BOOK REVIEWS
Islam in China
Author(s): James D. Frankel
Reviewed by: Anis Ahmad
Review
China is the world’s most populous country in the world and exceptionally the fast-growing economic power . It is also considered by the West as a major threat to world economy and the geopolitical balance of power . From a Muslim perspective, China has more than twenty-four million native Muslims, who have been there for over fourteen hundred years . Their presence since the Tang dynasty (618- 906) is fully documented . Muslim trading relations with China by road and sea spans over twelve hundred years of active interaction.