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The various Muslim populations in China are amongst the poorest communities in the sprawling country. Ethnic Chinese and Turkic Muslim communities in both central and northwest China, in rural and urban settings, are in need of education and skill-training that will allow them to improve their social condition while fulfilling their spiritual needs.

There are an unknown number of refugees from Kashmir in China. There are also hundreds of thousands of refugees from neighboring Vietnam, North Korea and Burma who relay on foreign aid for basic necessities.

China

Fu-Xing School

The Gansu province is the very heart of Oriental civilization, the end point for the great Silk Road and the oldest Muslim community in China. Though Chinese Muslims number at between 20-30 Million (inofficial number of Muslims estimated as 120-130 Million), Muslims outside of China know very little about Chinese Muslims. Fu-Xing School, a Muslim run high school in China’s… continue reading »

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Vital Stats

Population: 1,313,973,713
Infant Mortality Rate: 24 deaths / 1000 births
Life Expectancy: 73 years
Major Diseases: None common or high risk; roughly 840,000 living with HIV/AIDS
Religions: Christian - 4%
Muslim - 2%
Taoist/Buddhist - unknown
Officially an Atheist nation
Literacy Rate: 91 %
Unemployment Rate: 20 %
Poverty Rate: 10 %
Natural Hazards: Typhoons along the coastline; damaging floods; tsunamis; earthquakes; drought and heavy land subsidence