An Analysis Of The Reasons For The Formation Of Yunnan Border Issues Since The Reform And Opening Up

The special geopolitical situation in Yunnan is a potential incentive for the formation of frontier issues.Geographically,the Yunnan border is located on the edge of the motherland and away from the center of China's economic development.Therefore,the border areas often show deep poverty.On the other hand,the Yunnan border is close to the national border,close to the Golden Triangle,the “East Line” and the “West Line”."The two drug import routes have all passed through Yunnan.This special location provides geographical convenience for transnational crimes.From the topography and geomorphology,the Yunnan ethnic minority areas have many high mountains and deep valleys,and the traffic is inconvenient,which severely limits economic development.It also shows the characteristics of connecting with overseas mountains and rivers and numerous passages,making it difficult to control the border areas and providing an opportunity for transnational crime.Social transformation is the "catalyst" of the Yunnan border issue.The transition period is a period of frequent social problems.From the beginning of the founding of New China,Yunnan's borderland society has undergone transformation.Especially during the period of reform and opening up,the frontier society has experienced a direct transition from traditional society and even primitive society to modern socialist market economy..This historic transition has brought enormous benefits to the frontier masses,but it has also caused various problems to break out.The social transformation has broken the political power of the traditional frontiers.The traditional frontier political power is based on the theocracy and has experienced the development process of the past millennium.It has legitimacy in the frontier region and has strong control over the stability of the frontier.ability.After breaking the traditional political power,the construction of new political power requires a long-term process,which inevitably leads to the disorder of the frontier society.At the same time,the market economy has raised the idea of profit-seeking in border areas,especially in cross-border ethnic areas.The choice of cross-border ethnic groups is diversified in itself,and national identity is increasingly reflected in the realization of the country's personal interests.The politicized orientation of ethnic policy is the internal motivation for the issue of frontier issues.After the founding of New China,drawing on the experience of the Soviet Union in dealing with ethnic relations and guided by the Stalinist national theory,China carried out ethnic identification in the Yunnan border areas,giving each ethnic minority a national identity and fixing the national identity through political and legal means..On this basis,a system of regional ethnic autonomy was established in areas where ethnic minorities live in the border areas,giving preferential policies to ethnic minorities in politics,taxation,cultural education,and economic support.On the one hand,these ways of dealing with ethnic relations have promoted the social and economic development of ethnic minority areas in the border areas.However,it is undeniable that these methods have also awakened the national consciousness of the frontier masses and reflected the difference between "my people" and "he people".Under the influence of Western nationalism,this issue is also easily exploited by hostile separatists,boasting national self-determination in the frontier and undermining political stability in the frontiers.