So, please tell me. Is “Weiguang Li” Uighur or Han? And what, pray tell, is the difference?
Han are the majority Chinese group. Uighur are the Chinese Muslims.
Li is the most common surname in the world and the Han make up 92 percent of China’s population. So Li is almost certainly Han.
Uighurs are (predominantly) Muslim. The name sounds Han.
WeiGuangLi would be a Han name, but it doesn’t really tell all.
Uighurs mostly live in the Xinjiang Autonomous region in the far west bordering Kazakhstan . . . . Muslim backgrounds. There is a Muslim separatist movement there that the Chinese have to continuously keep in check.