An opinion article from The National Interest states, "Despite China's long-standing diplomatic principle of non-intervention in the internal affairs of other states, Beijing cannot completely control its citizens' involvement in terrorist activity abroad...In response to the report, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson simply stated: 'China opposes all forms of terrorism. China is willing to strengthen cooperation with the international community to fight together against terrorist forces, including the 'East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM),' in order to protect regional and global security and stability.' This standard statement effectively summarizes the Chinese Government's thinking on counter-terrorism: the emphasis is on the international community's cooperation with China in its fight against the threats of domestic terrorism and separatism... while China's cooperation with the international community in its fight against international terrorist organizations remains limited." 

The Wall Street Journal writes, "U.S. technology companies are stepping up efforts to counter looming restrictions in China that could require them to disclose sensitive information aimed at blocking foreign spying in the country. Trade groups are urging U.S. officials to take action against restrictive Chinese regulations. Seventeen trade groups, representing most segments of the tech sector, wrote to U.S. officials on Wednesday, asking them to press their Chinese counterparts to reverse the new policies, which include provisions to force companies to turn over proprietary software source code to Chinese officials." 

"Smog remains a grave danger in most Chinese cities, but environmental measures are beginning to show teeth. Regulators in the most polluted provinces are ordering mass closures of offending enterprises. In some areas officials are being punished for failing to control pollution. Policymakers are placing less emphasis on GDP growth-long an obsession of officials at all levels of government-and talking up greenness. The transformation will be painful. China's new toughness on polluting quarries, mills and factories coincides with an economic slowdown that will make it harder to create new jobs for those laid off. Slower growth is in line with the government's efforts to curb wasteful investment, and with it a dangerous build-up of debt. The slowdown also happens to be helpful in curtailing pollution: China's consumption of coal, a huge contributor to smog as well as to climate-change emissions, fell slightly in 2014 after 14 years of growth," reports The Economist.