Editing Hui people (section)

=== Official ===
[[File:Muslim_meat_shop_halal_sign,_Hankow_China,_1935.jpg|right|thumb|
A halal meat store sign in Hankou, {{Circa|1934–1935}}.
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After the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the term "Hui" was applied by the Chinese government to one of China's ten historically Islamic minorities.{{sfn|Lipman|1997|pp = xxii–xxiii}} Today, the Chinese government defines the Hui people as an ethnicity without regard to religion, and includes those with Hui ancestry who do not practice Islam.{{sfn|Gillette|2000|p = 12-13}}

Chinese census statistics count among the Hui (and not as officially recognized separate ethnic groups) the Muslim members of a few small non-Chinese-speaking communities. These include several thousand [[Utsuls]] in southern [[Hainan Province]], who speak an [[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]] language ([[Tsat language|Tsat]]) related to the language of the Vietnamese [[Chams|Champa Muslim minority]]. According to anthropologist [[Dru C. Gladney|Dru Gladney]], they descend from Champa people who migrated to [[Hainan]].{{sfn|Gladney|1996|pp = 33–34}} A small Muslim minority among [[Yunnan]]'s [[Bai people]] are classified as Hui as well, although they speak [[Bai language|Bai]].<ref>{{harvnb|Gladney|1996|pp= 33–34}} The Bai-speaking Hui typically claim descent from Hui refugees who fled to Bai areas after the 1873 defeat of the [[Panthay Rebellion]], and have since assimilated to the Bai culture.</ref> Some groups of [[Tibetan Muslims]] are classified as Hui as well.{{sfn|Gladney|1996|pp = 33–34}}