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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1413158" data-attributes="member: 1"><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/chinese-radicals-from-xinjiang-join-islamic-state/article20735422/" target="_blank">Chinese radicals from Xinjiang join Islamic State - Globe and Mail</a>By announcing that its citizens have joined Islamic State, China echoed fears expressed by Western countries – that the violence in the Middle East poses a domestic threat because foreign-trained fighters could return to mount attacks in their home countries.Until now, China has not offered any assistance to the U.S.-led campaign against IS and its sole reaction to the chaos in Syria and Iraq has been to withdraw its citizens. Chinese officials routinely say they do not interfere with the affairs of other nations. But China, as one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, may now face pressure to get more involved in global counterterrorism efforts.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1413158, member: 1"] [URL='http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/chinese-radicals-from-xinjiang-join-islamic-state/article20735422/'][B]Chinese radicals from Xinjiang join Islamic State - Globe and Mail[/B][/URL] By announcing that its citizens have joined Islamic State, China echoed fears expressed by Western countries – that the violence in the Middle East poses a domestic threat because foreign-trained fighters could return to mount attacks in their home countries. Until now, China has not offered any assistance to the U.S.-led campaign against IS and its sole reaction to the chaos in Syria and Iraq has been to withdraw its citizens. Chinese officials routinely say they do not interfere with the affairs of other nations. But China, as one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, may now face pressure to get more involved in global counterterrorism efforts. [/QUOTE]

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