HUI MUSLIM-LED ANTITAXATION MOVEMENTS IN CENTRAL CHINA’S HENAN PROVINCE DURING THE LATE QING DYNASTY

WAN LEI

ABSTRACT

This article first explores the historical background both in economy and politics in the late Qing dynasty, which accounted for many rebellions during the times. The Hui Muslim minority, rebelled in the Northwest and South China’s Yunnan and Guizgou provinces, and all such rebellions were well-known. The Hui struggles against the corrupt government in Central China’s Henan province, however, has been always neglected by researchers on Hui studies. In fact, there occurred large-scale antitaxation movements in Huaiqing-fu and Kiafeng-fu in Henan. Consequently, the persecution from the government was cruel. This article tried to fill in some of the blanks concerning the Hui studies in this period.