Explosions took place near the headquarters of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China on Wednesday morning, killing one and injuring eight. Steel balls and circuit boards were found scattered at the scene, leading the police to believe that the explosions were intentional.

It takes time to carry out further inquiries. No matter what the conclusion is, there is no need to exaggerate the influence of the explosions. We should avoid creating illusions that the bomb-planters carried out an earth-shattering event.

Terror attacks and extreme violent incidents aim at inflicting the maximum possible impact, which not only depends on the damage caused by the incidents but also on the reactions of society.

It's impossible to eradicate extreme violence despite considerable input by all modern countries. When terror attacks eventually break out, the nation and society should on one hand acknowledge that anti-terrorism and anti-violence efforts are not omnipotent and, on the other hand, calmly investigate loopholes causing the incident, paying more attention to how to strive for an improvement at the technical level.

Public opinion shouldn't spread panic and pessimism. The extremists want to see people misperceive that their deeds will shake the whole society and hope the incidents will be politicized. If so, it will give them a sense of achievement.

We need to prevent extreme cases, but shouldn't put too much pressure on the authorities to maintain stability, because the pressure will likely be converted to fuel extremists to challenge society. The real power of those extremists is weak. The stability of our society shouldn't be kidnapped by them.   

We have passed the homogenous era of planned economy and entered into a complicated era.

A small group of extremists are learning from external terrorists and extremists, which is a result of China's opening-up.

As long as we have the right attitude, we won't be mentally affected by radical events of low-probability and these cases will be dealt with as normal criminal cases based on the damage they caused.

Some call to explore the underlying causes behind an extreme case. As a matter of fact, deep flaws of the current society have been well known to the public. One of China's firm missions in development and reform is to tackle these flaws.

Reflecting on how to address these problems in front of an extreme event is of no use to solve problems, but will send the wrong signal to extremists.

China needs to deal with terrorism and extreme violence with a mature mind and based on facts, neither hiding them nor magnifying them.