Muslims who lived in other parts of China proper such as the east and southern provinces and did not revolt were unaffected by the rebellion, and as a result, they did not experience any genocide, nor did they wish to revolt. It was reported that Muslim villages in Henan province, which was next to Shaanxi, were totally unaffected by the Dungan revolt and relations between Han and Hui continued to be normal. Muslims who were from eastern China like Ma Xinyi continued to serve in the Chinese government during the revolt, and they ignored the Muslims of northwest China.