The U.S. Embassy on Thursday retracted an alert issued this week warning of a possible attack by Islamic extremists at luxury hotels in China and said there was no credible threat. “Chinese security authorities have determined that the source of a reported threat against four- and five-star hotels in China is not credible,” an Embassy statement said without specifying the source of the threat. “The United States government is not aware of any other information of any threat against hotels in China, including Hong Kong.” Full Story