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Autonomy and China's Ethnic Minorities: An Observation of Autonomous Legislatures

Autonomy and China's Ethnic Minorities: An Observation of Autonomous Legislatures Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law 2: 11-46, 2008. ” 2009 Koninklijke Brill NV. Printed in the Netherlands AUTONOMY AND CHINA’S ETHNIC MINORITIES: AN OBSERVATION OF AUTONOMOUS LEGISLATURES Xia Chunli 1. Introduction The People’s Republic of China is a huge multi-ethnic country with a population numbering 1.3 billion, of which 91.59% are Han and the remaining 8.41% ethnic minorities. 1 These are the 55 minorities recognised during what is known in China as the ‘ethnic identification period between 1950 and 1987. 2 Under China’s Law on Regional Ethnic Autonomy (LREA) which regulates minorities’ self-government, areas where these recognised minorities live in concentrated communities have a degree of regional autonomy and so-called ‘organs of self-government’ for the exercise of the powers associated with this autonomous status. 3 These organs of self- government refer to autonomous legislatures (the People’s Congress and Lecturer, Law School of Beihang University, Beijing. 1 State Statistics Bureau, Gazette of the Fifth National Population Statistics of PRC (No. 1, 2001), available at http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjgb/rkpcgb/qgrkpcgb/t20020331_15434.htm. 2 Ethnic identification involved surveys after 1950 after the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. Academics as well as Communist Party cadres working on minority issues were sent http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law Brill

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© 2009 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1388-1906
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10.1163/157181509789025246
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Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law 2: 11-46, 2008. ” 2009 Koninklijke Brill NV. Printed in the Netherlands AUTONOMY AND CHINA’S ETHNIC MINORITIES: AN OBSERVATION OF AUTONOMOUS LEGISLATURES Xia Chunli 1. Introduction The People’s Republic of China is a huge multi-ethnic country with a population numbering 1.3 billion, of which 91.59% are Han and the remaining 8.41% ethnic minorities. 1 These are the 55 minorities recognised during what is known in China as the ‘ethnic identification period between 1950 and 1987. 2 Under China’s Law on Regional Ethnic Autonomy (LREA) which regulates minorities’ self-government, areas where these recognised minorities live in concentrated communities have a degree of regional autonomy and so-called ‘organs of self-government’ for the exercise of the powers associated with this autonomous status. 3 These organs of self- government refer to autonomous legislatures (the People’s Congress and Lecturer, Law School of Beihang University, Beijing. 1 State Statistics Bureau, Gazette of the Fifth National Population Statistics of PRC (No. 1, 2001), available at http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjgb/rkpcgb/qgrkpcgb/t20020331_15434.htm. 2 Ethnic identification involved surveys after 1950 after the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. Academics as well as Communist Party cadres working on minority issues were sent

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