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Chinese Minorities

Hui Minority

The Hui are essentially the same as the Han, except that they are Muslim, the Islamic religion having been introduced by Arab soldiers and merchants 1,200 years ago. The Hui are found in Gansu, Qinghai, Shandong, Yunnan, Anhui, Liaoning, Hubei, Henan, Jiangsu, Shanxi, Sha'anxi, Sichuan, and Hunan Provinces. They are part of the Sino-Tibetan Sinoitic ethnolinguistic group.