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Jia Qinglin: The Buddhist Association of China implements “the Party’s religious work”

According to China News Service, on February 3, 2010, Jia Qinglin, a member of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau Standing Committee and Chairman of the National Committee of the CPPCC, held a meeting with the new leadership team members of the Buddhist Association of China at the Great Hall in Beijing.

Jia said: “For more than half a century, the Buddhist Association of China (BAC) has always whole heartedly assisted the Communist Party of China and the government (of the PRC) to implement the principles and policies of the Party’s religious work. Sharing the same boat with the Party through rain and storm, the BAC adheres to the path that accords with socialist society.” Jia hopes that the new BAC will take the responsibility to serve the overall work of the CPC and the country.

Source: China News Service, February 3, 2010
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/news/2010/02-03/2108241.shtml

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

China Radio Network: People’s Congress not just a show of applause; CPPCC not just a show of hands

According to China Radio Network on January 20, 2010, every province, municipality or autonomous region is now convening its local conferences of the “People’s Congress” and the “Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference” (CPPCC). The network reports that the “People’s Congress is not just a display of applause and the CPPCC is not just a show of hands.” The “two annual conferences” carry too much of the people’s expectations and concerns regarding housing, education, medical care, employment, the environment, and so on. Yang Yu, Director of the News Center for the China Economic Herald, provided a commentary on the two conferences in a radio interview, saying that “the economic growth drive” is an important problem that must be solved each year, and other issues should be covered in the 11th Five-Year Plan. 

Source: China Radio Network, February 3, 2010
http://www.cnr.cn/allnews/201001/t20100120_505921826.html

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

2010: US-China Trade Relations not Likely to Improve

International Finance News of the People’s Daily reports that a prominent professor of economics forecasts continued trade conflicts between China and the United States. “In 2010, Sino-US trade conflicts will become more frequent and China’s export environment will be challenging.” “Compared to 2009, the Sino-US trade frictions are not likely to improve. First, in the post-crisis era the U.S. domestic economy is still relatively difficult and needs to look for external factors to balance it. The U.S. Government and Congress will take advantage of the factor of the Sino-US trade imbalance. Second, the recent conflicts between the two countries are also constantly escalating, which will cause the trade environment between the two countries to deteriorate in the near future.”

Source: People’s Daily, February 8, 2010
http://world.people.com.cn/GB/14549/10945162.html

Briefings | | |   US-China Relations

Xinhua: Did Secretary of State Clinton Use the Wrong Words?

According to Xinhua, a director from the China Human Rights Society, a State run organization, said that the United States is solidifying its Internet hegemony under the pretext of Internet freedom. “Back then, to defend her husband’s reputation, Hillary openly demanded to restrict the Internet’s dissemination of information. Now, in order to offer reciprocation to their own political sponsors, she is publicly calling for other countries to relax control of the Internet. Is freedom of speech and freedom of the press the ‘weapon of mass destruction’ where one can see the head but not the tail?” “What is needed in the area of the Internet is dialogue, rather than blaming each other, and cooperation in technology, rather than attacking each other.”

Source: Xinhua, February 5, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2010-02/05/content_12940308.htm

Briefings | | |   US-China Relations

Xinhua: Western Media Overstate China-US Conflicts

China’s experts on US-China relations believe the western media are exaggerating recent conflicts between China and the United States. “The reported ‘new cold war’ between China and the U.S. is clearly an exaggeration.”

On February 6, the Japanese Sankei Shimbun outlined five key issues for this round of China-US conflicts: China hacking Google, arms sales to Taiwan, Obama meeting the Dalai Lama, RMB appreciation, and Iran’s nuclear development, based on which Sankei Shimbun concluded that the foundation for a booming China-US relationship has been eradicated.

Source: Xinhua, February 8, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2010-02/08/content_12951078.htm

Briefings | | |   US-China Relations

Chinese Expert: India Should Stop Its War Talk

People’s website published a commentary on January 24, 2010, criticizing India’s talk of being at war with both China and Pakistan, on two fronts. It stated that China has no interest in other country’s territory and blamed some Indian’s for having a hidden agenda to promote a "China Threat."

It stated, "India has a territory dispute with almost all its neighboring countries and was in a war situation with Pakistan in the past more than once. Now, it wants to have wars on "two fronts." What good will it do for India to disturb its neighbors?   

Source: People’s website, January 24, 2010
http://military.people.com.cn/GB/42969/58520/10831507.html

Briefings | | |   Geo-Strategic Trend

China is Carrying Out a Round of Senior Official Adjustment

During December 2009 and January 2010, there were significant changes in the minister and provincial level officials, and from the Central Committees of the Communist Party of China to the State Council’s several core agencies, including provinces. 
 

Xinhua republished a report from China News Weekly stating that the focus must be on official retirements and appointments. The focus includes: consideration of age (younger) and education (with advanced degrees); switching between local (province) and the central government; and promoting females. This cycle of official changes is also a dry run for the newly published “2010-2020 outline plan to deepen the reform of the cadre and personnel system.”

Source: Xinhua, January 20, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-01/20/content_12844485.htm

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

Li Yuanchao: Strengthening Propaganda Work for the Organization Department

Li Yuanchao, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and head of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, called for a significant focus on the propaganda work of the Organization Department. Li made the speech at the conference on propaganda for organization work on January 26, 2010. Li stressed strengthening and improving the propaganda work in order to develop public opinion support for the Organization Department’s work and innovation.  

Li laid out a new direction, which includes propaganda work as part of the routine work of the Organization Department. The directive includes establishing a spokesperson system, improving media planning, monitoring and analyzing public opinion, strengthening policy interpretation and role model advocacy, actively responding to societal issues, and improving the ability to use media to its best advantage, which allows the development of a good public opinion base.

“News media is the indispensable voice, ears, eyes, and window for organization work in the current environment,” claimed Li.

Source: Xinhua, January 26, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-01/26/content_12879923.htm

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics