Peeking Past Peking?
Areas deep inside China where Muslim and Tibetan minorities begin to outnumber the Han are normally too far off the beaten track for Americans to visit. Hence what goes on in these remote areas is something of a mystery, and we are forced to rely on reporting from major cities such as Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai for information. The general impression is one of uneven development and rapacious profit seeking by the Han at the expense of the minorities.
