In
September 11 assaults on the U.S., China has propelled its own "war on
fear." Beijing now names as terrorists the individuals who are battling
for a free state in the northwestern territory of Xinjiang. They call it
"Eastern Turkestan." The administration considers these activists
some piece of a system of global Islamic dread, with financing from the Middle
East, preparing in Pakistan, and battle involvement in Chechnya and
Afghanistan.
