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China at the Crossroads:
BLOGGING ABOUT HUI CULTURE, IDENTITY, AND DAILY LIFE IN URBAN CHINA
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A Journey to the Heart of China's Migrant Population (流动人口) Situation: Xunhua and Hualong Counti
Standing in the middle of the bridge, I watched as the Yellow River rushed beneath me, snaking in great bends around the rocky, tree-less...
David R. Stroup
Jul 9, 201615 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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Views from the 8(th floor): Xining's XinQian International Plaza and the effects of urban renewa
Xining's Cheng Dong District in the city's east end is older than the rapidly expanding western district. While the the western part of...
David R. Stroup
May 24, 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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Urban migration and regional identity in Jinan's Hui community
A common theme on this blog is the diversity of China's Hui community. As I've noted before, Hui communities exist in nearly every major...
David R. Stroup
Dec 3, 20158 min read
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A visit to Jinan's urban countryside
As the cab driver slowed down, and pulled over to the side of the one-lane road, I understood immediately what was going on. We were...
David R. Stroup
Nov 10, 201510 min read
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Five years in the life of a changing city: visualizing Jinan's urban development through photos
How does one measure and observe urban renewal? To be sure, lots of measures exist. Tracking the amount of spending on infrastructure....
David R. Stroup
Oct 21, 20157 min read
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What's New is Old Again: "山寨 Antiquity" and redeveloping China's cities
As I mentioned previously on this site, Nanjing, my current base of operations, is a city with a lot of character, and a long, important...
David R. Stroup
Jul 18, 20155 min read
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