Kyrgyz police officers clear the area outside the Chinese embassy in Bishkek after a suspected suicide bomber rammed his vehicle through a gate and blew himself up on August 30. Three people were wounded. Photo: AFP Kyrgyz police officers clear the area outside the Chinese embassy in Bishkek after a suspected suicide bomber rammed his vehicle through a gate and blew himself up on August 30. Three people were wounded. Photo: AFP
Kyrgyz police officers clear the area outside the Chinese embassy in Bishkek after a suspected suicide bomber rammed his vehicle through a gate and blew himself up on August 30. Three people were wounded. Photo: AFP
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Bishkek bomb cloud casts a shadow over China’s interests abroad

Zhou Zunyou says no matter whether Uygur extremists were behind the attack, it highlights how Chinese nationals and facilities overseas have become terror targets as the country rises in global prominence

Zhou Zunyou
Zhou Zunyou

Updated: 2:54pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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Kyrgyz police officers clear the area outside the Chinese embassy in Bishkek after a suspected suicide bomber rammed his vehicle through a gate and blew himself up on August 30. Three people were wounded. Photo: AFP Kyrgyz police officers clear the area outside the Chinese embassy in Bishkek after a suspected suicide bomber rammed his vehicle through a gate and blew himself up on August 30. Three people were wounded. Photo: AFP
Kyrgyz police officers clear the area outside the Chinese embassy in Bishkek after a suspected suicide bomber rammed his vehicle through a gate and blew himself up on August 30. Three people were wounded. Photo: AFP
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