MA Haiyun is an Assistant Professor at Frostburg State University. His teaching and research interests are Chinese History, Islam and Muslims of China (including Xinjiang), Sino-Middle East Relations, China-Middle East relations, and China-Central Asian Relations.
Success of China’s Hui Muslims: Assimilation or Hyphenation?
With the increased international media attention on the plight of the Uyghur Muslim minority in Xinjiang, Western news magazines have started to also focus on the Hui, or Chinese-speaking Muslims. Some of these accounts attribute the Hui’s success to their assimilation into Han Chinese culture and society. This essay refutes this argument by highlighting the differences between the manner in which Uyghurs and Hui were incorporated into the Chinese state.
Go West at What Cost? China’s Pivot on Middle East Studies
“… China’s move to gain a foothold in Middle East diplomacy, might not be such a bad thing … But the consequences for China moving closer to U.S. and Israel on Middle East policy could also mean alienating its partners in Muslim societies in the region.” [May 10, 2013] Read this article …
