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Xinhua: New Regulation System for Auditing Senior Officials to be Expanded

The General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued a new regulation that expands the current audit system. Provincial level officials, ministers, and leaders of public institutions and State-owned enterprises will be subject to audit. During the audit of provincial governors and ministers, how they implement economic policies, and their handling of income and expenses, funding, and program management will all be examined. The outcome of the audit will be kept in the official’s file to allow for personnel actions such as performance assessments, promotions, or removal. Officials from the Party’s local disciplinary commissions and other departments will carry out the audits.

Source: Xinhua, December 8, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-12/08/c_12860568_5.htm

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

Xinhua TV Services to Cover Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa

The state ‘s China Xinhua News Network Corporation (CNC) signed an agreement with Eutelsat Communications to broadcast its English-language channel, CNC World, to Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, starting on January 1, 2011. It will be broadcast through Eutelsat’s Eurobird, Hotbird, and W7 satellites. CNC was established on December 1, 2009, according to Wu Jincai, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Xinhua and chairman of CNC. The CNC broadcast is transmitted via satellite and cable, and broadcast on mobile phones, the Internet, and outdoor big screens, said Wu. CNC has satellite channel services for the Asia Pacific region and for North America, cable channel services in Hong Kong and Macao, and mobile phone and on-line TV services. CNC aims to “build a competitive and influential modern international media enterprise over the next several years.“

Source: Xinhua, December 9, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2010-12/09/c_13642442.htm

Briefings | | |   Information/Technology

Huanqiu: Put a Question Mark by WikiLeaks

An editorial that appeared on Huanqiu on December 2, 2010, questions the background of WikiLeaks. “The biggest question: How can a website that is dedicated to exposing American scandals survive in the Western world?” ”The scandals created by WikiLeaks release of information are either old stories or irrelevant gossip; the United States has quickly digested the ‘negative impact’ they brought about. … If the authority of WikiLeaks is established, it may just be banter in Western countries, but in the non-Western world, leaking unverifiable documents could subvert the State.”

Source: Huanqiu, December 2, 2010
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/roll/2010-12/1308891.html

Briefings | | |   US-China Relations

China High Speed Rail to Meet Military Requirements

On December 7, 2010, Xinhua reported on the Chinese military’s participation in the design and planning of China’s high speed railway. Military requirements have become part of the rail development. In the Chengdu Railway Bureau, 14 military officers have been appointed to lead positions in key departments and at major stations. “Military transportation departments are riding the momentum and proactively coordinating railway planning, design, construction, and other departments. They propose the timing of the requirements and track the implementation. Military requirements were incorporated into the planning even before the start of construction. The high speed rail links Chengdu, Xi’an, Lanzhou, Guiyang, Kunming, Wuhan, Beijing, Tianjin, the Pearl River Delta, and the Yangtze River Delta.

Source: Xinhua, December 7, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2010-12/07/c_12853822.htm

Briefings | | |   Defense/Military

Eighty-Five Percent of Chinese Unable to Afford Their Own Home

The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences released its 2011 “Economic Blue Book.” The Blue Book discusses real estate in 2010 and 2011. It reports that over 85% of households cannot afford to buy their own home. The market price of housing is growing much faster than personal income. An urban family would have to save their entire income for over eight years in order to buy a house. The Blue Book observed that another feature of China’s real estate is the government monopoly of the supply. Such a monopoly is an important force that drives up the price of real estate.

Source: Xinhua, December 8, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/house/2009-12/08/content_12608338.htm

Briefings | | |   Economy/Resources

Senior Military Officer Discusses Joint Military Exercises with Foreign Military Forces

Major General Qian Lihua, Director of the Foreign Liaison Office of the Chinese military, commented on China’s joint exercises with foreign military forces. Of the 44 joint exercises the Chinese military has conducted with foreign military forces, 32 of them took place within the past five years. According to Qian, over 20 Chinese military institutions of higher learning have established sister relationships with foreign military institutions. Over several hundred Chinese military experts and professors have visited foreign military institutions. 1,200 young Chinese officers have received training in close to 100 foreign military academies in over 30 countries.

Source: Xinhua, November 30, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2010-11/30/c_12830863_2.htm

Briefings | | |   Defense/Military

Li Liguo: Community Committees to Play a Bigger Role in Social Stability

As of the end of 2009, 46.6% of China’s population – 620 million people – now live in urban areas. If the country’s 211 million migrants are factored in, each urban community committee is now responsible for over 10,000 people. “As reform deepens and the economy continues to grow at a rapid pace, urban community committees now have a fundamentally different and significantly important responsibility: to maintain stability.” More incidents of social unrest are occurring due to heightened disputes pertaining to land use, eminent domain, pollution, income disparity, public security, and so on. “This requires that community committees establish a mechanism to resolve conflicts, … and resolve them at the grassroots level while they are minor.”

Source; People’s Daily, November 30, 2010
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1027/13349638.html

Briefings | | |   Social Stability

Training Division Chiefs to Be the Future Backbones of the Party

By mid 2012, over 40,000 division chiefs will have been through the Party’s training to become the future backbones of the Party. From July to October 2010, middle-aged and young Party cadres completed four sessions. Most of the trainees were born in the 1960s and 70s. The training campaign started in March 2009, and over 12,000 have been trained by the Party so far. The courses place a priority on glorifying the Party’s traditions and history. For example, on September 11, 2010, 112 division chiefs wore uniforms and hats of the old Red Army and walked part of the path that the Red Army once traveled.

Source: Xinhua, November 29, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-11/29/c_12826014.htm

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics