James D. Frankel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Cultural and Religious Studies and Director of the Centre for the Study of Islamic Culture at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
This concise, highly readable account of Muslim communities in China begins with a succinct but sufficient historical narrative and ends with a balanced and well-informed discussion of today's Uyghur controversy. It's the one book on Chinese Islam that everyone should read. * Richard W. Bulliet, Professor Emeritus, Columbia University, USA * An excellent and much needed survey of the long history of Islam in China. -- Sachiko Murata, Stony Brook University, USA