The Chinese Muslim Internal Migrant Population Reasons for Urban Migration and Historical Investigation
The majority of Uyghur Muslim internal migrant workers and business people migrating to mainland cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, and Wuhan originate from traditional Uyghur settlements like Kashgar, Hotan, Aksu, Ili, and Turpan. Most Internal migrant come from rural areas in southern Uyghur Autonomous Regions, a trend influenced by the area’s resource distribution, industrial structure, and labor dynamics. the papers research, the reasons why Muslims go out and the channels through which they enter the city, Historical Investigation, the current situation of the internal migrant Muslim population and other basic issues related to the Uyghur Muslim internal migrant population in Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, and Wuhan are studied.
Authors
- Alimtohte Shiho
Institutions
- Tohoku University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Culture and History
- Published
- 2025-10-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5296/ijch.v12i2.23206
- Primary Topic
- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00