Huimin_bao
Huimin bao
Socio-political newspaper published in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Huimin bao (Dungan: Хуэймин бо; Chinese: 回民报) is a socio-political newspaper published in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Named after the Hui people, it is the world's only Dungan language newspaper.[1]
In 2014 the Kyrgyz Hui Muslim Association and the China News Agency Xinjiang Branch cooperated to increase the Chinese version of Huimin bao.[2] In the same year, the Chinese decided to rename the newspaper as Zhongya Huimin bao (Central Asian Hui Newspaper; 中亚回民报, Җун-я Хуэймин бо) due to the fact that Dungan people (part of the Hui ancestry) are spread throughout Central Asia.[3]
Newspapers are circulated once a month to 3,000 copies.[4] In the 1970s, Huimin bao published 4,400 copies twice a week.[1][5]