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Tuesday, October 10

Natural Resources and the Making of Modern Xinjiang, 1907-1962
Time:
3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Presenter:
Prof. Judd C Kinzley
Location:
4130 Wesley W Posvar Hall
Sponsored by:
Asian Studies Center

This talk will focus on the central role that natural resources played in shaping Chinese state power and authority in China's far western province of Xinjiang. Based on my forthcoming book, my talk will highlight the often overlooked role played by an assortment of Chinese and Soviet state agents, as well as a wide variety of non-state actors, each of whom were seeking to stake their own claim to Xinjiang's lucrative natural resources. Their combined efforts to gain access to the region's gold, wool, petroleum, and rare minerals served to construct the foundations of Chinese state power and authority in this distant border region.

The lecture is open for public. Little refreshments will be served.