Socialt Missnöje Bakom Kravaller I Kina

Socialt missnöje ligger bakom kravallerna i Xinjiang i västra Kina, menar en Kina-expert och med tanke på hur det ser ut i Kina och just i den delen av Kina är det inte så märkligt. Det är en krutdurk och det är egentligen knappast oväntat med oroligheter. Uigurerna är ett i raden av folk som kräver samma rättigheter som andra. Det är grundläggande krav på rättvisa. Och i takt med segregationen kommer rasismen. Uigurerna har även drabbats hårt av den här planetens ”krig mot terrorismen”. Flera uigurer har exempelvis hamnat i Guantanamo.

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Från A-times, Jian Junbo som skriver om ökade klassklyftor som en viktig del av skulden:

The wealth gap is expanding between the Han, who in general live in rich areas, and those ethnic minorities who live in relatively poorer areas. The economic inequality between different regions is also a case between Han and non-Hans. Although this imbalance of economic development is due to many factors, it's easy for minorities to feel exploited by the Han.

As the influence of Marxism as the dominant ideology is diminishing in China, the sense of political equality is also abating. Today, common people aren't really considered the owners of the country, and laborers are no longer a respected class. Capitalists have become the government's guests of honor.

In China, political equality based on class equality has collapsed. For the past 60 years, this idea of class equality was a basis on which all common people, including minorities, could maintain an identity as one member of the Chinese political community.

Now, the economic and political marginalization of ethnic minorities is destroying the foundation of some ethnic groups' Chinese identity. At the same time, this marginalization is deeply misunderstood by many of the majority Han ethnic group.

The shared identity of the Chinese - as socialist labor - is gradually falling to pieces. The resulting riots in Urumqi may be just the start of something much, much bigger.