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- China's ruling Communist Party is hardening its rhetoric about Islam, with top officials making repeated warnings this past week about the specter of global religious extremism seeping into the country. Shaerheti Ahan, a top political and legal affairs party official in Xinjiang, became the latest official from a predominantly Muslim region to warn political leaders gathered in Beijing about China becoming destabilized by the "international anti-terror situation." Over the past year, President Xi Jinping has directed the party to "Sinicize" the country's ethnic and religious minorities, while regional leaders in Xinjiang, home to the Uighur (WEE-gur) ethnic minority, have...

Man… it’s a sad, sad day when I find myself in agreement with the Communist Chinese. I believe in freedom of religion and before 9/11, I was a strong proponent for all religions, including Islam, to be left alone to worship as they saw fit. Now, I have a severe issue with Islamists – those who in the name of Islam rape, enslave, murder, torture and conquer. Being a tyranny, China has no such qualms. They will ally with Islam in battle to accomplish their goals and then they will turn on them and put them down – all factions...

Chinese companies will have to add more high-tech elements to their products, if they want to cash in on the growing trade between China and the Arab world, said Li Jinzao, China's vice-minister of commerce. "Amid economic globalization and regional integration, the economic and trade ties between China and the Arab world are increasingly close, with the rapid rise of bilateral trade," said Li at a news conference on Wednesday. In 2012, bilateral trade between China and Arab nations hit $222.4 billion, up 14 percent and a record high. Chinese exports to Arab countries stood at $91.3 billion and imports...