Although China has long maintained a policy of non-interference in other countries' affairs but experts believe that growing threats from Islamist extremists on its homesoil may prompt Beijing to quietly support the United States' President Barack Obama's plan to "degrade and destroy" the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
Chen Dingding, an assistant professor of government at the University of Macau said that China, a U.N. Security Council permanent member, is likely to quietly support U.S' plan to build a broad coalition to take on the IS because the group has openly listed the nation as a major threat to them, reported the CNN.
He added that as the group grows in prominence, it may target Xinjiang and even other parts of China.