Security a growing concern

ALSO AT A CROWDED TRAIN STATION.

Crucial credit system

A recently drafted plan on building a comprehensive social credit system has secured preliminary approval from the State Council. Compared with previous efforts, the new plan will record people's credit histories. This is a much needed step, and a Beijing Youth Daily editorial praised the move, saying it will help restore creditability in society and in fighting corruption.

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Fight terrorism on all fronts

On Tuesday, just six days after a bomb attack at Urumqi railway station, a man dressed in white stabbed six people at Guangzhou railway station. One of the victims is in a serious condition and the suspect has been detained.

The roar of the metaphorical lion

President Xi Jinping has breathed new life into Chinese political imagery with his recent statement that China is a "peaceful, pleasant and civilized lion", paraphrasing Napoleon, who described China as a sleeping lion whose roar would one day shake the world.

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Balanced development needed

From the Chinese press

Upgrade firefighting system

Improve quality of growth

Despite its colossal size, China's per capita GDP still lags behind that of some developing countries, not to mention developed ones

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Proactive diplomacy connects the world

President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang have been in office for more than one year. While maintaining the stability and continuity of foreign policy, Xi has put forward a series of new concepts, which may be termed the "Xi Jinping Doctrine" of Chinese diplomacy. These are designed to explain the new leadership's view on the relationship between China and the world and to lay out new approaches toward major issues or difficulties in that relationship.

Upgrading African ties

HALF A CENTURY AGO, THEN-CHINESE PREMIER Zhou Enlai's first visit to Africa laid the cornerstones of the Sino-African relationship as good friends, good brothers and good partners.

Prosperity of Xinjiang region

From April 27 to 30, President Xi Jinping visited villages, troops, local police stations, and mosques in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.