China needs to exercise caution over combating IS

Should China join the US-led alliance against the Islamic State extremists, the terrorist group plundering northern Iraq and nearby regions?

It is a question that cannot be answered by a simple "yes" or "no".

China is one of the main victims of Islamic fundamentalism, as police have found that the majority of terrorist activities in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region are controlled remotely by organizations outside China. The criminals who killed 29 people and injured 143 at Kunming railway station, Yunnan province, this March, also intended to join the "holy war" in Syria.