David R. StroupJun 20, 20168 min readIslam and Tourism in ChinaIt'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. StroupJun 6, 20161 min readPhoto Recap: Qinghai Halal Food and Ethnic Products Expo#Photos #qingzhen #Hui #ethnopreneurship #IslaminChina #interculturalinteraction
David R. StroupOct 28, 20156 min readBuilding a More "文明" (civilized) and "卫生"(hygienic) Jinan: sanitation and publicA few weeks ago, I wrote about a number of public service advertisements that I had been seeing in and around Jinan's Hui Quarter. As a...
David R. StroupAug 26, 20157 min readMy Afternoon at the Chinese Nationalities MuseumScholarship on nationalism tends to focus on the dramatic. Nationalists start uprisings. Nationalists push politics to the brink....
David R. StroupAug 23, 20157 min readWhat is 清真, anyway?: On eating a "pure and true" dietRecently, I talked about the subtle, yet profound, differences that distinguish Hui and Han ethnicities. I also talked a lot about how...