In this article, Cheng Li highlights the challenges the CCP faces in governing a Han-dominant but multi-ethnic China, looking at the situation of Tibetan, Uighur and Mongolian cases. The author writes that “how top leaders handle ethnic tensions and recruit ethnic minorities into the political establishment will be not only crucial determinants of social stability going forward, but also major criteria for China’s international image.”
Cheng Li is director of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and focuses on the transformation of political leaders, generational change and technological development in China.