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Cross-Border Links between Muslims in Yunnan and Northern Thailand: Identity and Economic Networks

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Islam is the second largest religion in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), including about 20 per cent of all religious worshippers. Thailand, which nearly borders China’s Yunnan province, is a Buddhist kingdom where Islam is accepted.

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Berlie, J. (2000). Cross-Border Links between Muslims in Yunnan and Northern Thailand: Identity and Economic Networks. In: Evans, G., Hutton, C., Eng, K.K. (eds) Where China Meets Southeast Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-11123-4_12

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