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Activists welcome China’s 1st domestic violence law

An amendment to the nation’s Higher Education Law on punishing academic misconduct, and a legislation to introduce national medals and honorary titles for both citizens and foreigners, were also passed. This warning comes after decades of abuses when the state’s propaganda was not effective.

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ISPs and telecommunication companies must provide technical assistance to the government, including decrypting communications, for terrorism-related investigations, according to Xinhua, China’s official news agency.


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But experts have said that the new legislation is likely a little too late to address China’s alarming population crisis and that the Government was improbable to abolish restrictions for reproductive control due to a well-established bureaucratic concerns.


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The standing committee of the National People’s Congress, China’s rubber stamp legislature, Sunday, embraced the Anti-Domestic Violence Law, which streamlines the procedure for getting restraining orders and defines family maltreatment – measures recommended by campaigners.

While the new law dropped requirements in earlier drafts for technology companies to submit encryption codes and other sensitive data for pre-vetting, it indicates that firms will have to hand over that material if requested.

Chinese officials are becoming anxious about the increase in violence in China’s Western territories, where a group of Islamist separatists known under the name of East Turkestan have planned and carried out various attacks, as Reuters reports.

“Terrorism is the public enemy of mankind, and the Chinese government will oppose all forms of terrorism”, said An Weixing, head of the Public Security Ministry’s counter-terrorism division.

He said of the draft anti-terrorism bill in March that his administration has “made it very clear to [the Chinese government] that this is something they are going to have to change if they are to do business with the United States”. It will be in charge of identifying terrorist activities and personnel, and coordinate nationwide anti-terrorist work.

It also requires tech firms to assist security authorities to prevent and investigate terrorism.

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Chinas first anti-terrorism law gives a sweeping definition of the crime, authorizes the Peoples Liberation Army to take part in counter-terror operations overseas and elevates terrorism as a national security priority. Dissemination information about terrorist activities or making up stories about fake terror incident is now banned.

People walk past an armed Chinese paramilitary policeman standing guard in the capital city's popular shopping and nightlife area of Sanlitun in Beijing Dec. 27 2015