CHINA-INTERNAL-XINJIANG UYGHUR AR: IS & ISLAMIST EXTREMISM
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Zhang Chunxian, Party Secretary of the Xinjiang-Uyghur Autonomous Region acknowledged on the sidelines of the annual National People's Congress (NPC) session that "Some Xinjiang residents have crossed the border illegally to join IS. The group currently has a growing international influence, and Xinjiang is affected by it, too." He added that "We recently broke up a terrorist cell run by those who returned from fighting with the group."
(Comments: Official Chinese sources state that at least 300 Chinese nationals -- mainly Uyghurs -- have joined the IS.)
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