The Muslim community in Shanghai Bashny.Net

Muslims make up 1, 6% of China's population, which means that the country has 21 million followers of Islam. The largest concentration of Muslims is observed in Gansu Province and Ningxia Hui and Xinjiang Uygur autonomous regions. However, they can be found anywhere in the country.

The integration of Muslims in contemporary Chinese society is associated with the occurrence of certain problems of racial, cultural and economic sense.

These pictures are made in Shanghai photographer Tim Franco, whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, The Financial Times and Le Monde.