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Qiu Shi: Patriotic Education in the Army – Cultivate the Army Personnel’s loyalty to the Party

Qiu Shi, the primary theoretical journal of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, published an article on February 16, 2010, on the importance of patriotic Education in the armed forces. Below are the specific requirements for the patriotic education in the army:

“Strive to guide the majority of the military officers and soldiers to firmly hold the army’s soul, i.e., the Party’s absolute leadership over the army, wholeheartedly follow the Party and forever obey the Party.  Educate and guide them to regard the Party’s direction as the direction, the Party’s will as the will, and highly keep in line with the Party Central Committee.  Resolutely resist the wrong ideological trend of a ‘non-Partisan and apolitical Armed Forces’ and ‘nationalization of the Armed Forces’.”

Source: QiuShi, February 16, 2010
http://www.qstheory.cn/zxdk/2010/201004/201002/t20100209_20835.htm

Briefings | | |   Defense/Military

PLA Daily: A Rich Country with a Strong Army Equals More Happiness and Greater Dignity

On March 12, 2010, PLA Daily or China Military Online published an article titled “Dignity in the Eyes of Military Men.” 

Wen Jiabao said in the government work report at the Third Session of the Eleventh National People’s Congress on March 5th, 2010: “Everything we have done is to enable the people live happier with greater dignity in a fairer and more harmonious society.” Wen Jiabao’s speech aroused heated discussions among representatives of the NPC.

The article writer summarized that the military representatives’ understanding of “happiness and dignity” is “a rich country with a strong army.”  CCP General Secretary Hu Jintao proposed “a rich country with a strong army”as a strategic objective of the 17th National Congress of the CCP. 

Source: PLA Daily/China Military Online, March 12, 2010
http://www.chinamil.com.cn/jfjbmap/content/2010-03/12/content_22733.htm

Briefings | | |   Defense/Military

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. 

The 15,000 word long document details U.S. human rights in six categories including life, property and personal safety; civil and political rights; economic, social, and cultural rights; racial discrimination; women and children’s rights; and infringement of other countries human rights. In one account, it claimed that the “occurrences of rape in the U.S. is 13 times higher that the U.K. and 20 times higher than Japan, ranking the highest in the world.” 
The report concludes that, “All the above facts show that the United States of American not only has a terrible domestic human rights record, but has been a major source of many world human rights disasters.”

Source: China News Service, March 12, 2010 
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/news/2010/03-12/2167287.shtml

Briefings | | |   US-China Relations

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.” 

The article mentioned that the Fourth Session of the 17th National Congress of CCP put the build-up of a "Learning oriented Marxist political party” as a high priority. “The world is undergoing a major development, transformation, and adjustment. In the face of the profound changes in the world, the country, and the party, our party can only maintain its advanced nature, become the backbone to rally people across the country to overcome all risks and tests, and lead the socialist cause with Chinese characteristics toward victory by emphasizing learning and being good at learning.”The term “Learning oriented Marxist political party” has been seen frequently in recent government papers. 
Source: Qiushi, March 13, 2010 
http://www.qstheory.cn/yw/201003/t20100313_23586.htm
Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

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. 

Source: People’s Daily, March 12, 2010 
http://media.people.com.cn/GB/40728/40731/11131980.html
Briefings | | |   Information/Technology

Party Building Campaign in Non-State Sector

According to Xinhua, during the campaign to increase Communist Party members in non-State entities, 12,000 party branches were established with another 24,000 in the pipeline. New memberships rose to 65, 000. The party organizations have tracked down 73,000 party members who did not contact local party organizations due to transfer of jobs or retirement. Some local party organizations have set up dedicated offices for party building in the non-State sector. Close to 30,000 targets have been identified and 145,000 party instructors were dispatched to them.

Source: Xinhua, February 25, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-02/25/content_13048138.htm

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

China to Implement Real Identity Registration for Internet Accounts and Cell Phones

Li Yizhong, Minister of Industry and Information Technology, stated in an interview on March 5 that real identity registration for Internet accounts is the way to go. Earlier he indicated that cognizant departments were studying the implementation mechanism of real identity registration for cell phone and Internet accounts. There are close to 660 million cell phone users and over 380 million Internet users in China.

Source: Beijing News, March 6, 2010
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2010-03/06/content_72699.htm?div=-1

Briefings | | |   Information/Technology

Outlook Weekly: Trends of Social Unrest in 2010

China will face tougher and more complex social unrest in 2010, says Outlook, a weekly magazine under Xinhua. In the past several years, social unrest has centered on issues of rural land use, the demolition of urban housing, state-owned enterprise reform, military discharges and retirement, and lawsuits. But 2009 saw intensive social unrest over welfare benefits, medical malpractice, unemployment, environmental pollution, workplace accidents, civil disputes, and investment fraud. Incidents tend to involve large crowds from multiple segments of the public and from extended geographic areas. Protests have accelerated to surrounding Party and government buildings and blocking traffic. Further, “instigators of most of the mass group events use the Internet and mobile phone text messages to contact and organize. This approach has the characteristics of a wide range of provocation, strong appeal, no warning signs, easy and quick gathering of people who have no direct interest, and so on.”

Source: Outlook Weekly, March 7, 2010
http://news.sohu.com/20100307/n270642035.shtml

Briefings | | |   Social Stability