Loss of face: Xinjiang blast on heels of Xi visit deals blow to ‘total national security’ policy

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President Xi Jinping’s concept of “total national security” was put to the test when a bomb exploded in the Urumqi Railway Station Wednesday evening, April 30, just a few hours after the supremo ended a four-day inspection trip to the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR).

Heavily armed Chinese paramilitary police march past the site of the April 30 explosion outside the Urumqi South Railway Station. /AP/Ng Han Guan

The blast, which killed at least three and wounded 79, took place as CCTV was broadcasting a 20-minute news report about Xi’s first trip to Xinjiang after taking power in November 2012.

Accompanying Xi was a large delegation including member of the Politburo Standing Committee in charge of Xinjiang Yu Zhengsheng, as well as Politburo member and Vice-Chairman of the Central Military Commission General Fan Changlong.

It was a big loss of face for Xi, who just two weeks earlier introduced the concept of “total national security” at the inaugural meeting of the Central National Security Commission (CNSC), a new superagency charged with enforcing tougher tactics to uphold all aspects of state security, including fighting terrorism.

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