While China is knitting an anti-terrorist security network with patrols by armed police, or even helicopters and vehicles loaded with riot guns, the nation needs still to prepare its people to fight the war on terror, thereby mobilizing its most powerful weapon.
Vendors at the open-air market where a terrorist attack took place in Urumqi on Thursday morning were asked to report their losses to the local government on Friday.
China's Ministry of Public Security (MPS) on Friday briefed 33 foreign security attaches from 29 countries on the attack in Xinjiang that left 31 dead and more than 90 injured.
A one-year campaign against terrorist violence in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region got underway on Friday after 31 people died on a terrorist attack.
Urumqi, capital of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, has tightened security checks at entry ports to curb weapons smuggling, the city's customs authorities told Xinhua on Friday.
Witnesses and survivors of Thursday's attack in Urumqi spoke of their fear and anger toward the terrorists.
China said it has the confidence and capability to crack down on terrorists after the latest terrorist attack in northwest China killed 31 people and injured 94 others Thursday morning.
Tough measures are needed to curb the spread of religious extremism via multimedia platforms in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, an official says.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Wednesday that China calls for support on its anti-terrorist efforts.
Shanghai will step up security at railway stations with armed police officers, following a wave of violent attacks across the country.
A team of arms trainers has been sent to China's northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to help local police better handle terrorist situations, the ministry of public security said on Tuesday.
The People's Public Security University of China is offering courses - including research on terrorist organizations and international cooperation in the fight against terror - to only 80 students.
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