The Chinese army: rather large
China has approved the law at a critical time for the country and for the world at large: terrorist attacks in Paris, the bombing of a Russian passenger jet over Egypt, and the rise of Daesh (Islamic State) are all pointing to the ever-growing threat of terrorism.
According to China's top legislator Zhang Dejiang, the new law is an important part in creating systemic rules for national security.
The law will take into effect basic principles for counter-terrorism work and in order to strengthen measures of prevention and punishment the departments may collaborate with overseas governments and international organizations in holding policy dialogues, communicating on intelligence information, enforcing the law and regulating international capitals.
Under the new bill, telecom operators and internet service providers will provide technical support and assistance, including decryption, to police and national security authorities in the prevention and investigation of terrorist activities.
It will be mandatory for them to prevent the distribution of information on terrorism and extremism.
Before Sunday's new bill, China did not have anti-terrorism legislation, though similar provisions feature in various NPC Standing Committee decisions, as well as the Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law and Emergency Response Law.
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The slimy candidates for house-cleaning of the 'international terrorist cabal' in North America are simply too numerous to count. The list is seemingly endless...... :-(
"Under the new bill, telecom operators and internet service providers will provide technical support and assistance, including decryption, to police and national security authorities in the prevention and investigation of terrorist activities.
It will be mandatory for them to prevent the distribution of information on terrorism and extremism. "
What is this "information on terrorism and extremism"? More censorship, maybe?
The Chinese are not a people with a strongly developed sense of humor. They do not easily laugh off being messed with by hairy barbarians. Since Israel and the USA are the world's prime state sponsors of terrorism, this new policy puts China on a collision course with them.
I would like to see Syria invite the Chinese to help squash ISIS, and its IDF and CIA trainers and commanders. Not to mention Turkey, which is of little use or value to China. Five million Jews against 1,300 million Chinese? I would not raise my hopes of a golden future for The Great Pimp, Eretz Israel. Or its bitch, the USA.
Enter the Dragon, indeed.
ISIS, the creation of the USA and Israel on behalf of the world's Zionist oligarchs and bankers, was intended by the CIA-Mossad Axis of Evil for greater things than just overthrowing Assad. Once that was done, they would have migrated to Chechnya and Xinqiang where there are large Muslim populations, and continued fomenting chaos and jihad.
China and Russia know this perfectly well, which is why Russia has decided to spoil the Evil Empire's fun by destroying ISIS in Syria, instead of having to fight it later in Russia itself. So, it is not so far-fetched to hope that the Chinese will join in the effort in Syria to thwart the CIA and Neocon plans to raise an avenging army of jihadis, assisted by the Saudis and Turks, who are not smart enough to understand that they are just being used and will be discarded and flushed like soiled sheets of toilet paper, after they have served their purpose.