China sets out position on terrorisim fight

It’s a cornerstone of China’s foreign policy, invoked vehemently whenever critics challenge its human rights record or its policy towards Taiwan: Don’t interfere in another country’s internal affairs.

Yet today, as China strives to broaden its role in the world and maintain security on its heavily Muslim western reaches, it’s squarely behind a global anti-terrorism coalition that appears ready to interfere in Afghanistan in the most fundamental of ways.