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China: ETIM and the Olympic Games
May 14, 2008 | 14:52 GMT
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Summary
As a large-scale secessionist movement in the making, the Uighur threat is overplayed by the Chinese, who view the various Uighur groups as more unified than they really are. Still, as China works with Central and South Asian governments to clamp down on Uighur militants outside of Xinjiang, a more significant threat might be emerging from the international jihadist movement, which could soon be targeting China.
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