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Americans in Beijing warned of terrorism threat; parts of city locked down
L A Times ^ | 12/24/2015 | By Jonathan Kaiman •

Posted on 12/24/2015 6:50:56 AM PST by BenLurkin

The U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Thursday morning warned citizens of a Christmastime terrorism threat against Westerners in one of the city's most popular expat districts.

Beijing authorities put swaths of the city under lockdown, stationing armed guards on street corners and in pedestrian plazas.

"The U.S. Embassy has received information of possible threats against Westerners in the Sanlitun area of Beijing, on or around Christmas Day," the embassy said in an email to American citizens living in Beijing. "U.S. citizens are urged to exercise heightened vigilance. The U.S. Embassy has issued the same guidance to U.S. government personnel."

The British, French and Irish embassies also sent similar warnings. None gave further details about the threat.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: beijing; china; christmas; embassy; peking; redchina; sanlitun; terrorism; threat; usembassy

1 posted on 12/24/2015 6:50:56 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Uighurs most likely.


2 posted on 12/24/2015 6:58:58 AM PST by JimSEA
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To: BenLurkin

Watch and learn.

Having lived there and observed for 3 years, this much I can guarantee:

China will arrest all Muslims and bulldoze their mosques within 24hrs of any terrorist incident. A sandpit will be the last thing many will see.

At this point, police have visited muslim leaders and issued dire warnings.

The Chinese State does not play.


3 posted on 12/24/2015 7:03:48 AM PST by Eddie01 (uh oh)
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To: BenLurkin

Weegers are probably to blame but the Chinese government wouldn’t mind anything that gave reason to tell Christians to not put out publicly visible Christmas decorations.


4 posted on 12/24/2015 7:34:20 AM PST by fso301
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To: Eddie01

Is there an active muslime terror underground in China?


5 posted on 12/24/2015 8:42:47 AM PST by IronJack
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To: IronJack

No.

Their existance to whatever extent is underground.

The Chinese don’t do underground.

Gangs are well known but part of the part of the Party apparatus.


6 posted on 12/24/2015 9:46:35 AM PST by Eddie01 (uh oh)
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