Two weeks after its first known execution of a Chinese hostage, extremist group Islamic State has published a war chant in Mandarin that calls on the country’s Muslims to take up arms.

Islamic State (Isis) has released a propaganda song in Mandarin, aimed at recruiting Chinese Muslims, just two weeks after executing a hostage from the country.

Westlife, formed in 1998, has previously performed a Chinese-language song, The Ordinary Road. This was at its first virtual concert live-streamed through Chinese social media platform WeChat in ...