China calls terrorism top threat to Olympics

BEIJING - China believes terrorism is the biggest threat facing next year’s Olympic Games and has called for closer international cooperation to prevent possible attacks, state media said Tuesday.

“Although the general security situation for the Beijing Olympics remains stable, we still face the challenges of terrorism, separatism and extremism,” Public Security Minister Zhou Yongkang was quoted by the China Daily newspaper as saying.

“Terrorism in particular poses the biggest threat,” Zhou told a security conference in Beijing on Monday, the paper said.