The enactment of an anti-terrorism law by China represents a latest effort in a country that has fallen victim to violent terror attacks, especially at a time when the international community is facing an unprecedented wave of terror threats.
China's top legislature on Sunday adopted the country's first counter-terrorism law, aimed at creating a legal framework for China to address terrorism at home and help maintain world security.
China first launched the initiative to draft the law in 2011, and has sped up the pace since a series of deadly terror attacks hit China in recent years.
BRAVE, PRACTICAL STEP
Khaled Matrud, a Syrian scholar and editor-in-chief of Al-Muwsela magazine, told Xinhua on Monday that the new counter-terrorism law is a brave and practical step for China's anti-terrorism efforts, which is in line with its crackdown on all forms of terrorist activities and demonstrates its determination to fight terrorism at home and abroad.
Oh Ei Sun, senior fellow with the Malaysia Program at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, also agreed that the enactment of the law meets China's practical needs, as terrorist activities gained growing momentum in China over the recent years.
Matrud said the terrorist activities inside China have been supported by foreign forces, a situation which needs to be addressed while fighting domestic terrorism.
Some countries and organizations have lent support to terrorist groups under the cover of religion and humanitarianism, he said, adding that China has been promoting international community to adopt counter-terrorism resolutions.
