Blog Entries on Ethnic Minorities
From the Middle East to the Middle Kingdom (5)
Hui Uprisings (AD 1645–1912)
The history of the Hui enters a time of ethnoreligious tension which spilled over into violence.
From the Middle East to the Middle Kingdom (4)
Forced Integration (AD 1368–1644)
Why do Hui and other predominantly Muslim minzu (民族, people groups) practice endogamy? If it is to prevent religious syncretism, it doesn’t appear to have worked.
From the Middle East to the Middle Kingdom (3)
Mass Migration under the Khan (AD1271–1367)
We may be surprised to learn how much the Hui’s geographical spread, their expressions of Islam, and their awkward relations with the Han all stem from the Mongol-ruled Yuan Dynasty era policies.
Encountering the Legacy of James O. Fraser in Unexpected Places
A legacy that went from Yunnan to Sichuan and beyond the borders of China.
From the Middle East to the Middle Kingdom (2)
Hui Origins (AD 651–1270)
All of Hui history, beginning with the arrival of Muslim traders, has implications for gospel ministry among them; each stage has shaped the Hui people’s foundational worldview.
From the Middle East to the Middle Kingdom
The Hui, an Introduction
Who are the Hui Muslims of China? Where did they come from, what are they like, and how are they being reached with the gospel of Jesus Christ?
God’s Work among the Lisu
Over 100 years ago, God began a work along the steep inclines above the Nujiang River in Yunnan that greatly impacted the Lisu people and many others along with and through them.
China’s Uyghurs
What You Need to Know
A brief but instructive history from the Oxford Research Encyclopedia.