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Can Islam dominate China, Korea, and Japan in the future?

As a person grown up in a Muslim family in China, I don’t think Islam can dominate China in the future.Islam was first introduced to China in 616–18 AD and has been in China for the last 1400 years. And it’s not a dominant religion, merely 1–3% of the total China’s population are Muslims. Majority Muslim group in China is Hui Muslims. By reviewing the history and current situation of Hui people, we will see why Islam can never dominate China.(picture from Baidu)The term Hui is used to refer to Chinese-speaking groups with (foreign) Muslim ancestry. According to Wikipedia, “Hui people are of varied ancestry, many directly descending from SIlk Road travelers. Their ancestors include Central Asians, Arabs and Persians who married Hans. West Eurasian DNA is prevalent—6.7% of Hui people's maternal genetics have a West Eurasian origin. Several medieval dynasties, particularly the Tang, Song and Mongol , encouraged immigration from predominantly Muslim Persia and Central Asia, with both dynasties welcoming traders from these regions and appointing Central Asian officials. In subsequent centuries, the immigrants gradually mixed with Mongols and Hans, eventually forming the Hui.”But today, most Hui people rarely have connections with people from central Aisa, many young Hui people marry non-muslims. Take my family as an example, my father’s family came from central Asia, my grandfather married another Hui woman, but my dad who was born in PRC,later married my mother who is not Muslim, and my brother married a non-muslim as well. Most young Hui people I know of don’t mind marrying non-Muslims, and many of them have dropped their Islam belief. so I can take a bold guess, in dozens of years, most Hui people will just be same as Han Chinese.In Northwest of China, you can still see a lot of mosques, but there is one thing that is particular important to understand Islam in China is that in front of every mosque, there stands China’s national flag. It means no matter what religion you have, you are part of PRC, and no matter what God you believe, you need to learn Marxism in schools.Najiahu Mosque, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, northwest of China (picture from Baidu)Besides, China has its own civilization for thousands of years, its own culture and beliefs. Islam was never dominant in China and I don’t think it will be.This is my opinion, hope it helps.

If Christianity spread on a large scale in China, would it lead to a change in Chinese culture and values?

“My mom won’t let me join the Communist Party, being Christian SUCKS!”- A Chinese Christian I knew in BeijingI’ve met Christians in mainland China, they were no different from Buddhist Chinese I knew. The weirdest ‘religious’ practice I heard of was a hardcore atheist CCP member who kept a reproduction skull of Peking man in an ancestor shrine…Look at Chinese Buddhism, it basically adapted to existing Taoist and Confucian values to spread in China.You could say South Koreans have been changed through Christianity as they tend to have more of a fire and brimstones outlook on life compared to other East Asians, but from what I’ve read of Ming dynasty accounts they were like that as Buddhists too.The greatest boon Christianity has given to East Asia is wonderful imagery to use in storytelling. One of my favorite artists, Daigo Ikeno, is Christian and drew upon traditional Christian artwork for the demons and dragons of Dragon’s Dogma:It’s a Japanese game but looks more like medieval European artwork than any western made fantasy title where the monsters are more anime-cool or generic Concept Art Dot Org influenced. The story also delves into the Christian idea of sin, damnation, in a way that feels ‘medieval’ and not just Hollywood tropes reskinned with swords and scales.Maybe a boost in Christianity in China could lead to more cool Christian imagery in entertainment there.