF CONTENTS Violent Resistance by Uighurs: Separatists or Terrorists? .... 67 A. Defining Terrorism ......................................................... 68 B. Factors Likely to Inspire Terrorism: Religious Oppression, Political Inequality, and Economic D eprivation ...................................................................... 70 C. Xinjiang's Significance to China: Why Giving in to Separatist Sentiment Is Not a Viable Option ................... 71 II. China's Attempt to Assimilate its Uighur Population Has Strengthened Ethnic Identity and United Traditionally A dversarial G roups .................................................................. 77 A. Creating the Uighur Identity ............................................ 78 B. Strengthening the Uighur Identity .................................. 80 C. Destroying the Uighur Identity? ....................................... 81 D. Diluting the Uighur Majority ............................................ 83 1. H an M igration ........................................................... 84 2. Economic Development .............................................. 86 III. Creating an Islamic Terrorist Movement: China's Efforts to Squelch Religious Identity Have Added a Religious Character to the Insurrection ................................................... 89 A. A Historically Secular Rebellion ..................................... 90 B. Religion and Rebellion .................................................... 91 C. Religion and the Law ....................................................... 92 * Associate, Hogan & Hartson, LLP. B.A., Brigham Young University (2000); J.D., Harvard Law School (2005).

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