The Realization Of Xinjiang’s Status In The Period Of Beiyang Government

Chinese intellectuals have a strong sense of guardians tradition and statecraft. In modern times, with the frontier crisis deepening, to save the nation from peril, Chinese intellectuals equipped themselves with social responsibility and historic mission of "taking the world as their duty", and the paper made many multi-level discussions about strategic position of Xinjiang, ethnic and religious relations, the development of Xinjiang and other issues. This paper, based on the mining of mainland Chinese intellectuals’ works related to Xinjiang during the time of the Northern Government, analyzed in terms of ethnic groups, religion and education, found that due to the continuous raised strategic position of Xinjiang, the countryman’s idea deepened, and Xinjiang is known as the key to the survival of the country and the safety of the Asian region. They recognized the ethnic and religion are the major issues of Xinjiang social and political life, comprehensively development of Xinjiang is critical for stability and development of Xinjiang, and education was the active process for dealing with ethnic relations issue and the important intelligence guarantee of Xinjiang construction. This reflects the gradually deepening the mainland Chinese intellectuals’ understanding of Xinjiang.