China risks Muslim militants' wrath in Afghanistan, Pakistan and beyond

Why should the Chinese foreign interventions fare any better than those of the former Soviet Union, Russia, or Western countries like the United States?

"As China's influence spreads throughout Asia and beyond, a geographically, ideologically and linguistically disparate range of militant networks are growing increasingly hostile toward the world's No. 2 economy.

From Afghanistan and Pakistan to East Africa and the Philippines, they differ in their grievances, but broad and overlapping themes are discernible in their propaganda. ... a look at what this could mean for China's economic and geopolitical ambitions."

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The militant Islamic State group's local branch claimed responsibility for an attack on this Chinese-owned hotel in Kabul in December [2022?]