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There is no logic to terrorism

With 43 deaths and 94 injuries, the May 22 bomb attack in Urumqi has not only claimed the highest number of lives in a single attack in China, but also proven that terrorists are changing their modus operandi. From the car crash on Beijing's Tian'anmen Square in October 2013 to the violent attack at Kunming railway station in Yunnan province this March to the explosion at Urumqi railway station in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region last month, the recent terrorist attacks prove that terrorists are using deadlier techniques in order to cause the maximum damage to the people and the State.

Manila has violated law of the sea

On May 6, the Philippine National Police intercepted a Chinese fishing boat off Half Moon Shoal in the Nansha Islands and detained 11 Chinese fishermen, who were then shifted to the southwestern province of Palawan. The Philippines' alleges that the Chinese fishermen violated wildlife protection laws by poaching endangered marine turtles in its "exclusive economic zone". Nine of the 11 Chinese fishermen have been charged with poaching.

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Monumental hypocrisy

From the Chinese press

Lessons in good parenting

Progress in China's Human Rights in 2013

Editor's note: The Information Office of the State Council, or China's Cabinet, issued a white paper on Progress in China's Human Rights in 2013 on Monday. Following is the full text filed by the Xinhua News Agency.

Congratulations to Modi

Our best wishes to the people of India and their new, reform-minded prime minister.

US cybersnooping

Last week, the United States' Justice Department indicted five individuals who are members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. It claims they hacked into the computers of US companies to obtain trade secrets for the benefit of Chinese State-owned enterprises. China has refuted these charges.

Sovereignty is indisputable

Chinese governments since ancient times have never given up the exericise of its jurisdiction over South China Sea islands

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No leniency to terrorists

THE XINJIANG SUPREME PEOPLE'S COURT, Supreme People's Precuratorate and Public Security Bureau jointly released a document on Saturday saying they will crack down on terrorist activities.

Significance of gang's trial

Mining tycoon Liu Han was sentenced to death by Xianning Intermediate People's Court in Central China's Hubei Province after he was convicted of murder and organizing and leading a criminal gang.