East Turkestan Islamic Movement, East Turkistan Islamic Movement - a group of Uighur Muslims fighting Chinese control of Xinjiang; declared by China in 2001 to be terrorists although there is a long history of cycles of insurgency and repression

province, state - the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south"

China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China - a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world

Uighur, Uigur, Uygur - a member of a people who speak Uighur and live in Xinjiang and adjacent areas