The Islamist's method of fighting is similar to the Viet Cong's: hide among non-fighters in the population, hit your enemy, and then go back to hiding among the "moderate" Muslim population. They want to be as hard to find, between raids, as the proverbial "needle in the haystack".
This only works up to the point where your opponent becomes willing to torch the haystack.
the Chinese have demonstrated they are pefectly willing to sacrifice the “innocent” to kill the guilty.
In other words, they blow the shit out of everyone. They don’t give a flying f**k about PC, or Western “sensibilities.”