James Leibold

James Leibold is an Associate Professor and Head of Department at La Trobe University in Melbourne Australia, and an expert on ethnic policy and ethnic conflict in contemporary China. He is the author and co-editor of four books and over thirty peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and a frequent contributor to the international media on these topics.

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New Textbook Reveals Xi Jinping’s Doctrine of Han-centric Nation-Building

05.24.2024 James Leibold

Executive Summary: Another cultural revolution is in full swing in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). This is not the purported class revolution Mao advocated...

Publication China Brief

Planting the Seed: Ethnic Policy in Xi Jinping’s New Era of Cultural Nationalism

12.31.2019 James Leibold

Introduction The recent leak of secret Chinese Communist Party (CCP) documents in Xinjiang provides irrefutable evidence of the CCP’s radical plan to fundamentally remake Xinjiang...

Publication China Brief China

Hu the Uniter: Hu Lianhe and the Radical Turn in China’s Xinjiang Policy

10.10.2018 James Leibold

An August 31 hearing of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) marked the first appearance of Hu Lianhe (胡联合; literally,...

Publication China Brief China

Chen Quanguo: The Strongman Behind Beijing’s Securitization Strategy in Tibet and Xinjiang

09.21.2017 Adrian Zenz

Over the last year, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) Party Secretary Chen Quanguo (陈全国) has dramatically increased the police presence in Xinjiang by advertising over...

Publication China Brief China