US troop plan set to impact China

Washington's plan to send a huge new contingent of troops to Afghanistan may have a positive impact within China, domestic and foreign experts said yesterday.

They were reacting to the announcement by US President Barack Obama from the West Point Military Academy that he was ordering 30,000 more troops to the war-torn nation.

Experts said the deployment could have a knock-on effect in China, where it might help stifle separatist activity within the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.