China’s Response to Terrorism

This report was prepared in response to a request from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review

Commission for a study on China’s efforts to combat terrorism. It analyzes (1) China’s evolving

definition and perception of its terrorist threat, (2) China’s strategy and policies for combating

terrorism, (3) the institutional infrastructure that executes China's counterterrorism policies, (4)

China’s evolving approach to international cooperation in counterterrorism, and (5) the

opportunities for, and challenges of, U.S.-China cooperation on countering terrorism.