China can join the fight against “Islamic state” - the media sources

Almaty. January 14. Silkroadnews – China can join the international anti-ISIS operation.
“Beijing is concerned with the increasing number of Chinese people among the IS militants and IS spread in western China provinces whose inhabitants, Muslim Uighurs, joined the radical Islamists”, newspaper “Vedomosti” informs referring to the “Washington Times”.
The major question now is “whose side they (China) will join”, the source familiar with the discussions on the Chinese military plans said. So far Beijing tends toward joining the Russian operation in Syria rather than to the US-led coalition.
In October 2015, the CSTO countries press service reported on the organization’s plans to develop approaches to counteract the “Islamic state” together with Iran and China.
“A general concern has been expressed on the activities by the so-called “Islamic State” at the Middle East, and its attempts to expand its influence towards the direction of the southern borders of the CSTO countries and China, as well as Afghanistan”, the statement said. That time the point in case was primarily about blocking the channels of recruitment and movement of militants.