# Bo Wang

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**Bo Wang**,[1][2] also known by his [nom de guerre](/source/Nom_de_guerre) **Yusuf al-Sini** (Arabic: يوسف الصيني, lit. 'Yusuf of China'), is a [Chinese](/source/Chinese_people) [jihadist](/source/Jihadist) who participated in the [First Libyan Civil War](/source/First_Libyan_Civil_War) and the [Syrian Civil War](/source/Syrian_Civil_War).

## Career

His early life is unknown. He converted to Islam in [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia) in 2009[3] (he claimed that he converted to Islam after reading the works of [Muslim Brotherhood](/source/Muslim_Brotherhood) leader [Sayyid Qutb](/source/Sayyid_Qutb) on the Internet), and then went to [Libya](/source/Libya) to study [Arabic](/source/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](/source/Tripoli,_Libya) on March 18 of that year, he publicly condemned [Muammar Gaddafi](/source/Muammar_Gaddafi)'s attack on [Benghazi](/source/Benghazi).[3] After the "birth of the new Libya", he went to [Syria](/source/Syria) to fight against [Bashar al-Assad](/source/Bashar_al-Assad)'s government forces. According to a video uploaded to [YouTube](/source/YouTube) on March 17, 2013, Bo Wang warned the [government of China](/source/Government_of_China) in [Mandarin Chinese](/source/Mandarin_Chinese), urging it to abandon its support for Bashar al-Assad, otherwise "all [Islamic countries](/source/Islamic_countries) in the world will unite to impose economic sanctions on the government of China."[2][1]

## References

1. Jacob Zenn (2014-10-10). ["An Overview of Chinese Fighters and Anti-Chinese Militant Groups in Syria and Iraq"](https://jamestown.org/program/an-overview-of-chinese-fighters-and-anti-chinese-militant-groups-in-syria-and-iraq/). [Jamestown Foundation](/source/Jamestown_Foundation). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210301203238/https://jamestown.org/program/an-overview-of-chinese-fighters-and-anti-chinese-militant-groups-in-syria-and-iraq/) 2021-03-01 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2024-09-27.

1. Edward Wong (2013-03-29). ["An Unlikely Jihadist, Denouncing Assad in Mandarin"](https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/30/world/asia/an-unlikely-chinese-warrior-in-the-battle-for-syria.html). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. [Archived](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) 2024-09-21 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2024-09-27.

1. Nigel Ash (2013-09-03). ["Vanished Chinese hero prompts demo at Beijing’s embassy"](https://libyaherald.com/2013/09/40550/). *[Libya Herald](/source/Libya_Herald)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230131042251/https://www.libyaherald.com/2013/09/40550/) 2023-01-31 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2024-09-27.

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