The Uyghur Lobby: Global Networks, Coalitions and Strategies of the World Uyghur Congress

Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 10 Copyright Page 11 Table of Contents 12 List of figures 15 List of tables 16 Preface 17 Acknowledgments 19 List of abbreviations 20 1. Introduction 22 1.1 Questions, purposes, and significance 27 1.2 Methodology 29 1.3 Outline of chapters 30 Notes 32 2. The rise of the World Uyghur Congress 34 2.1 Birth of the WUC 34 2.2 The operation of the WUC 41 2.3 The world of competition for the WUC 42 2.4 External patrons 45 2.5 To act as if it were the real umbrella organization 47 2.6 The legitimacy question 48 2.7 Summary 51 Notes 52 3. International networks 54 3.1 Method and data 54 3.2 Patterns 57 3.3 Centrality 65 3.4 Regional networks 66 3.5 Summary 71 Notes 71 4. Online networks 73 4.1 Method and data 74 4.2 Macro similarities and differences 76 4.3 Micro similarities and differences 79 4.4 Summary 85 Notes 86 5. A minor but rising influence in America 88 5.1 The rise of the Uyghur lobby in America 90 5.2 The campaign to rescue Rebiya Kadeer 92 5.3 Congressional support 93 5.4 Further actions 96 5.5 Campaigns to save prisoners 99 5.6 Summary 100 Notes 101 6. Struggling for attention in Germany 103 6.1 Patterns 105 6.2 Strategies and impacts 106 6.3 Summary 111 Notes 112 7. Uyghur networks in Japan 114 7.1 Method and data 116 7.2 Patterns 117 7.3 Strategies and impacts 125 7.4 Summary 127 Notes 128 8. China’s competing discourses and strategies 130 8.1 China’s framing of the Uyghur issue 131 8.2 China’s strategies 139 8.3 Summary 143 Notes 144 9. Conclusions 145 9.1 The niche perspective of the Uyghur lobby 145 9.2 Contributions to social sciences studies and limits 150 Notes 152 Appendix: Uyghur-relevant US legislations (January 1989–March 2011) 153 Bibliography 158 Index 168 Global Networks, Coalitions and Strategies of the World Uyghur Congress