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Hai dreams of learning Arabic and hopes one day to study in the Middle East. For now, the 25-year-old is stuck in Beijing. It’s thousands of miles from Mecca, but more and more Chinese Muslims are fulfilling their dreams of learning about their faith as the government relaxes controls over Islam to win hearts in the Middle East, where it seeks to strengthen trade and oil ties. Full Story