East Turkestan Islamic Movement
Many foreign policy officials in Washington continue to view China with a critical eye, aided in their view by CIA assessments which view China as non-cooperative in the war on terror. The CIA charges that China does not stop the flow of arms and men from western China (including Xinjiang) into Afghanistan and Central Asia, bolstering support for Islamic terrorist organizations in the region. This has included the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, which U.S. officials report has enjoyed support from the Taliban.