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[Editor’s Note: The International Herald Leader published an interview with Yan Xuetong, Dean of the Institute of Contemporary International Relations, Tsinghua University, and one of China’s leading scholars on international relations. In a March interview with the International Herald Leader, Yan made the statement that “the Sino-U.S. relationship is more one of enemies than of friends.”

In this interview, Yan argued that China’s foreign policy should reflect its status as the “number two power in the world.” He outlined three principles to guide China’s foreign policy: 1. Change the focus from economic development to rejuvenating the nation; 2. Change from maintaining a low profile to being a responsible great power; 3. Strategically improve China’s international reputation instead of focusing on a peaceful environment for economic development.] [1]

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[Editor’s Note: In an angry editorial, Huanqiu, an official publication of the Communist Party Central Committee, attacked the Nobel Committee and Western media for awarding Liu Xiaobo the Nobel Peace Prize.

The article likens the ceremony in Oslo to an evil cult ritual and accuses the Committee of “altering the spirit of peace” and “replacing it with Western Fundamentalist ideas.” It claims that “1.3 billion Chinese people resent the Peace Prize nomination.”

The editorial drew many emotional comments that echoed its rhetoric. One reader wrote: “The ‘Nobel Peace Prize’ is a joke to fool people. A guy who invented dynamite to kill fellow human beings, and who made a fortune, created it. He (Nobel) just wanted to gain fame before his death. … The best way to handle this is to end all relations with Norway and a few other buffoon countries, except for official diplomacy, especially trade. (We should) stop importing their goods, refuse to sell them anything, and call for Chinese not to visit their countries for sightseeing and shopping.” [1]

The following is a translation of excerpts from the editorial.] [2]

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[Editor’s Note: The bbs site of China’s official website www.huanqiu.com published an article on November 29, 2010, titled “China’s Military Must Have the Confidence to Sink All U.S. and South Korean Warships in the Yellow Sea.” The article announced, “South Korea’s military exercises caused a gunfight between North Korean and South Korea. North Korea bombarded South Korean’s Yeonpyeong Island on November 23. South Korea and its master, the U.S., used this as an excuse to further intensify the atmosphere of war. The U.S. Commander in South Korea announced on November 24 that South Korea and the U.S. would hold joint military exercises from November 28 to December 1 in the South Korean western sea territory, which is China’s Yellow Sea. The USS George Washington, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, would sail to the Yellow Sea to participate in the exercises.”

The following is a translation of excerpts from the article, along with some online feedback from Chinese Internet users.] [1]

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[Editor’s Note: The following is a translation of excerpts from an interview with Major General Luo Yuan, that was conducted by Nan Fang Du Shi Bao (Nanfang Metropolis News), a newspaper affiliated with the Guangdong Provincial Government.

General Luo, Deputy Secretary-General of the China Society of Military Sciences, is a high profile military scholar specializing in Sino-U.S. relations. Although not an official spokesperson, his views often echo the Party line. He offers his candid position on a number of strategic issues. In his personal understanding, China has three core interests: 1) China will never allow its socialist system under Party rule to be overthrown; 2) China must protect its territorial integrity; and 3) China will not allow any damage to the significant economic interests that sustain China’s development. From the significance the Chinese place on the order in a list, it is clear that Luo gives Party rule a higher priority than China’s territorial integrity.] [1]

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[Editor’s Note: The following article, published in China Review News, was written by a research analyst from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The article summarizes how China and Latin America have been cooperating with regard to oil supplies.] [1]

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