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BLOGGING ABOUT HUI CULTURE, IDENTITY, AND DAILY LIFE IN URBAN CHINA
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David R. Stroup
Dec 10, 20152 min read
What does China's air quality problem actually look like?
Many of you may have noted the recent announcement that Beijing had declared a red alert for air pollution, and had cancelled school for...
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David R. Stroup
Dec 9, 20154 min read
Faith, faithlessness and intra-group boundaries in Jinan's Hui community
One of the most commonly repeated truisms about China's Hui community is that they are a group distinguished from the majority Han almost...
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David R. Stroup
Dec 3, 20158 min read
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...
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David R. Stroup
Nov 23, 20154 min read
Introducing a new wrinkle regarding ethnicity and BBQ: 猪肉串 (Pork Kebabs)
Here at the China at the Crossroads blog, I'm all about giving my readers the hard-hitting analysis that I know they crave. It's for this...
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David R. Stroup
Nov 22, 20151 min read
Jinan's 720 year old Great Southern Mosque: A Photographic Introduction
Traditionally, Hui communities surround a community mosque. Historically speaking, this makes sense. The Hui's ancestors came to China as...
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David R. Stroup
Nov 20, 20157 min read
Epistemic Deference and Hui Identity: The Challenges of Doing Fieldwork in China
Going out to do fieldwork seems like embarking on some grand adventure. I like to joke that doing comparative politics research sometimes...
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David R. Stroup
Nov 18, 20151 min read
Old Jinan: The Heart of the City of Springs
While much of my recent attention on this blog has been turned toward describing how Jinan rapdily pushes ahead with urban renewal...
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David R. Stroup
Nov 15, 20155 min read
Women's mosques and female leadership in Jinan's Hui community
At first glance, the buliding isn't much to look at. Like many mosques built in the last 25 years in China, the white tile and green...
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David R. Stroup
Nov 10, 201510 min read
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...
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David R. Stroup
Nov 4, 20155 min read
A word about studying 'everyday ethnicity'
As regular readers of this blog (hope that I haven't scared all of you off!) may have already noted, much of what I'm writing about, and...
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David R. Stroup
Oct 28, 20156 min read
Building a More "文明" (civilized) and "卫生"(hygienic) Jinan: sanitation and public
A 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...
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David R. Stroup
Oct 21, 20157 min read
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....
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David R. Stroup
Oct 13, 20154 min read
Arabic and Identity in urban Hui communities
Walking through Jinan this week in the Hui Quarter, I've been distracted by a set of signs. They're official and issued by the local...
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David R. Stroup
Oct 6, 20155 min read
Han-ness, Chinese-ness and Representation of Majority Culture
As you may have already noticed, the bulk of this blog (and my research) is dedicated to understanding the place of ethnic minority...
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David R. Stroup
Sep 29, 20159 min read
Preservation and Gentrification in Dashila'er's Historic Hutongs: What we mean when we talk
As Beijing Design Week arrives, I turn my attention to the part of my project that concerns urban renewal. This week numerous exhibits in...
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David R. Stroup
Sep 24, 20157 min read
Eid al-Adha (古尔邦节) on Beijing's Niu Jie
Holidays are often a high-water mark for community spirit and feelings of belonging to the group. Which makes sense. These days are set...
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David R. Stroup
Sep 20, 20154 min read
Representing the Hui in public images: A photo essay
I often discuss the way that the Hui and other groups are represented in public displays. It's something I see a lot of here, and though...
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David R. Stroup
Sep 13, 20156 min read
The Curious Case of YangRou Chuan'r and Hui ethnic identity
On warm evenings throughout China, stroll through almost any urban neighborhood, and you'll catch the smell of charcoal fires and roasted...
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David R. Stroup
Sep 4, 201511 min read
Lost History, Forgotten Tombstones, and the Decline of a Hui Cemetery: Beijing's Huimin Gongmu (
The road to Beijing's Northwestern Hui Cemetery (Huimin Gongmu, 回民公墓) winds away from the main boulevard and the bus stop which bears its...
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David R. Stroup
Aug 30, 20155 min read
Chai Qian (拆迁) and China: What we mean when we say "urban renewal"
Spend any time in urban China, and you'll see it: the blinding speed with which urban landscapes change. Leave a city for a year, and...
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