Why is the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) a global threat?

Besides inciting violence and organizing terror attacks in China’s Xinjiang, the ETIM, a terrorist organization on the UN security sanction list over ties with Al Qaeda, also planned attacks on the US Embassy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, posing a threat to all. Graphic: Feng Qingyin/GT

Some ETIM members have whitewashed themselves as activists or set up NGOs with support from Western forces, attempting to cover up their ties with terrorist organizations including ISIS and Al Qaeda. Graphic: Feng Qingyin/GT