Safeguard national security

SOCIAL JUSTICE BASED ON THE RULE OF law for the settlement of social conflicts is the fundamental guarantee for national security and social stability. This is what Party General Secretary Xi Jinping said at a study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on Friday.

When talking about the fight against terrorism, which poses one of the major threats to national security and social stability, Xi said an environment must be created so that terrorists are as unpopular "as rats crossing the street that are chased by all".

Just as Xi said in his speech, terrorist activities challenge the very bottom line of human civilization. Ethnicity and religion are nothing but the pretexts that terrorists use to justify their criminal activities and cover up their ulterior motives. They are also the way in which innocent people are brainwashed into believing that the heinous acts of terrorism that claim innocent lives can be condoned because they are for a "sacred cause".