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Folklorized politics : How Chinese Soft Power Works in Central Asia

Jiménez-Tovar, Soledad and Lavička, Martin LU orcid (2020) In Asian Ethnicity 21(2). p.244-268
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The main aim of this article is to develop a discussion on folklorization or how identity is commodified and reduced to only some cultural traits. Currently, folklorization is one of the main devices in PRC’s cultural and political policies in Central Asia. Authors analyze folklorization both inter-state with a particular focus on Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, and intra-state, with focus on Xinjiang, based on empirical data collected in these countries. The discussion provided is about China’s soft power and how it is projected to Central Asia under the administration of Xi Jinping. Moreover, it is concerned about folklorization as a political tool, utilized by the PRC government to mitigate tensions in the Xinjiang region, but also... (More)

The main aim of this article is to develop a discussion on folklorization or how identity is commodified and reduced to only some cultural traits. Currently, folklorization is one of the main devices in PRC’s cultural and political policies in Central Asia. Authors analyze folklorization both inter-state with a particular focus on Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, and intra-state, with focus on Xinjiang, based on empirical data collected in these countries. The discussion provided is about China’s soft power and how it is projected to Central Asia under the administration of Xi Jinping. Moreover, it is concerned about folklorization as a political tool, utilized by the PRC government to mitigate tensions in the Xinjiang region, but also folklorized landscapes to be found also in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.

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Central Asia, Chinese soft power, Dungan, Folklorization, minzu huaqiao, Uyghur, Xinjiang
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Asian Ethnicity
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21
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2
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25 pages
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Routledge
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1463-1369
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10.1080/14631369.2019.1610355
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Funding Information: This work was supported by the European Regional Development Fund Project number CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000791 [Sinophone Borderlands–Interaction at the Edges]; Asian Ethnicity [Soledad Jiménez Tovar];Forging a scientific team and international networking in the field of Chinese Studies [CZ.1.07/2.3.00/20.0152]; Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange [RG002-U-14]. Soledad Jiménez Tovar’s part was written with the financial support of the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation project on “Central Asian Perspectives on the Rise of China” (RG002-U-14). The fieldwork conducted in 2016 in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan has been partially financed by the journal Asian Ethnicity. Martin Lavička’s part was supported by the European Regional Development Fund project number CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000791 [Sinophone Borderlands–Interaction at the Edges]. We also would like to thank Julie Yu-wen Chen, Lynn White, Chih-yu Shih, Ben Hillman and Obert Hodzi for offering their precious views for us to improve previous versions of this paper. Publisher Copyright: © 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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