The Ethnic Factor Of Administrative Division Transformation Since Qing Dynasty

As a product of the history, administrative division is different in every dynasty, but it always follows the rule. By studying the changing of the regions inhabited by ethnic group since the Qing dynasty, we will observe that ethnic factor ran like a thread through it. The frontier of our country was fixed in Qing dynasty and the Nationalities Relationship was steady-going. For the central government are good at flexibly to solve the complicated ethnic problems, and set up administrative system in ethnic region.Before the Opium War, in order to maintain their own intetests, the Qing government adopted two measures:firstly, forge an alliance with other minority nationality, secondly, applied the "Divide and Rule Policy" to avoid the national alliance.After that, the imperialist powers invaded Xizang, Xinjiang, Mongolia and the north-east region. The ruler had to give up traditional ethnic policy and pushed Provincial and county System to strengthened management of the ethnic region and consolidated the border. The main changes of this period was Xinjiang, Fengtian, Jilin, and Hei longjiang. These were new province.Revolution of1911finished the rule of the Qing dynasty. After that, national politics was really in confusion and the Nationalities Relationship was shocked. The Mongolian Upper Class actively planned independence. The nationality contradiction in Xizang was seriously. The Han and Man People were expelled from the region. Northern Warlords Government of China followed the experience of "five-nationality unity" and setting up province in border area. When the government built provinces in inner Mongolian Region and Xikang, the minority nationalities there bitterly resisted, especially the Mongol. They started autonomy movement. It’s ridiculous to divide the inner Mongolian Region into three and divide parts of this region to Qinghai and Ningxia. For this action do great harm to the interests and feeling of Mongol, Providing imperialism opportunities to get in our border areas. After the party of the CPC ruling the country, they respected the minority development as entirety. At last, the CPC canceled the provinces in Mongolian Region and Xikang and carried out the ethnic regional autonomy system.