ConflictBarometer_2015
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ASIA AND OCEANIA<br />
Overview: Conflicts in Asia and Oceania in <strong>2015</strong><br />
Name of conflict 1 Conflict parties 2 Conflict items Start Change 3 Int. 4<br />
Bangladesh (Chittagong Hill<br />
Tracts)<br />
Bangladesh (inter-militant<br />
rivalry / Chittagong Hill<br />
Tracts)*<br />
Bangladesh (Islamist groups)<br />
PCJSS-SL, PCJSS-MNL, UPDF vs.<br />
government, Bengali settlers<br />
autonomy, subnational<br />
predominance, resources<br />
1971 3<br />
PCJSS-SL vs. UPDF subnational predominance 1997 3<br />
Hindus, Christians, Buddhists et al. vs.<br />
ABT, AAL, JMB, HeI, IS et al. vs.<br />
government<br />
system/ideology, subnational<br />
predominance<br />
Bangladesh (opposition) BNP, JeI vs. government system/ideology, national<br />
power<br />
1971 3<br />
1991 3<br />
Bangladesh (RMG workers) RMG workers vs. government other 2006 3<br />
Cambodia (opposition)* civil society groups, CNRP vs. CPP system/ideology, national<br />
power, resources<br />
1997 3<br />
Cambodia Vietnam* Cambodia vs. Vietnam territory 1969 2<br />
China (Christians) Government vs. Christians system/ideology 1949 3<br />
China (Falun Gong et al.)* Falun Gong vs. government system/ideology 1999 3<br />
China (Han Hui Tibetans)* Tibetans vs. Hui vs. Han subnational predominance 1949 3<br />
China (Hong Kong<br />
pro-democracy groups)<br />
China (Inner Mongolia)<br />
HKFS, Umbrella Movement vs.<br />
government, SAR government<br />
Mongolian ethnic minorities vs.<br />
government, Han Chinese<br />
autonomy, system/ideology 1997 2<br />
autonomy, subnational<br />
predominance, resources<br />
1981 3<br />
China (opposition)* opposition groups vs. government system/ideology 1978 3<br />
China (socioeconomic<br />
protests)<br />
environmentalists, migrant workers,<br />
peasants et al. vs. government<br />
resources, other 1978 3<br />
China (Taiwan opposition) opposition vs. ROC government system/ideology 2014 3<br />
China (Taiwan)<br />
ROC government vs. ROC opposition vs.<br />
PRC<br />
China (Tibet) CTA, Tibetans, TYC vs. government autonomy, system/ideology,<br />
resources<br />
China (Uyghurs / Xinjiang)<br />
ETIM, TIP, WUC, Uyghurs vs. government,<br />
Han<br />
secession, system/ideology 1949 2<br />
secession, subnational<br />
predominance, resources<br />
China India China vs. India territory, international power,<br />
resources<br />
China USA PRC vs. USA system/ideology, international<br />
power<br />
China Vietnam et al. (South<br />
China Sea)<br />
Fiji (Indo-Fijians <br />
indigenous Fijian<br />
ethnonationalists)*<br />
Brunei vs. PRC vs. ROC vs. Malaysia vs.<br />
Vietnam vs. Philippines<br />
territory, international power,<br />
resources<br />
1950 3<br />
1949 3<br />
1954 2<br />
1949 1<br />
1949 2<br />
Indo-Fijians vs. indigenous Fijians subnational predominance 1970 1<br />
Fiji (opposition)* opposition vs. government system/ideology, national<br />
power<br />
1987 2<br />
Fiji Tonga (Minerva Reefs)* Fiji vs. Tonga territory 2005 1<br />
India (GJM et al. / West<br />
Bengal)*<br />
India (GNLA et al. /<br />
Meghalaya)<br />
India (Hindus Christians)*<br />
India (Hindus Muslims)<br />
India (HPC-D factions /<br />
Mizoram, Manipur, Assam)<br />
India (inter-ethnic rivalry /<br />
Assam)<br />
India (inter-factional rivalry /<br />
Nagaland)*<br />
India (inter-militant rivalry /<br />
Meghalaya)*<br />
India (Islamist militant<br />
groups)*<br />
GJM, GNLF, AIGL vs. government autonomy 1907 2<br />
GNLA, ASAK, AMEF, ANVC, ANVC-B, UALA,<br />
HNLC et al. vs. government<br />
VHP, RSS, Shiv Sena, Dharam Sena,<br />
Bajrang Dal, radical Hindus vs. Christians<br />
Hindus, radical Hindu organizations vs.<br />
Muslims<br />
HPC-D Zosangbera faction, HPC-D<br />
Sanate faction vs. government<br />
Bodos vs. Adivasis vs. Bangladeshis,<br />
Biharis, Hindi-speaking groups vs.<br />
Assamese<br />
NSCN-K, ZUV vs. NSCN-IM vs. NSCN-KK<br />
vs. NSCN-R<br />
secession 1988 3<br />
subnational predominance 1999 3<br />
subnational predominance 1947 3<br />
autonomy 1986 3<br />
subnational predominance 1979 3<br />
subnational predominance 1988 3<br />
GNLA vs. ASAK subnational predominance 1992 3<br />
HM, JeM, LeT, SIMI, TuM vs. government system/ideology 2000 3<br />
India (JeM et al. / Kashmir) HM, JeM, LeT, TuM vs. government secession 1947 3<br />
India (Mafia Raj)*<br />
sand mafia, timber mafia vs. civil society<br />
actors vs. government<br />
subnational predominance,<br />
resources, other<br />
2007 3<br />
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