摘要
中國雖然自秦以降都在名義上采用中央集權制， 在制度實踐上遣是相當變通的。不誇張地説，中國歷史對＂民族區域自治＂并不陌生，邊遠地區的少數民族部落擁有相當大的自治權。早在秦漢時期，全國大多數地方實行郡縣制，由太守、縣令以及亭、鄕、裏逐級統治，按回扣徵集賦税。但在南方和西南新開辟的地區，則實行初郡制，
In recent years, with the rise of external regional separatism and the independence movements, some of the places dominated by ethnic minorities in China are not so ＂peaceful＂. In 2007, six eastern-turkestans from Xinjiang have been granted with criminal sentence due to their criminal activities of separating our nation and three of whom were sentenced into death penalty. In March 2008, there happened the most serious conflict with the largest scale since 1959 in Lhasa, thousands of Tibetans claiming the slogan of ＂the independence of Tibet＂ and they also carried out violent, destroying activities.
