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Ministry of Health Issues Emergency Response Plan on Poisoning Incidents

On May 20, 2011, the Ministry of Health issued an “Emergency Response Plan on Poisoning Incidents.” The plan’s purpose is to “effectively control sudden incidents of poisoning and any damage they may cause, and to minimize the hazardous impact on public health.” 

The plan requires that all levels of the health authorities be equipped with emergency response equipment, schedule periodic professional trainings and drills, and establish an expert team that can issue warnings, recommend preparation, assess the severity of incidents, and advise on response measures. The plan also classifies the poisoning incidents by the extent and scope of the damage, and calls for setting up a real time monitoring and reporting mechanism. Health authorities at county-and-above levels are required to carry out a risk assessment of the damages that poisonous materials and poisoning incidents cause to public health .

Source: Xinhua, May 20, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/health/2011-05/20/c_121440343.htm

Briefings | | |   Social Stability

Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Rebuttal to Clinton’s Comments on China

In an interview published in The Atlantic, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized China’s “deplorable” human rights record and characterized the Chinese government’s attempt to suppress democratic reform as a “fool’s errand,” citing the recent revolutions in the Middle East as an example. In response, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Jiang Yu said, “It is inappropriate for anyone to compare China to the West Asian and North African countries. It would be futile for anyone to attempt to bring the Middle East crisis into China and change the development path that the Chinese people have chosen for themselves.”

Source: Xinhua, May 14, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2011-05/14/c_121414581.htm
Briefings | | |   US-China Relations

Ministry of Public Security to Tighten Control of the Migrant Population

The Ministry of Public Security recently held a conference in Beijing to further strengthen control of the migrant population. Meng Jianzhu, the Minister of Public Security, stressed the importance of managing the migrant population and called it “part of renovating the social management effort and an important part of the measures to ensure social stability and harmony.” 

The Ministry called for stepping up the work to collect population information, build a comprehensive intelligence platform, regularly visit the migrant population to exert dynamic control, standardize the population’s registration, and manage well the rental housing facilities and local communities.

Source: Ministry of Public Security, May 13, 2011
http://www.mps.gov.cn/n16/n1237/n1342/n803680/2776570.html

Briefings | | |   Social Stability

Red Culture Finds Its Way into Chinese Prisons

China’s megacity of Chongging, famous for spearheading the promotion and renewal of the old-style communist culture from the 1960’s and 1970’s, is now moving the campaign into prisons. As Chongqing Daily reported on May 11, 2011, Liu Guanglei, a top CCP official in the city, visited several local prisons to evaluate the progress of the program to introduce “red culture into the prisons and detention centers.” The officials believe the program is “capable of having a powerful re-education effect on the detainees.” 

Prison detainees were reported singing “red” songs and reciting “red” poems. According to Liu, “In the past, re-education through labor focused on physical labor. It is now necessary to adopt a wide-range of re-education tactics, with ideological transformation being the most important.” He also suggested incorporating the prisoners’ participation in “red cultural” activities into their performance ratings and using it as a measure to determine “awards, term reductions, or release on parole.”

Source：website of Chongqing Daily, May 13, 2011
http://cq.cqnews.net/html/2011-05/13/content_6327153.htm

Briefings | | |   Social Stability

PLA Female Singers’ Visit, Change in Taiwan Media

China News Service carried an article reporting on Song Zhuying, the PLA singer from the Naval Song and Dance Troupe, who recently visited Taiwan. Song is the second PLA singer allowed to perform in Taiwan. The first was Chen Sisi who visited Taiwan in 2009, when politicians in Taiwan expressed resistance and placed numerous restrictions on Chen’s visit. However Song’s visit encountered a dramatic change. Other than the pro-green Liberty Times, fewer media outlets mentioned Song’s connection with the PLA. 

The article stated, “Looking back at the journey of the PLA singer’s visit to Taiwan, the political flavor of Taiwan’s media has decreased and the soft fascination with the songs has attracted more attention.”

Source: China News Service, May 9, 2011
http://www.chinanews.com/tw/2011/05-09/3025655.shtml

Briefings | | |   Geo-Strategic Trend

SCO Conducts Second Joint Anti-Terrorist Exercise

On May 6, 2011, in Kashi, Xinjiang Province, China, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) launched a joint anti-terrorist exercise, “Tian Shan No. 2,” with the participation of China, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. This is the second of its kind following “Tian Shan No.1” back in 2006, in which China and Kazakhstan participated. The exercise included the following three areas: decision making, a hostage rescue force, and a fixed-point raid action. Law enforce officials from SCO member states observed the exercise, along with states with observer status.

Source: Ministry of Public Security, May 7, 2011
http://www.mps.gov.cn/n16/n1237/n1342/n803715/2773496.html

Briefings | | |   Geo-Strategic Trend

China’s Top 10 in the 100 Million Yuan Corruption Club

Caing.com, the website of Caixin Century magazine, published a chart that listed the top 10 government officials in the “100 million yuan Corruption Club.” Yu Zhendong, the former head of the Kaiping City branch of the Bank of China (BOC) in Guangdong Province, ranked highest with total embezzled funds of 4 billion yuan (US$616 million). Wang Shouye, the former deputy navy admiral and lieutenant general, whose graft money reached 160 million yuan (US$24.6 million), ranked number 10. Of those on the list, Xu Manyong, the former mayor of Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, ranked number 7 with 213 million yuan (US$32.8 million).

Source: Caing.com, May 5, 2011
http://www.caing.com/2011-05-05/100255884.html

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

The Party’s Loyalty Campaign for the Young Generation

The Communist Youth League (CYL) is the youth movement that the Chinese Communist Party runs for young people between the ages of 14 and 28. The ongoing nationwide campaign to glorify the Party’s rule also includes education programs for the younger generation so as to reinforce their allegiance. 

  
The headquarters of CYL recently issued a directive to carry out activities between May 4 and July 1 – forums, conferences, visits, ceremonials, cultural performances – at all levels to “study the Party’s history, understand the Party’s situation, and follow in the Party’s footsteps.” The Party established May 4th as Youth Day as it is the date that the anti-imperialist, cultural, and political movement grew out of the 1919 student demonstrations in Beijing. July 1, 2011 marks the 90th anniversary of the CCP.

Source: People’s Daily, May 5, 2011
http://cpc.people.com.cn/GB/64093/64387/14553758.html

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics