Chinese Scholarship on Central Asia

This database collects academic books and articles by Chinese scholars about Central Asia. 

The entries were collected primarily from the CNKI (China National knowledge Infrastructure) database and the abstracts and titles have been translated into English to make the texts easiest to search on the Oxus Society website. The inclusion criteria for the database are the following:

  • Single or multiple author monographs;
  • Works of non-fiction within the social sciences and humanities;
  • Authored or co-authored by at least one person who was born in Central Asia;
  • Published since 1991;
  • Published in any language.

The database showcases the increasingly diverse range of topics explored by China’s Central Asianists and reveal the growing sophistication of Central Asian studies in China. 

We update the database on a continuing basis as new work is published and we discover missing entries. This database is far from comprehensive, but it is our hope that the project will grow over time into an invaluable resource for scholars and practitioners working on the region.

We update the database on a continuing basis as new work is published and we discover missing entries. This database is far from comprehensive, but it is our hope that the project will grow over time into an invaluable resource for scholars and practitioners working on the region.

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Showing 181-205 of 205 Books
"East Turkistan's History and Current Situation" analyzes and studies the deep social and historical reasons for the East Turkistan problem....
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Security, Xinjiang By: Pan Zhiping
This book provides a systematic introduction to the ethnic issues in the Soviet Union, starting from Tsarist Russia, to Lenin,...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, History, Identity, Transition By: Zhao Changqing, Chen Lianbo, Liu Gengcen, Dong Xiaoyang
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Economics, Geopolitics, International Relations, Journal By: Pan Guang
The main contents of this book include: the political exchanges between the Sui and Tang Dynasties and the Central Asian...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, History, Migration By: Han Xiang
This is the concept of the West, it can be said to be a discourse of the West, these countries...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Geopolitics, Politics, Security, Transition By: Pan Zhiping
Before the events of 9/11, Central Asia was not a priority in U.S. grand strategy. After, when counterterrorism became the...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Geopolitics, International Relations, Journal By: Pan Guang
While utilizing domestic resources, vigorously developing foreign oil and gas resources, and striving to achieve multi-channel import of oil and...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Energy, Geopolitics, International Relations, Journal By: Pan Guang
The privileges obtained by the modern British in Xinjiang that are discussed in this article mainly refer to the appointment...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, History, Xinjiang By: Xu Jianying
This book is an in-depth and systematic exposition of the historical development process of the five contemporary Central Asian countries,...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Culture, History, Identity By: Ma Dazheng, Feng Xishi
This book is an analytical study of the situation in Central Asia in 2004-2005. After the period of "warmth and...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Politics, Transition By: Pan Zhiping
As a set of norms and the theoretical system it nurtured, the "Shanghai Five"- now the Shanghai Cooperation Organization -...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, International Relations, Journal By: Pan Guang, Zhou Guojian
From the kidnapping of two Chinese engineers in Pakistan--a new wave of terrorist attacks On October 9, two Chinese engineers...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, International Relations, Journal, Security By: Pan Guang
"Central Asian Population Issues" is divided into nine chapters. The first chapter introduces the status of the population in Central...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Culture, Geography, History, Identity, Migration By: Wu Hongwei
The book covers China's Uzbek ethnic group from multiple perspectives including ecology, transnational development, economic transition, cultural transfornation, regional cooperation,...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Culture, Economics, History, Identity, Xinjiang By: Zhao Xiaogang
This book introduces the history of Central Asia from 1991 to 2001, focuses on the process and results of the...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Geopolitics, Transition By: Zhao Changqing
Kyrgyzstan is China's western neighbor and borders the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Kyrgyzstan is located in mountainous areas, with numerous...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Geopolitics, Identity, Kyrgyzstan, Religion, Security By: Chen Lianbi, Liu Gengcen, Wu Hongwei
In order to further strengthen the unity of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang and promote the sustainable and healthy development...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Culture, History, Identity, Religion, Uyghur, Xinjiang By: Tian Weijiang, Chen Chao, Ma Pinyan
This book is divided into four sections. It conducts a comprehensive, systematic and in-depth study on the military and political...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Geopolitics, History, Migration By: Meng Nan
The study of the Khoja clans in the Western Regions is a book, that makes full use of newly published...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Culture, History, Identity, Uyghur, Xinjiang By: Liu Zhengyin, Wei Liangtao
The history of the major countries in Eurasia has a history of exchanges and struggles between farming peoples and nomads....
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, History By: Liu Yingsheng
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Culture, History By: Liu Yingsheng
The main display here is the Silk Road from Chang’an to Congling in the Han and Tang Dynasties. It was...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Culture, History By: Huang Xinya
The development of the Southwest Silk Road is not only earlier than the Northwest Silk Road, but also its magnificent...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Culture, History By: Deng Tingliang
Outline of the History of the Yarkand Khanate, a Sunni Muslim Turkic state ruled by the Mongol descendants of Chagatai...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Culture, History, Religion, Uyghur, Xinjiang By: Wei Liangtao
Nomadic culture, together with agricultural and industrial culture, is an important part of the history of human civilization. The number...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Culture, History, Identity By: Xiang Yingjie