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HuiOne of the largest minority ethnic groups in China, numbering about eight and a half million. Members of the Hui live all over China, but are concentrated in the northern central region. They have been Muslims since the 10th century, for which they have suffered persecution both before and since the communist revolution. |
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A comparison of the ethnic composition ratio (5) with an average incidence from 1994 to 2001 showed a substantial difference between the Hui and Han nationalities in Yinchuan, Haiyuan, and Pengyang, and for Ningxia as a whole. China's Ningxia Autonomous Region, home to a third of the Muslim Hui minority people, now has 30 female imams, according to a report in the People's Daily. Hui reportedly acquired eMachines in 2001 for $161 million. |
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