Xinjiang and the expansion of Chinese Communist power : Kashgar in the early twentieth century / by Dillon, Michael, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Silk Road city in the land of mountain and desert -- Kashgar and the Chinese Republic, 1911-1949 -- Kashgar and the Eastern Turkestan Islamic Republic -- Illustrations from the Hook Collection -- The view from Chinibagh 1: Britain's Consulate-General in Kashgar and Xinjiang under Governor Jin Shuren -- The view from Chinibagh 2: the Consulate-General and the 1933-4 revolt in southern Xinjiang -- Communist activists in the Kashgar region during the 1930s and 1940s -- Border security and the battle against the British and smugglers: Hu Dong in Tashkurgan -- Tax and currency reform in Kashgar -- Illustrations from the Hook Collection -- Education and running a county: Li Yunyang in Kashgar and Maralbashi (Bachu) -- Educating girls and working with women: Wu Naijun in Kashgar and Maralbashi -- Kashgar newspaperman: Wang Mo and Xinjiang Daily -- Honest and public-spirited official: Xu Liang -- Political commissar on the frontier: Zhou Chunlin -- Abudukerimhan Mehsum -- Entry of the PLA into Kashgar and the "peaceful liberation" of Xinjiang -- Liberating Khotan: Bai Chushi in southern Xinjiang -- Colonising Kashgar in the name of the people.…”