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China Daily: Google’s Political Farce

In response to Google’s accusations of recent attacks from China’s Jinan City against Gmail users in the U.S. government and elsewhere, the state-run China Daily published an opinion article, “Google’s Political Farce.”

The article says, “This time Google is playing its old tricks at a time when the U.S. government and the public are making a great whoop on the issue of the Internet. One is led to believe that Google has attempted to play a role in a political farce.” Then it goes on to list figures to show that China has also suffered from hackers’ attacks, coming mainly from the U.S. 
“Therefore, if Google has really suffered from ‘Chinese hackers’ attacks,’ it could resort to the judicial cooperation mechanism between China and the U.S. to find solutions. Google, ignores this effective channel, but is ‘loudly shouting’ without offering any evidence. It will only make people believe that Google is not seeking a solution, but has ulterior motives.”
Source: China Daily, June 5, 2011 
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hqzx/2011-06/05/content_12643066.htm
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Red Flag Manuscript: The Media Factor in the Dissolution of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

[Editor’s Note: An article appeared in Red Flag Manuscript’s eighth issue of 2011, revisiting the history of the disintegration of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. It emphasized the role of the media in the events that took place. “Among many factors contributing to its fall, the failure of the leadership over media was an important one.” The author is a scholar at the School of Politics and Law at the Communication University of China. Excerpts from the article are translated below.] [1]

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Red Flag Manuscript: An Analysis of Democracy Chaos in Certain Asian Regions

[Editor’s Note: An article appeared in Red Flag Manuscript’s 5th issue in 2011, analyzing “democracy chaos” in some Asian countries. [1] The author concludes “the expansion of democracy that the U.S. promotes has not brought about an economic boom or social development in these regions. On the contrary, it led multiple countries or regions to fall into political instability and even chaos. In some areas and countries, with the progress of so-called democratization, ‘chaotic symptoms’ have developed, such as ethnic conflict, splitting the nation, social turmoil, massive corruption, and an unstable political situation. This is the consequence of blindly applying a Western democratic system without considering local social and culture conditions.” Excerpts from the article are translated below.] [2]

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The Fight for Oil Interests between China and the U.S.A. Will Be a Protracted War

[Editor’s Note: A China Reviews News article expresses the belief that the intent of the U.S., U.K., and France’s air strikes in supporting the rebel forces in overthrowing the Qaddafi regime is to drive the Chinese companies out of Libya. The article further states that Western countries led by the U.S. are doing the same thing to China that they did to Japan in the 1940s, i.e., cutting off Japan’s access to oil, rubber, minerals, and other resources. The author believes that was the cause of the Pacific War in World War II. The entire article is translated below.] [1]

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The Credibility of China’s Government Is Dangerously Low

[Editor’s Note: Several articles in the Chinese media have criticized the government of China, saying it has lost its credibility with its citizens, who now have no trust or confidence in the authorities. For the majority of the people, casting doubt on whatever the government says has become a habit, as the followings excerpts from some articles show.]

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Understanding China’s Economic Reform

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In the late 1970s China embarked on economic reform, gradually transforming what was originally a centrally planned system into a more liberal one. As a result, in 2010 China stood as the second-largest economy in the world. Many aspects of a market-oriented system are now in place: competitive commodity and labor markets, the development of stock exchanges, a rapid growth of the private sector, and opening up to foreign trade and investment. Some observers believe that China is on the right track toward a market economy. They also believe that economic reform will finally bring about political reform – that a Taiwan style democratic China will emerge in the mainland. However, this is not what the initiator of reform – the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) – wants.

This article shows that the Communist Party initiated economic reform for its own survival and the continuation of its one-party governance. The Party used private ownership, foreign capital, and a competitive market to strengthen the socialist system instead of deviating from the socialist path, and it is now using its economic success to justify the one-party political system.

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The Party’s Leadership Is Essential to the Success of China’s Socialist Legal System

[Editor’s Note: The following article by a Xinhua special commentator reminds people of the relationship between the Communist Party and China’s legal system. Echoing a recent speech by Wu Bangguo, Chairman of the National People’s Congress, the author stressed, “We must resolutely uphold the Party’s leadership.”

The author emphasizes that China’s laws are an expression of the Party’s ideas, and he vows to use legislation to “transform the Party’s ideas into the national will and the common code of conduct for the entire society.”

Following this logic, legislation is but a tool for the Party, “We must enact legislation that serves the big picture of the Party and the State’s work plan, and ensures that the Party and the State’s imperative decisions are executed”] [1]

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