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Beijing warns jihadists may target key southern regions

China’s national security chief has warned of a growing insurgency threat in southeastern provinces as jihadists radicalised by Islamic State are flushed out of strongholds in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. In a rare admission of China’s terrorism problems, Minister of Public Security Zhao Kezhi said the jihadists were heading for wealthy and populous coastal provinces to â€œengage in infiltration and subversive […]

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