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People’s Daily: National ID Card Required by Wuhan Internet Bars

The police department of Wuhan City, the largest city in central China, has recently required a second generation national ID for anyone who wants to use the Internet bars in the city to get onto the Internet. This is a new movement by the Internet Monitoring and Administration Division of the police department, after waves of complete pre-checks, heavy penalties and a netizen report reward programs. This new wave is to ban all anonymous Internet access at the Internet bars. The police spent four days to visit all Internet bars in the city to enforce the regulation. The penalty for bars that refuse to cooperate is an order to be shut down.

Source: People’s Daily, June 16, 2010
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/11887095.html

Briefings | | |   Social Stability

China’s New Rich Class and Intellectual Elites Emigrate Overseas

Xinhua reprinted an article from www.qlwb.com.cn on June 4, 2010 on the emigration of China’s new rich class and intellectual elites to the United States, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and some small countries in Central America. 

“In 2009, a total of 25,000 Chinese emigrated to Canada and 65,000 Chinese emigrated to the U.S.; in 2008, about 16,000 Chinese emigrated to Australia.”

“What attract the Chinese immigrants to go abroad are the quality education, clean environment, safe food, standardized laws and the symbol of a status.”

Source: Xinhua, June 04, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2010-06/04/c_12182275.htm

Briefings | | |   Social Stability

Beautiful GDP Figures — Useless Without a Decent Living Standard

On May 12, 2010, the website http://finance.sina.com/ published an article by Feng Haining that contrasted the low wages of Chinese laborers with China’s high GDP. In Feng’s opinion, no matter how high the GDP is, the real worth of the GDP is not high if it is not reflected in the the people’s living standard.

The International Labor Organization (ILO) pointed out that in 2007, China’s per capita output increased 63.4% between 2000 and 2005, but high labor productivity is not reflected in wage growth. Ordinary workers have no voice in the distribution of revenue. What makes the public especially unhappy is that public policy always favors those with capital. From 1978 to 2005, capital return increased by 20 percent of the total GDP, while labor remuneration declined substantially.

Source: finance.sina.com, May 12, 2010
http://finance.sina.com/bg/chinamkt/sinacn/20100512/122953787.html

Briefings | | |   Social Stability

China Review News: Foxconn’s Pay Raise and the End of the China Model

A Foxconn spokesman confirmed that all lower-level laborers’ wages have been raised 30% starting from June 1, according to China Review News on June 7, 2010. It is understood that Foxconn’s pay raise decision is related to the recent employee suicides. The pay raise means that the labor costs will increase 2.281 billion yuan (334.130 million U.S. dollars) each year. For an OEM business model company whose profits are very limited, this cost increase is substantial. Upon publication of the news, Foxconn’s share price immediately plunged on the Hong Kong stock market.

“Labor-intensive enterprises have smaller profit margins. In order to grab the largest profits, the employers purposely lower employees’ wages, which has seriously hindered the harmonious development of society. More and more incidents demonstrate that the “China Model,” which sacrifices the well-being of ordinary people for economic development, has come to an end.”

Source: China Review News, June 07, 2010
http://gb.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1013/4/5/6/101345679.html?coluid=53&kindid=0&docid=101345679&mdate=0607074411

Briefings | | |   Social Stability

More Than 45 Million Overseas Chinese, Official Said

Xu Yousheng, deputy director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office (OCAO) under the State Council, said in an event in Hongzhou that the population of overseas Chinese exceeds 45 million, topping the world’s nations. “Among the 45 million people, many are newly emigrated and mainly located in Europe.”
OCAO is the agency channeling communication between overseas Chinese, whether naturalized or not, and the Beijing regime.
Source: China News Service, June 16, 2010
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/hr/hr-ggqq/news/2010/06-16/2345998.shtml
Briefings | | |   Geo-Strategic Trend

Beijing Trains African Officials in Handling of the Press

A two-week training and “press research seminar” was launched in Beijing on June 17. Thirty-six officials from 19 African countries, including senior government press officers, spokespersons for presidents or prime ministers, and key personnel in local major media participated in it.
Wang Cheng, Director of the State Council Information Office and deputy chief of the Department of Propaganda of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee, gave a keynote speech. “Western media dominate most of the information in international news reporting, leaving developing countries with weak voices. Strengthening the communication and cooperation between China and African countries will not only better mutual understanding, but will help defend the common interests of developing countries in international public opinion.” 
Around 200 government press officers in 48 African countries attended the training series, initiated in 2004, with the current one as the 7th session.
Source: Xinhua, June 17, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2010-06/17/c_12231253.htm
Briefings | | |   Geo-Strategic Trend

Party Publication Highlights Internet Control

In an article published on Qiushi, the flagship publication of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Wang Cheng, Director of the State Council Information Office and deputy chief of the CCCCP’s Department of Propaganda, wrote about “deepened understanding of the importance and urgency of developing Internet culture with Chinese characteristics.”
Wang emphasizes the guiding ideology on the Internet as being Marxism and socialism. The development of Internet culture will “strengthen China’s cultural soft power and create a good international public opinion environment” for the regime. The article also said that “efforts to develop an Internet culture with Chinese characteristics are urgently needed for safeguarding social stability and national cultural information security. At present, China is in a period of prominent social conflicts. Amplified by the Internet, aided by the infiltration and sabotage of forces that do not want to see a stronger China, individual biased remarks are easily expanded to irrational social sentiment, … turning general issues into political issues, affecting social harmony and stability, and endangering national security.”
Source: Qiushi Journal, June 17, 2010
http://www.qstheory.cn/wh/whtzggyfz/201006/t20100617_33299.htm
Briefings | | |   Information/Technology

Law and Regulations Expected to Further Control Media

China’s State Administration of Radio, Film And Television published an article in the Party’s journal Qiushi to underscore the significance of the Party’s control of media. The article states that reining in the media is a major issue that warrants urgent attention. “First, we should control the media according to the law, and (we should) further standardize and institutionalize the mechanism of control.” The Party’s Charter should guide control of the media, and govern the relationship between the Party and media. The article also urged that a law be passed to “regulate the conduct of the media,” so that the Party organizations at all level can follow and implement it.

Source: Qiushi, June 11, 2010
http://www.qstheory.cn/hqwg/2010/201011/201006/t20100611_32983.htm

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics