[EN] Asia Trends #1 - China's growing terrorist Threat and Response - Raffaello Pantucci

China had always perceived itself as being a second order of concern for international terrorist organizations. Whilst often a feature of jihadist groups rhetoric, it was never clear that they were dedicating many resources towards attacking Beijing. Over time, however, this narrative has become less obvious, with an escalating problem of extremism at home matching with a growing national footprint abroad meaning that China is finding itself both in terrorist’s cross-hairs but also finding it..