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Comprehensive Cooperation With Arab Countries, Wen Jiabao

At the fourth Ministerial Meeting of the China-Arab Cooperation Forum, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao spoke for a strategic cooperation relationship with Arab countries featuring “comprehensive cooperation and joint development.” 

“Facing the profound changes in the structure of international society, both China and Arab countries have gained consensus, increased common interests, and strengthened mutual needs. A comprehensive improvement in China-Arab relations is consistent with the fundamental interests of both peoples and also conducive to world peace and development. China is willing to greatly strengthen its strategic collaboration with Arab countries, comprehensively expand trade and economic cooperation, and actively carry out cultural exchanges to push forward China-Arab relations. 
Foreign ministers and officials from China and 22 Arab states attended the two-day meeting on Thursday and Friday, May 13 and 14, in north China’s port city of Tianjin. 
Source: People’s Daily, May 13, 2010 
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1024/11592743.html
Briefings | | |   Geo-Strategic Trend

Nobel Economics Laureate Gives Lecture to Chinese Officials

Robert Mundell, professor of economics at Columbia University and the recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1999, gave a lecture at the Chinese Academy of Governance (CAG) in Beijing. CAG, subordinate to the State Council, is a government agency for training officials and Chinese Communist Party cadres. The lecture was about the global financial crisis, reform of the international monetary system, and China’s role in the global economy. 

Wei Liqun, the CCP Secretary of the CAG issued a certificate of Professor Emeritus to Prof. Mundell. 
Source: People’s Daily, May 13, 2010 
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1027/11592134.html
Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

SBLC to Train Grassroots Bureau Chiefs

The State Bureau for Letters and Calls (SBLC), the government agency to receive and handle Chinese citizen’s petitions and appeals, has recently decided to intensively train city and county-level bureau chiefs. The first session was held from May 10 to 16 in Beijing. SBLC plans to train 600 officials in 2010. 

According to the People’s Daily, the focus of the training includes the “capability to handle emergent situations,” and “comprehensive abilities to guide Internet public opinion and interact with new media.” 
[Editor’s Note: This is the Beijing regime’s response to ever-escalating situations of social instability, as reflected in rising numbers of petitions from grassroots citizens, increased incidents of large scale social unrest, and outbursts of public discontent on the Internet.] 
Source: People’s Daily, May 13, 2010 
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/11582032.html
Briefings | | |   Social Stability

Confucius Institute to Land in U.S.’ Largest Community College

Wang Yongli has announced that Miami Dade College, the largest and most diverse community college in the U.S., with eight campuses and over 170,000 students from across the world, will host China’s Confucius Institute. Wang is the deputy director of Hanban, the Office of the Chinese Language Council International, an agency composed of government appointed officials in charge of the regime’s promotion of the Chinese language overseas. This move will help Chinese culture to extend into communities, and Wang says Hanban will supply Chinese teachers and Chinese sources, and sponsor China-related activities. 

Source: China Youth Daily, May 5, 2010, 
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2010-05/05/content_3215071.htm
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Survey Suggests Internet Phobia is a Syndrome of Chinese Officials

People’s Forum, under the official People’s Daily, recently conducted a survey of “‘Internet Phobia’ of Contemporary Chinese Officials.” 5,943 netizens participated online and 300 officials and non-officials through pen and paper. 

70% of those surveyed believe that current Chinese officials have a syndrome of “Internet phobia.” Answers to the question “why do you think they fear the Internet?” include: 
“Being afraid that defective work is exposed and future careers will be damaged: 60%”; “Being afraid that personal information will be leaked and normal work and life affected: 28%”; “Being afraid that Internet public opinions only focus on wrongdoing instead of achievement, and draw biased conclusions out of context: 17%”; “Being afraid that Internet supervision will confuse right and wrong, and mess things up: 16%”; “Being afraid that some bad people will use the Internet for blackmail: 11%.” 
When the 300 officials and non-officials were asked, “Officials at which level fear the Internet most?,” 47% responded that it was those officials at the “county level.” 
Source: People’s Daily, May 6, 2010 
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/11535806.html
Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

Government Official a Highly Risky Profession, Says Survey

According to a People’s Forum survey, 44% of respondents considered “’government official’ to be a highly risky profession,” with the top ten most risky government official posts selected by the respondents. The officials most "at risk" were the Chief of the Land and Resource Bureau, the Chief of the Transportation Bureau, the CCP County Secretary, the Chief of the Public Security Bureau, the Chief of the CCP Department of Organization, the Chief of the Construction Bureau, the Chief of the Work Safety Bureau, the City’s CCP Secretary, senior managers of state owned enterprises, and the Chief of the Housing Management Bureau. What made them “risky” according to the survey? The risk factor was stated to be the positions’ high vulnerability to corruption. 

Source: People’s Daily, April 29, 2010 
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/11489087.html
Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

CCCCP’s International Liaison Department Briefs Foreign Diplomats

On April 27, the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCCCP) held a briefing on the “Chinese Communist Party’s Inner Party Democracy Development,” attended by more than 40 diplomats from 30 European and American countries. 

After the Fourth Session of the 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the International Liaison Department has been holding briefings for foreign diplomats and journalists regarding the Party’s international activities, China’s political system, and the CCP’s governance. The briefings, according to the department, aim to strengthen the CCP’s external dissemination of the Party’s information. 
The International Liaison Department is a function of the CCP’s Central Committee that works with political parties of other countries, especially communist parties and left-wing parties. 
Source: Website of International Liaison Department, CCCCP. 
http://www.idcpc.org.cn/dongtai/100427.htm
Briefings | | |   Geo-Strategic Trend

Minister of Culture Reports on Disseminating China’s Culture Products Abroad

According to a People’s Daily article on April 28, at the Fourteenth Meeting of the Eleventh National People’s Congress in Beijing, the Minister of Culture, Cai Wu, reported on the ever-growing international influence of Chinese domestic culture products. 

“In 2009, about 426 performing groups presented 16,373 performances receiving revenue of approximately 76.85 million yuan. Overseas sales of China-made films amounted to 400 million U.S. dollars; exports of various types of television programs added up to more than 10,000 hours, totaling 58.98 million U.S. dollars in income. From January to November, China exported core culture products worth 9.4 billion U.S. dollars. The import and export ratio of copyrighted books dropped to 3.4:1 in 2009 from 9:1 in 2003. In the Frankfurt International Book Fair, China achieved 2,417 copyright transfers.” 

Source: People’s Daily, April 28, 2010 
http://npc.people.com.cn/GB/11476093.html

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