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Read today on a blog:The Chinese calculation is twofold: 1. Power. China is more than happy to avoid involvement in the ME issue because they see it as an excellent opportunity to drain wealth and resources from the West, and principally from the US. It also has the net effect of having the US focused on a different 'enemy' (many of you will recall that as recently as 2001, China was still considered the next big enemy of the west). They believe that eventually the West will defeat extremism in the ME, but at great cost. During that period, China will continue to develop and grow, and will be the dominant world power when all is said and done. 2. Control. China and Afghanistan share a border. Al qaeda had many converts in Afghanistan. One of the original operations were clandestine attempts to set up recruitment centers and mosques in far west china (where the govt. has the least authority etc). The Chinese response was to kill anyone they suspected of participating in this activity, and dump the bodies back in Afghanistan. The Chinese have made it clear, in the only language that terrorists understand, that they will not tolerate the spread of islam into their world. Al qaeda now believes that China will be the last front in the war. They dare not attack China until everyone else is subjugated.e ME issue because they see it as an excellent opportunity to drain wealth and resources from the West, and principally from the US. It also has the net effect of having the US focused on a different 'enemy' (many of you will recall that as recently as 2001, China was still considered the next big enemy of the west). They believe that eventually the West will defeat extremism in the ME, but at great cost. During that period, China will continue to develop and grow, and will be the dominant world power when all is said and done. 2. Control. China and Afghanistan share a border. Al qaeda had many converts in Afghanistan. One of the original operations were clandestine attempts to set up recruitment centers and mosques in far west china (where the govt. has the least authority etc). The Chinese response was to kill anyone they suspected of participating in this activity, and dump the bodies back in Afghanistan. The Chinese have made it clear, in the only language that terrorists understand, that they will not tolerate the spread of islam into their world. Al qaeda now believes that China will be the last front in the war. They dare not attack China until everyone else is subjugated.