Tuesday, January 18, 2005
What is China made of?
We will soon have the answer:
It will be very interesting to see how China responds. It had better be careful, because appeasement now will define its relationship with militant Islam.
Insurgents released a video on Tuesday of eight Chinese hostages in Iraq and threatened to kill them in 48 hours unless the Beijing government clarified their role in the country.
China’s official Xinhua news agency confirmed eight Chinese construction workers had been abducted in Iraq, citing the Chinese embassy in Baghdad. It said diplomats were “making all efforts to rescue the eight hostages”.
“We captured these Chinese as they were trying to leave Iraq. Interrogations showed they worked for one of the Chinese companies helping to build American facilities in Iraq,” said a voice on the video as two gunmen held a pistol and an AK-47 assault rifle beside the eight men.
It will be very interesting to see how China responds. It had better be careful, because appeasement now will define its relationship with militant Islam.
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