AQAP Vows to Target Chinese Interests on "Land and Sea”, Plus a Brief History of AQ’s Hostilities Toward China

AQAP Vows to Target Chinese Interests on "Land and Sea”, Plus a Brief History of AQ’s Hostilities Toward China

Subscribe nowAQAP’s latest statement fits into a broader trend of Al‑Qaeda branches adopting increasingly hostile rhetoric and kinetic action against Chinese interests, even when Uyghurs or Xinjiang are not explicitly mentioned. Beyond AQAP’s own messaging, groups such as Al‑Shabaab have used attacks, kidnappings, and propaganda to frame China as an adversarial power whose economic and political footprint in Africa is fair game for jihadist viol…