Publication

4 Sep 2014

This article portrays the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), which is a Muslim separatist group founded by militant Uighurs in China's Xinjiang province. More specifically, it clarifies ETIM's goals and methods, its seeming ties to al-Qaeda, and how China is reacting to the group and other Uighur separatists.

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Author Beina Xu, Holly Fletcher, Jayshree Bajoria
Series CFR Backgrounders
Publisher Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
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