The U.S. and China should be working together to root out militant groups, particularly in Pakistan. So why aren't they? The Urumqi attack hints that the nature of separatism and terrorism in ...

A new series of reports from the ‘western frontier’ expose a part of the People’s Republic of China few understand, until now.

The Turkestan Islamic Party, formerly known as the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), was among the many insurgent ...

With bulbous domes, brickwork, colourful tiles and mosaics in a brilliant shade of turquoise adorned with geometric patterns and Islamic ... of the East, three pilgrimages to Turkestan are ...

The move to give official roles, including senior ones, to several jihadists may alarm some foreign governments and Syrian ...

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TIP is widely seen as coming out of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), an armed Uygur militant group that is a major source of Xinjiang's separatist movement, and was labelled a terrorist ...