article_snippet: Chinese officials have claimed Muslims from the country's western region are travelling to Syria and Iraq to join ISIS - before returning home  to take part in plots against the communist rule.
article_snippet: But officials failed to provide any further details to back up officials claims - although The Global Times, a newspaper affiliated with the ruling Communist Party, said in December about 300 Chinese are fighting alongside the Islamic State.
article_snippet: Recruits: Chinese officials have claimed people from Xinjiang, home to the minority Muslim Uighur, have travelled to Syria and Iraq Iraq to fight alongside ISIS .
highlights_snippet: Claims people from minority Muslim group are travelling to fight with ISIS .
  