How come there’s no discussion about Kaifeng Jews that were in China since 7-8th AD?
“Then, as now, the only Chinese who called themselves Jewish—numbering in the hundreds—were the descendants of Persians who traveled the Silk Road a millennium ago. They had arrived with camels, bearing cottons to trade for silks, and many never left. Several thousand settled in Kaifeng, the capital of the Song Dynasty that hummed with teahouses and restaurants. Today the Kaifeng Jews know little about Judaism and look indistinguishable from their neighbors, though some—without understanding exactly why—follow dietary laws that resemble kashrut.”