China is planning to establish a new “state security committee” with the aim of integrating security apparatuses and handling unrest issues at home and abroad, Reuters reported, citing an announcement at the conclusion of the Third Plenum on Tuesday. Details of how the committee will work and when exactly it will begin operations were left unclear in the announcement, carried by official Xinhua news agency at the end of a key meeting of the ruling Communist Party to map out political and economic reforms. Xinhua said the committee would “improve the system of national security and the country’s national security strategy”.
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