Both Russia and China have their problems with radical Islam. The Russians with Chechnya and the Chinese Islamists who, with a series of attacks in the Xinjiang region of northwest China by Uighur Muslims in 2008 have raised concern about Muslim separatists, who the government says is responsible for the violence.
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| Uighur Muslims, China. |
The West, Russia and China have many differences on how they view the world and have strains in their respective relationships. But one agenda, Radical Islam is something that should inspire much more co-operation between them all. They have a common enemy and all the parties know that appeasement of the Jihadists can never be an option. The possible return of Putin should not be seen as such a negative by some Western pundits. He is a known quantity and understands the need for a strong response to Islamic terror.
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| Russians In Chechnya Fighting Islamic Extremists. |
