Why China’s Good Terrorist, Bad Terrorist Ploy Is To Blame For Attacks On Chinese Nationals In Pak

Days after five Chinese engineers were killed in a suicide attack in Pakistan, China has said that it firmly supports Islamabad’s fight against terrorism. However, China’s track record in tackling terror has been fraught with inconsistency. Beijing has attempted to scuttle several attempts by India to act against dreaded Pakistan-based terrorists on global platforms. Additionally, China was also involved in a bid to get innocent India designated as terrorists in cahoots with Pakistan. Remember, even after the Pulwama attack in 2019, China did not utter a word against its all-weather ally Pakistan. In the latest episode of Hindustan Times’ Point Blank, Executive Editor Shishir Gupta explains the hypocrisy of China’s anti-terror rhetoric and decodes how Beijing’s good terrorist, bad terrorist strategy may now be backfiring. Watch this video for all the details. POINT BLANK