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I don't know if this goes here or in political chat because it's so recent. If so, a moderator may move it. We all know that Xinjiang was once predominantly inhabited by Uyghurs, who are Muslims, but over the course of time Han Chinese settlers came to dominate. That sparked resistance from the Uyghurs that sometimes led to violence.

Western countries like the United States, Belgium, France, Germany and Spain got to deal with terrorist attacks from ISIS operatives and/or sympathizers of that organization. In Russia, there has been significant Chechen resistance/terrorism ever since the end of the fall of the USSR and some Chechens have joined ISIS.

China has not seen a major Islamist terrorist attack so far (correct me if I'm wrong, but I can't recall any). Suppos ISIS manages to cultivate Uyghur resentment toward Han Chinese domination of their ancestral home enough to form multiple terrorist cells. What if they carried out a terrorist attack similar to the November 2015 Paris attacks or the 2016 Brussels bombings somewhere between 2015 and 2017? How would China respond to a terrorist attack connected to ISIS?
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