ethnic identity, Muslim networks and the new Silk Road /
First Statement of Responsibility
Wai-Yip Ho.
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New York :
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Taylor and Francis,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2013.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource
SERIES
Series Title
Routledge contemporary China series
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Cover; Islam and China's Hong Kong; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Preface: locating Islam in China's Hong Kong; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Hong Kong's tripartite Islamic traditions; Part I New master, postcolonial struggle; 1 Forging identity from Britain to China: struggle for recognition; 2 Forced diaspora between East and West: story of migration; Part II New media, transnational politics; 3 Global ummah, local protest: the Danish cartoon affair in the Chinese context.
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4 Going digital, facing the public: cyber- Islamic environment in the Chinese languagePart III New mandate, reorienting agenda; 5 Educating a new generation: teaching Islamic civilization; 6 Envisioning a new gateway: developing Islamic finance; Conclusion; 7 Muhammad as a merchant, Islam as a middle path: balancing patriotism and piety in the New Silk Road; Bibliography; Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Hong Kong is a global city-state under the sovereignty of the People's Republic of China, and is home to around 250,000 Muslims practicing Islam. However existing studies of the Muslim-majority communities in Asia and the Northwest China largely ignore the Muslim community in Hong Kong. Islam and China's Hong Kong skillfully fills this gap, and investigates how ethnic and Chinese-speaking Muslims negotiate their identities and the increasing public attention to Islam in Hong Kong. Examining a range of issues and challenges facing Muslims in Hong Kong, this book focuses o.