City Seminar explores the Uyghurs and Xinjiang

Prof Xiaowei Zang, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and Chair Professor of Social Sciences, discussed the history and current challenges of the Uyghurs and Xinjiang (維吾爾族與新疆 – 兼談金庸筆下與西域有關的幾個人物) at Academic 3 on 18th December 2014. The lecture was part of the City Seminar Series, organized by the College of Business.

Over 100 students, faculty members, and friends attended the lecture. Based on Prof Zang’s forthcoming book Ethnicity in China: A Critical Introduction, he briefly introduced the historical and current information about the Ugyhurs and Xinjiang, and addressed the following questions:

• Who are Uyghurs?
• Are they the aboriginal people of Xinjiang?
• Where did they come from?
• When did China exercise de facto control over Xinjiang?
• Why is there growing Uyghur separatism despite post-1978 economic development in Xinjiang?

About the City Seminar

The City Seminar 香港席明納 has been initiated by Prof Houmin Yan, Dean of the College, with the aim to discuss topics together (席Xí), to understand such topics in depth (明Míng), and to gain something of value from the discussions (納Nà).

The College will be inviting a number of professors and/or scholars to explore various topics during the series.

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