Bo Wang Explained
Bo Wang,[1] [2] also known by his nom de guerre Yusuf al-Sini (ar|يوسف الصيني|Yūsuf al-Ṣīnī|lit=Yusuf of China), is a Chinese jihadist who participated in the First Libyan Civil War and the Syrian Civil War.
Career
His early life is unknown. He converted to Islam in Indonesia in 2009[3] (he claimed that he converted to Islam after reading the works of Muslim Brotherhood leader Sayyid Qutb on the Internet), and then went to Libya to study Arabic.[1] When the Libyan civil war broke out in 2011, he was working for a Chinese company in Libya. He did not comply with the Chinese government's order for its citizens to evacuate Libya, and he joined the Libyan anti-government rebels[1] and threw himself into the Libyan civil war. In a speech in Tripoli on March 18 of that year, he publicly condemned Muammar Gaddafi's attack on Benghazi.[3] After the "birth of the new Libya", he went to Syria to fight against Bashar al-Assad's government forces. According to a video uploaded to Youtube on March 17, 2013, Bo Wang warned the government of China in Mandarin Chinese, urging it to abandon its support for Bashar al-Assad, otherwise "all Islamic countries in the world will unite to impose economic sanctions on the government of China."[2] [1]
See also
- Yan Liangbin: A volunteer soldier from the People's Republic of China who joined the local Maoist guerrillas and participated in the Nepal Civil War
- Zhao Rui: The first volunteer soldier from the People's Republic of China to be confirmed dead and whose name was made public since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine War
- Huang Lei: A British Chinese volunteer soldier who joined the Syrian Kurdish militia "People's Defense Units" to fight against the Islamic State in 2015
Notes and References
- Web site: An Overview of Chinese Fighters and Anti-Chinese Militant Groups in Syria and Iraq. Jacob Zenn. Jamestown Foundation. 2014-10-10. en. 2024-09-27. 2021-03-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20210301203238/https://jamestown.org/program/an-overview-of-chinese-fighters-and-anti-chinese-militant-groups-in-syria-and-iraq/. live.
- News: An Unlikely Jihadist, Denouncing Assad in Mandarin. Edward Wong. The New York Times. 2013-03-29. en. 2024-09-27. 2024-09-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20240921194650/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/30/world/asia/an-unlikely-chinese-warrior-in-the-battle-for-syria.html. live.
- News: Vanished Chinese hero prompts demo at Beijing’s embassy. Nigel Ash. Libya Herald. 2013-09-03. en. 2024-09-27. 2023-01-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20230131042251/https://www.libyaherald.com/2013/09/40550/. live.
