CHINA-EXTERNAL: EXTREMIST ISLAMIST THREAT TO CHINA FROM ISIS
An article by Alexa Olesen in Foreign Policy on August 11, 2014, said that the Hongkong-based Chinese weekly magazine 'Phoenix Weekly' on August 8 publicised revenge threats issued by the extremist Islamist organisation, ISIS, against China as its cover story. The article has, since then, been widely syndicated on Chinese news websites and been circulated on the social media. It quotes Baghdadi as telling his followers that "Muslim rights are forcibly seized in China, India, Palestine" and more than a dozen other countries and regions and that "your brothers all over the world are waiting for your rescue, and are anticipating your brigades." Phoenix Weekly noted that China was mentioned first on Baghdadi's list. The article also includes a map showing the vast territory that ISIS plans to occupy in the next five years and which appears to include a significant portion of Xinjiang. |