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Thirty-year-old Hong Jun, a Muslim from Yinchuan, capital city of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region,could not have imagined that his religious heritage and Arabic language skills would lead him to travel across the Arab world and even to establish his own company. "I always saw studying Arabic as a means of communication, a way to build relationships, but never as a profession," he said.
Young Chinese Muslims are reclaiming their traditional role as culturaland commercial go-betweens on the new Silk RoadThirty-year-old HongJun,a Muslim from Yinchuan,capital city of northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region,could not have imagined that his religious heritage and Arabic language skills would lead him to travel across the Arab world and even