China is working to develop a first-class, crack anti-terrorism force that can operate at home and abroad and protect the country’s overseas interests, a s
BEIJING – China is working to develop a first-class, crack anti-terrorism force that can operate at home and abroad and protect the country’s overseas interests, a senior Chinese officer said in comments carried by state media Saturday.
In late 2015, China passed a new anti-terrorism law that allows the military to venture overseas on counterterrorism operations, though experts have said Beijing faces big practical and diplomatic problems to actually execute such an action.
China says it faces a threat not only from home-grown Islamists in its far western region of Xinjiang, but also from militants in the Middle East, some of whom it says are from Xinjiang.
In November 2015, Islamic State said it killed a Chinese citizen it had taken hostage in the Middle East.
