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100			_aJohnson, Tim,
245		0	_aThrongs of Migrants Flooding China's Ancient Silk Road Cities. _cTim Johnson.
260			_bKRT News Service, _c2004.
440			_aSIRS Enduring Issues 2005. _nArticle 40, _pHuman Relations, _x1522-3248;
500			_aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005.
500			_aOriginally Published: Throngs of Migrants Flooding China's Ancient Silk Road Cities, Sept. 28, 2004; pp. n.p..
520			_a"Not so long ago, they would have stood out. Xinjiang province is populated by Muslim Uighurs, blue-eyed Kazakhs, Persian-looking Tajiks and more than a dozen other ethnic minority groups. Barely a smattering of Han Chinese, who make up the vast majority of the country's population, lived here. But after years of a state-sponsored 'Go West!' campaign, Han migrants from eastern China are overwhelming the ethnic minorities in Xinjiang." (KRT NEWS SERVICE) This article examines how state-sponsored immigration is changing the ethnic balance in western China, with Xinjiang province "on the cusp of looking like the rest of China, its unusual multi-hued ethnic identity diluted forever."
599			_aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650			_aAutonomy
651			_aChina _xEthnic relations
650			_aChinese
650			_aCommunication and culture
650			_aEthnic groups _zChina
650			_aEthnic relations
650			_aMigration _xInternal _zChina
650			_aMuslims _zChina
650			_aUighur (Turkic people)
710			_aProQuest Information and Learning Company _tSIRS Enduring Issues 2005, _pHuman Relations. _x1522-3248;
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