Islamic China: An Asian History

For more than a millennium, Islam has been a Chinese religion, and native-born Chinese Muslims have played important roles in their homeland, from royal astronomers to butchers, merchants to diplomats, and scholar-officials to farmers. Yet the Muslims of China are often depicted as inherently foreign, their religion as incompatible with Chinese culture.

How Economic Reform Revived Totalitarian Rule in China

When China embarked on modernization in 1979, many hoped that the country’s turn toward capitalism would put its totalitarian past to rest and moved it toward a more democratic future. Instead, China has reverted to a neo-totalitarian regime after more than four decades of economic reform and globalization. The fundamental cause is Deng Xiaoping’s strategy of saving one-party rule with capitalism. He steadfastly kept intact the institutional foundations of totalitarianism even as he unleashed private entrepreneurship and courted foreign investment.
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