Photos from the Xinjiang autonomous region in China, where there is a large concentration of Hui people.
Hui people are people of mixed ethnic Han Chinese and Arabic descent. They are direct descendants of Silk Road traders from Arabia who have traveled the Silk Road to trade with China. The Hui peoples’ ancestors are Arabic traders who have permanently settled in China.
Islam is the Hui peoples’ religion.
There’s also a large concentration of Uyghur people in Xinjiang, China.
Islam is also the Uyghur people’s religion.
Being in Xinjiang is just like being in any one of the 5 nations in Central Asia-such as Uzbekistan, Tajikistan; and Kyrgyzstan, to name a few.
Like how the former Soviet Central Asian nations have teahouses, Xinjiang does to.
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Photos of people from the Tajik, Uzbek, and Kyrgyz minority populations in Xinjiang:
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http://www.slideshare.net/cmfoo2988/china-ethnic-groups
Photos of ancient Tajik remains in Xinjiang:
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Even in this area of China where it’s almost like being in Central Asian countries such as Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, the people and religion are Hui and Uyghur, and Islam; and not ethnic Han Chinese, Buddhism, and Taoism, and there is more writing in Arabic and in Persian than in Standard Chinese; there is still a statue of Chairman Mao just like how there are statues of Lenin and Stalin in the former Soviet Central Asian countries, throughout the entire nation of Russia; and in other former SSR nations such as the Ukraine and in Belarus.
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Sadly, those pictures of destruction that you saw earlier in this post are not of a war zone, but of the historic old town being demolished in favor of the province becoming as modern, dynamic; and fluidic as the rest of China. UNESCO does not particularly favor the condemnation of the old town and the modernization of the town; the Hui and Uyghur people are not fond of it, but the Chinese government feels that it is necessary at all costs to keep every populated corner of the country as dynamic as possible so that China remains ahead of the curve as a world power.
As a consequence of the modernization of the town, the local culture may become extinct; and the Hui and Uyghur peoples’ own culture may also disappear.
Photos of the recently constructed new town:
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Matthew Parij 
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