BEIJING (Reuters) - A security bloc led by China and Russia will set up a special unit to fight terror following an upsurge of violence in China's restive far western region of Xinjiang blamed in part on militants outside Chinese borders, state media said on Tuesday.
Beijing says separatist groups in Xinjiang are seeking to form their own state called East Turkestan and have pointed to links with militants in Central Asia as well as Pakistan, though experts dispute their influence and reach.
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