China's approach to international terrorism / Dawn Murphy.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Murphy, Dawn, author.

Contributor:

United States Institute of Peace, issuing body.

Series:

Peace brief ; 235.

Peace brief ; 235

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--Prevention--Government policy--China.

Terrorism.

National security--China.

National security.

Terrorism--Prevention--Government policy.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (4 pages).

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : United States Institute of Peace, 2017.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

China's main interests in relation to international terrorism are ensuring domestic stability in its ethnically troubled Xinjiang region, promoting regional stability in key resource and export markets, and protecting its citizens and businesses abroad. Beijing's primary response to international terrorism has been to strengthen its domestic counterterrorism capabilities by passing and implementing new national security and counterterrorism laws, increasing policing and social control in Xinjiang, and engaging in bilateral and multilateral counterterrorism efforts. Primary constraints on further engagement are its focus on domestic terrorism, long-held principles of nonintervention and noninterference, a desire to prevent backlash that results in more targeting of Chinese citizens at home and abroad, and limited military capability. As China's global economic and political footprint grows, it will likely increasingly be the target and victim of international terrorist acts. In the foreseeable future, it is unlikely China will become a major actor in fighting global terrorism and US-China cooperation in counterterrorism activities will remain limited.

Notes:

"September 2017."

Includes bibliographical references (page 4).

Description based on online resource; title from PDF caption (USIP, viewed February 8, 2021).

ISBN:

9781601276858

1601276850

OCLC:

1007314875