
Claudia Zanardi is a PhD candidate in the War Studies Department of King’s College, London where she researches French, British and German foreign and security policies towards China and China’s military modernisation. Previously, she worked at the European Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) and the Assembly of the West European Union (WEU).
What lies behind China's perception of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region as a security threat? With 22 million residents in 2010, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) is China’s largest…