RFI rhetoric on China's interactions with Taliban is straw man argument

SOME Western media outlets have recently paid close attention to the interactions between China and the Taliban. Radio France Internationale (RFI) Chinese on Sunday published an article saying some observers have noticed the Chinese government's unique stance over the Taliban: while China is fighting against Islamist extremist forces at home, it is accommodating and tolerating the Taliban.

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region suffered thousands of terrorist attacks between 1990 and 2016, which gravely impaired social security and was detrimental to the life and property of people of all ethnic groups in the region. China's decisive actions have been taken against terrorist forces in Xinjiang instead of Islam.