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BLOGGING ABOUT HUI CULTURE, IDENTITY, AND DAILY LIFE IN URBAN CHINA
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Video Post: Isha'a (evening prayer) during Ramadan at Yinchuan's Nanguan Mosque, July 2014
With all the news of late that Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region was beginning to follow the example of Xinjiang in removing Islam and...
David R. Stroup
Dec 24, 20182 min read
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Wrap Up: What have we learned so far? (Part 3)
OK, so it's been a year. Once again, just as it was after every stop on this journey, it's time to pause, take a minute to recap, and...
David R. Stroup
Jul 12, 20164 min read
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Islam and Tourism in China
It's a normal Monday afternoon at the Dongguan mosque in Xining. The busy mosque is at the heart of Xining's Islamic community and...
David R. Stroup
Jun 20, 20168 min read
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Photo Essay: The Najiahu Mosque
Sometimes there's a lot of material that doesn't find its way into a single blog post, but is too good to just not share. I've been...
David R. Stroup
Apr 11, 20161 min read
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Status Check: What have we learned so far? (Part 2)
Now that I've wrapped up the second of my three intensive case studies in Yinchuan, it feels like a good tie to take a second to reflect...
davidrstroup
Apr 4, 20162 min read
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Yinchuan's Tale of Two Cities: what we mean when we talk about urban renewal (part 3)
The East is Red Plaza is Changing! Wangfujing Plaza is Coming! -An advertisement for a new shopping mall development in Yinchuan's Old...
David R. Stroup
Apr 2, 20165 min read
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"One belt, One Road" and Yinchuan's connection to the greater Middle East
Anyone with at least a passing familiarity with International Relations (or who pays attention to global affairs even the littlest bit)...
David R. Stroup
Mar 25, 20166 min read
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"One small market can represent the whole of global society": the politics of marketplaces
Invocations of "the market" in political science tend towards the macro-level. We are all too often want to zoom out to a bird's eye...
David R. Stroup
Mar 24, 20164 min read
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A wedding day in the rural Hui Heartland: my visit to Tongxin County
The mini-bus roared down the highway. Somehow, these things have the universal quality of being rickety. The frame of the vehicle, (a...
David R. Stroup
Feb 3, 201612 min read
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Yinchuan's NanGuan Grand Mosque: A closer look
After two weeks here in Yinchuan, the city is starting to make more sense to me. There's a lot to say about this city, and the Hui...
David R. Stroup
Jan 30, 20162 min read
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In Praise of La Mian (拉面, hand-stretched noodles)
Regular readers of this blog will note that "the sociology of food and culture" is one of my favorite, and most repeatedly discussed...
David R. Stroup
Jan 21, 20167 min read
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First Look: Yinchuan
Greetings from the city of Yinchuan! After a refreshing few weeks of holiday in Beijing, I'm on the move, yet again. To refresh your...
David R. Stroup
Jan 15, 20161 min read
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City Profile: Yinchuan and Najiahu
Next in the field-site profile series, is the city of Yinchuan, provincial capital of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, and its suburb...
David R. Stroup
Jun 24, 20155 min read
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So, where am I going?
First thing's first: I should explain what I'm doing, and where I'll be in China. I'm a fan of maps, and the one below makes this a much...
David R. Stroup
Jun 22, 20152 min read
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