From Reuters:
Hai dreams of learning Arabic and hopes one day to study in the Middle East…
It’s thousands of miles from Mecca, but more and more Chinese Muslims are fulfilling their dreams of learning about their faith as the government relaxes controls over Islam to win hearts in the Middle East, where it seeks to strengthen trade and oil ties…
The increase in Muslim visitors to China — tourists, businessman and expatriates — is causing a rise in religious observance among China’s Hui, a Muslim group that traces its heritage to the Middle East and Central Asia. [Full Text]
