On March 24, the PLA’s General Staff Department and General Political Department issued a joint directive, requiring the army and armed police force to “resolutely implement the important instructions from President Hu Jintao to spare no effort to support local governments in winning the tough battle over drought relief.”
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Ministry of Public Security’s Great Intelligence System
At a recent training session for chiefs of nationwide Public Security Bureaus, the Deputy Minister of Public Security, Zhang Xinfeng, called for a “deep understanding of the significance of the ‘great intelligence’ system for facilitating the reform and innovation of public security work.” He instructed to “speed up developing a ‘great intelligence’ system, and comprehensively improving the capabilities to defend national security and social stability.”
Beijing Calls UK Rights Report A Political Show
After visiting China, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband released a report that reviewed human rights around the world and was highly critical of Beijing. In response, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said that the report is “a political show” of ideology. Qin blamed the report for having a double standard and interfering with China’s internal affairs.
SWAT Officer Becomes China’s New Role Model
On March 16,
China’s First Annual Report on the Internet Realtime-Public-Opinions Index
The 2009 Annual Report on the Internet Realtime-Public-Opinions Index, the first report of its kind, was published on March 18 by the Communication University of China and IRI Consulting.
Beijing’s 2009 U.S. Human Rights Report
On March 12, the State Council Information Office published the 2009 U.S. Human Rights Record, an annual government paper to counter the United States annual human rights report, which was published one day earlier.
Qiushi: A Learning Oriented Marxist Political Party
A recent issue of Qiushi journal, the flagship publication of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, featured an article entitled “a major and pressing strategic task – on building a learning oriented Marxist political party.”
China Shuts Down 140,000 Illegal Websites
China’s state “anti-pornography” office announced on March 12 that authorities have shut down 140,000 “illegal” websites, including pornography websites. It’s part of a special national campaign to combat dissemination of pornographic information through websites and cell phones that started in February of this year. Authorities involve the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Culture, and the General Administration of Press and Publications.