China: Xinjiang residents ordered to hand in passports
Social rule structures, notably citizenship, are an excellent place to focus when setting-about to re-constitute nationalism.
...simply (in theory, anyway) begin by designation those to be left out, those who should not be a part of your nation; as the Chinese have in the case of Muslims -
FT, “China orders Xinjiang residents to hand in passports”, 24 Nov 2016:
Citizens of restive region of 11m Muslim Uighurs must apply to get papers back.
China has ordered all residents in its western frontier region of Xinjiang to hand in their passports, the latest in a series of draconian moves in the restive province home to an 11m Muslim minority.
Citizens of Xinjiang, an oil-rich but ethnically divided region more than six times the size of the UK, must hand their documents to police and apply to get them back if they want to travel, state-controlled newspaper Global Times reported on Thursday. The purpose was to “maintain social order”, the paper said.
