As US Strikes Syria, China Sees Parallels at Home

As U.S. airstrikes began hitting targets of the Islamic State terrorist group in Syria, China says it supports international efforts to crack down on terrorism. Increasingly though, Beijing is seeing the fight against the Islamic State militants (IS) as an extension of its own efforts at home to battle what it says are religious extremists in its restive region of Xinjiang. China is unlikely to give the United States and those who have joined an international coalition to fight IS...

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