Chinese state media on Monday accused the Syrian opposition forces anomaly clear finger pointing to four years in China's far western region of Xinjiang unrest deadly Muslim extremists responsible for training.
China has always been accused of violence in Xinjiang, home to Muslim Uighurs, who want to establish an independent state "East Turkistan" separatist Islamic.
This seems to mark the first time Beijing has accused the government of Syria and a suitable set a common narrative, depicting violence in Xinjiang from abroad, such as Pakistan, and not due to homegrown anger.
Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted a forum in Beijing on Saturday in the maintenance of stability in Xinjiang. Paramilitary police have flooded the streets of Urumqi, the capital of the autonomous region last week, two attacks killed 35 people in after China accused engaged in "religious extremism" a gang.
Many Uighurs in Xinjiang resentment, they called on the Chinese government for their cultural, linguistic and religious restrictions.
"Global Times", the Communist Party mouthpiece, the People's Daily, with a tabloid said, "East Turkistan" some members have been sent from Turkey to Syria.
"Global Times" reporter recently learned exclusively from the Chinese anti-terrorism department, since 2012, the "East Turkistan" Some members have sent into Syria from Turkey, to participate in extremism, religious organizations and terrorist organizations in the Syrian opposition forces and fight against Syria army, "the newspaper said.
"At the same time, from the" East Turkistan "These elements have been identified candidate sneak in China, plan and execute terrorist attacks."
Authorities have arrested a 23-year-old "terrorists", known in China as Mamat Levitra, belong to the "East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM), the report said, adding that he was involved in a war in Syria.
Sweden exiled World Uyghur Congress spokesman, called Dilxat Raxit report impractical.
"Uighurs have found it difficult to get a passport, how can they run to Syria?" Raxit told Reuters by telephone.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying Syrian rebels refused to directly answer whether had teamed up with the "East Turkistan" campaign.
China only at a regular press conference that China had "also pointed out that in recent years, the" East Turkistan "terrorist forces and international terrorist organizations have united, not only a threat to China's national security, but the relevant national and regional peace and stability."
In Xinjiang and Chinese Ministry of Public Security officials were not immediately available for comment.
Pan Zhiping, a retired expert on Central Asia, Xinjiang Academy of Social Sciences, said it was possible that the attacker was involved in the Xinjiang war in Syria, citing the East Turkestan movement who had taken part in the war in Chechnya members and Russian extradition in China to go on trial.
"They certainly are more dangerous, these people, we can call them outlaws, they are trained, rather than ordinary citizens," Pan said.
"Global Times" report follows the Chinese to take a more active role in resolving the crisis in Syria attempts. , A permanent member of the UN Security Council, China has been keen to show that it does not favor any party, and urged the Syrian government opposition dialogue.
Xinjiang police have detained 19 people, rumors circulated on the Internet, triggering Wednesday's attack north of Shanshan County, state media said on Monday.
Improve security, four days before the fourth anniversary of the July 2009 riots in Xinjiang, pitted, killing nearly 200 people have been killed Uighurs against ethnic Chinese.
Two days later, the deadly attack, more than 100 people on a motorcycle, wielding a knife attacked a police station in Xinjiang, state media reported.
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