Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I: Foundations -- 1 An ethnographic study of contemporary Chinese language rights -- 2 What is Zhuang? A critical sociolinguistic profile -- Part II: Laws and Governance Structures -- 3 The foundational language rights: Legal provisions about minority languages and minority peoples -- 4 Beliefs about law and language -- 5 The structural distribution of language governance powers -- Part III: Lived Linguistic Landscapes -- 6 Visual ideologies of Zhuang in linguistic landscapes -- 7 New semiotic displays of old "Zhuangness" -- 8 The multiple meanings of Zhuang displays in lived landscapes -- 9 Linguascaping through language policy -- Part IV: Conclusions -- 10 Summary and conclusions regarding language rights in a changing China -- 11 General implications for language rights and policy research and practice -- Appendix -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Index