The Beijing Olympics and China’s Militant Groups
AS CHINA prepares to host the 2008 Beijing Olympics, there are concerns that international terrorists, as well as local minority militant groups mainly located in the Xinjiang region, will seize the opportunity to mount attacks or small-scale skirmishes. The Olympics would also be an ideal event for...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-824022020-11-01T07:47:01Z The Beijing Olympics and China’s Militant Groups Pereire, Kenneth George S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science AS CHINA prepares to host the 2008 Beijing Olympics, there are concerns that international terrorists, as well as local minority militant groups mainly located in the Xinjiang region, will seize the opportunity to mount attacks or small-scale skirmishes. The Olympics would also be an ideal event for terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda to display their intent and capability in full view of the international media and fuel their cause with the oxygen of publicity. There is a precedent: the 1972 Munich Olympics. 2016-02-03T04:51:44Z 2019-12-06T14:54:55Z 2016-02-03T04:51:44Z 2019-12-06T14:54:55Z 2007 Commentary Pereire, K. G. (2007). The Beijing Olympics and China’s Militant Groups. (RSIS Commentaries, No. 065). RSIS Commentaries. Singapore: Nanyang Technological University. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82402 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39937 en RSIS Commentaries, 065-07 Nanyang Technological University 3 p. application/pdf |
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AS CHINA prepares to host the 2008 Beijing Olympics, there are concerns that international terrorists, as well as local minority militant groups mainly located in the Xinjiang region, will seize the opportunity to mount attacks or small-scale skirmishes. The Olympics would also be an ideal event for terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda to display their intent and capability in full view of the international media and fuel their cause with the oxygen of publicity. There is a precedent: the 1972 Munich Olympics. |
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