This being said, the Chinese regime regularly comes up with reports of ‘Islamic separatism’, ‘Al-Qaeda plots to attack the Olympics’ and what all. Not that I or many others would mind if the Olympic farce would be dealt a blow in full global media view really. But much of the terrorist threat reports are bogus, merely an alibi for repression not only of ethnic minorities but also of increasing social unease in the Chinese heartland.

It’s interesting to see how some if not many in the West and on the international scene are naive towards ‘emergent China’. They’re hugging a monster that will eventually devour them.