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author: Eric Wagoner
date: '2000-12-14T03:08:32'
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title: Western China is primarily Islamic,
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Western China is primarily Islamic, with ethnic Chinese definitely in the minority. The difficulties of living a devout religious life within an officially athiest communist country is leading to quiet murmurs of discontent, [and CNN is there](http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/views/y/2000/12/mackinnon.xinjiang.dec14/index.html), giving us a well-written colorful article.