Tuesday, February 21, 2017

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

公安部:深入开展反恐怖斗争 打击网络违法犯罪 (Ministry of Public Security: To thoroughly carry out the fight against terrorism, we must crackdown on Internet crimes)
People Daily, February 20, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0220/c1001-29094541.html

Region in China's restive Xinjiang to track vehicles as anti-terror measure
Reuters, February 21, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-xinjiang-idUSKBN1600DS

新疆7网民涉暴恐被捕 四川“净网”5人被拘 (7 netizens arrested in Xinjiang for involvement in terrorist activity, 5 others arrested as result of Sichuan’s “Internet cleansing”)
Radio Free Asia, February 17, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/XL1-02172017115408.html

Related:
Chinese troops stage show of force in Xinjiang and vow to “relentlessly beat” separatists
The Guardian, February 20, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/20/chinese-troops-stage-show-of-force-in-xinjiang-and-vow-to-relentlessly-beat-separatists

Xi: Security of nation a priority
China Daily, February 18, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-02/18/content_28248812.htm