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Sino–Middle Eastern Perspectives and Relations since the Gulf War: Views from Below

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 April 2009

Dru C. Gladney
Affiliation:
Associate Professor of Asian Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and is also a Research Fellow with the Program for Cultural Studies, The East-West Center, 1777 East-West Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96848.

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China is now becoming recognized as a nation with a significant Muslim population. With nearly 18 million Muslims (the recent 1990 census reported 17.9 million, with many Muslims still unaccounted for or refusing to register as members of the primarily Muslim nationalities), China ranks among the most populous Muslim nations. And, although its Muslim population is miniscule when compared with its total population (Muslims account for less than 2% of China's 1.1 billion), or insignificant when one looks at the vast Muslim populations in other Asian nations, such as Indonesia, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, nevertheless, this article argues that the Muslims of China play an important role disproportionate to their numbers in influencing China's domestic and international politics.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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