3: National Security

Question 1

Ethnic and Cultural Identity:

Answer 1

Uighur domestic terrorism

Question 2

Uighurs:

Answer 2

A Muslim minority, who number 10 million in Xinjiang

Question 3

Kunming Railyway attack:

Answer 3

March 2014 - 29 dead

Question 4

Xi Xinping:

Answer 4

Declared a “people’s war” on terror among Muslim Uighurs

Question 5

China executes:

Answer 5

More people than the rest of the world combined, killing 2,400 people in 2013.

Question 6

China fear:

Answer 6

The spread and recognition of Taiwanese democracy as a legitimate government.

Question 7

China placed:

Answer 7

New anti-ship Dong Feng ‘carrier killer’ missles along coast facing Taiwan

Question 8

China in South China Sea:

Answer 8

In order to promote its national security objective of territorial integrity, the PRC has been building artificial islands in the South-China sea.

Question 9

Daniel Russel, US Assistant Secretary of State:

Answer 9

“No matter how much sand you pile on a reef … you can’t manufacture sovereignty”

Question 10

Obama:

Answer 10

“The US will continue to fly, sail and operate wherever international law allows”

Question 11

An estimated:

Answer 11

$5 trillion worth of trade passes through the South China Sea