What will China do about it?
Given the report that it was the Red Mosque followers kidnapping of a bus-load of Chinese sex workers in Islamabad was "straw that broke the camel's back" and led to then President Musharraf's decision to use lethal force to "resolve" the occupation of the mosque - there is a history of Chinese matters having an impact on Pakistani decision-making.
I am sure historians would cite other incidents.
At the same time China has been reluctant to support Pakistan at times too.
One wonders how heavy a presence today in Pakistan is there of Chinese security & intelligence agencies?
China's Far West provinces (inc. Tibet)
Hard Love and Empty Promises: China’s Domestic Counterinsurgency in Xinjiang
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China foils plane hijacking, 10 injured
IMO this is the first such attempt to hijack a plane:
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Air crew and passengers on Friday foiled the attempted hijacking of an aircraft with 100 people on board in China's far west Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, local police said. At least ten people were injured. Two flight policemen were seriously injured, head attendant and seven passengers were slightly injured in the fight with hijackers, police said
Link:http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/ch..._131684620.htm
Now are the suspects locals or infiltrators from Pakistan?
Simmering and during Ramadan
An Indian analyst's commentary 'Alienated People and an Overcautious state in China’s Xinjiang':http://www.idsa.in/idsacomments/Alie...RgDDu4.twitter
Uyghur Militants: where are they, Syria?
Raffaello Pantucci examies the PRC claim that East Turkistan Islamic Party (ETIM) are present in Syria and concludes:
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..in terms of advancing their core agenda of attacking China, the latest round of videos and activity does not seem to provide much evidence that the movement is moving in this direction in any effective way.
Link:http://raffaellopantucci.com/2012/12...n-battlefield/
Interesting to note the Turkish activity with PRC, although Turkey has aspired for sometime to a greater role in the region.
Authoritarian regimes against terrorism: lessons from China
An article in Critical Terrorism Studies, so behind a paywall and so from the Abstract:
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This article presents a case study of China, a regime that has been fighting Uyghur separatism and terrorism since its founding in 1949 with authoritarian means. However, while authoritarian crackdowns in Xinjiang have ensured tactical respites leading to periods of relative stability, strategically China has facilitated the construction of a threat more radical than the initial Uyghur challenge. Thus, before September 11 China acknowledged links between Uyghur terrorism and separatism. After September 11, however, China announced it was fighting a war against international terrorist groups in Xinjiang. And while this rhetoric gained international acknowledgement, it at the same time has affected the nature of Uyghur terrorism, which has shifted in response to China's framing. As a result, today we are witnessing transformations in the East Turkistan Islamic Movement activities, which are becoming increasingly reliant on al-Qaeda's guidance and support.
Link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1...53.2012.753202