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Race + Color + Ethnicity, Religion + Belief

China News | Hui Muslims

Popular website for Chinese Muslims goes down following posting of Xi-critical letter
  • China Muslim Net, a site focused on content related to Hui Muslims in the country, became inaccessible after the site published a letter critical of President Xi Jinping, though the official cause of the issue has not been revealed.
  • The letter reportedly denounced Xi for the jailing of advocates and intellectuals and called for the release of Kwong Pyong, a student who disappeared after posting pictures of himself online wearing a satirical t-shirt comparing Xi to Hitler.
  • The Chinese government has cracked down on religious expression and expressed fears of extremism in the country as it has engaged in protracted conflict with Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang.

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“Popular Chinese Muslim website down after posting letter critical of Xi” (Reuters)
“China Shutters Muslim Website After Protest Letter to PresidentChina Shutters Muslim Website After Protest Letter to President” (Radio Free Asia)
“Chinese Muslim website blocked after Xi Jinping letter” (Al Jazeera/AFP)

Race + Color + Ethnicity, Religion + Belief

China Feature | Hui Muslims

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Muslim in the Open

Descendants of Persian and Arab traders who arrived and intermarried with local Chinese more than a millennium ago, China’s Hui minority has enjoyed religious, political, and cultural freedom to a much greater degree than their Uyghur brethren in China’s far west. The New York Times examines contemporary Hui culture and the relatively peaceful relationship between the Hui and China’s religion-averse Communist Party, which has allowed for the flourishing of a vibrant Muslim community in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and neighboring Gansu Province.

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“Light Government Touch Lets China’s Hui Practice Islam in the Open” (The New York Times)

(Image Credit: Adam Dean/The New York Times)

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China News | Ethnic Minorities

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China includes ethnic Han for first time in national multicultural athletic festival
  • The National Traditional Games for Ethnic Minorities opened on Sunday, with 6,240 athletes from 31 provinces and ethnic groups competing in traditional sports.
  • Han participants were allowed for the first time limited participation with ethnic minorities including Huis, Zhuangs, Uyghurs, Yis, and Miaos and representation from Mongolia, Tibet, and Taiwan.
  • The 17 competitive events in the quadrennial festival include camel ball, bamboo drifting, dragon boat racing, and stilt-running.

Read the full story at the South China Morning Post.

(Image Credit: Xinhua News Agency, via the South China Morning Post)