China’s newly adopted Counter-Terrorism Law establishes not only a lead
governmental organ for counter-terrorism actions but also proposes a deradicalisation
strategy with three components, namely prevention, custodial
rehabilitation, and aftercare. Both in law and in practice, Chinese deradicalisation
measures rely heavily on the participation and engagement of
the communities. This counter-terrorism law has provided a legal basis for
initiating rehabilitation programmes, but concrete implementation rules
incorporating the religious, educational, occupational, and other aspects of
rehabilitation remain to be introduced.