Hat tip to Juan Cole.
Not in the LA Times, not in the Washington Post, not in the New York Times. This shocker appeared in the Russian news site, RT: China offers military help to Iraq to defeat ISIS
As Cole points out
China is heavily invested in Iraq’s petroleum sector. It is one of the world’s largest petroleum importers after the US, bringing in 6.1 million barrels a day. In addition, China has a restive population of Muslims in its northwest and is no doubt afraid of the influence on them of Daesh (Chinese Uigurs are fighting alongside militants in Syria).
So China acts like every other country with investments. How could this be a surprise to a multi-billion dollar NSA?
Washington appears to be asleep.