China On Turkistan Islamic Movement

China on Friday commended Britain's decision to list a group advocating independence for the far-western region of Xinjiang as a terrorist organization, a step that bolsters Beijing's claim that it faces an organized violent separatist movement.

China has rejected a US report on terrorism, saying that it carried "false accounts" of its crackdown on East Turkistan Islamic Movement in the volatile Xinjiang province.

China today blamed the separatist activities in the Muslim-dominated Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on foreign forces, saying they will never succeed in stirring ethnic insurgency in the restive province.

China on Friday commended Britain's decision to list a group advocating independence for the far-western region of Xinjiang as a terrorist organization, a step that bolsters Beijing's claim that it faces an organized violent separatist movement.

China has rejected a US report on terrorism, saying that it carried "false accounts" of its crackdown on East Turkistan Islamic Movement in the volatile Xinjiang province.

China today blamed the separatist activities in the Muslim-dominated Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on foreign forces, saying they will never succeed in stirring ethnic insurgency in the restive province.