2006-07-13 20:40:13 · 6 answers · asked by kohistani 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Firstly, Caucasian is not just blonde hair and blue eyes. Secondly, Check a map of the western part of China.
It borders on Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan.
All Muslim countries with more or less Caucasoid people.
This territory is the farthest historical western extent of China, and has been for centuries. it is only natural that there has been migration, immigatrion, and intermarriage between all the various groups in this frontier region.
Chinese Muslims number over 100 million. That is why the Chinese government has quietly been helping the US in the war against al-Quaeda.
2006-07-13 20:54:03 · answer #1 · answered by aka DarthDad 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be honest, I don't know about the race of the Chinese Muslims. In fact, I think it would be very hard to prove that anyone is of a particular race, especially since a lot of scientific thought these days is that race does not exist except in the minds of people. However, it is true that most Chinese Muslims do not look Chinese. The come from one of the 100 or more identified ethnicities here in China. They are connected with China because they are located in China. The Western borders of China in the north, are shared with several Muslim countries. Afghanistan, and the other "-stans" are very near China.
2006-07-13 21:16:36 · answer #2 · answered by tianjingabi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what your definition of Caucasian is.
In the western part of China, a people called the Tocharians lived in the bronze age. They are believed to be a people from current-day Russia. Nobody knows what happened to the Tocharians - assimilated/moved away/war .....
Later in history, middle-eastern peoples, turkish tribes (huns, magyurs, uighers, etc) were/are living on this western part of China.
These people simply moved east from their earlier homelands. Nothing strange about that.
2006-07-13 20:55:19 · answer #3 · answered by A4Q 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many were traders who came on the Silk Road, which ran from the Middle East to China . They just set up shop there.
2006-07-14 02:02:58 · answer #4 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Eggrolls.
2006-07-13 20:43:24 · answer #5 · answered by simonsnkr5 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Their daddies were soldiers and businessmen from the west.
2006-07-13 20:43:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋