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4,525 Officials convicted in five years

4,525 county-and-above-level government officials were convicted from 2003 to 2008, said by Wang Shengjun, the Supreme Court’s chief justice, in a report to the Standing Committee of National People’s Congress on October 26. The figure is 77.52% higher than five years before. The courts trialed 1.2 million criminal cases that seriously harm the social security, including crimes endangering national security, terrorist, gang crimes, murder, kidnap, robbery, and drug abuse. 1.6 million people were put in jail.

Source: Xinhua, October 26, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-10/26/content_10254667.htm

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

Gansu Police Put Video Surveillance System in Place

Gansu provincial Pubic Security Division’s Visual Command & Coordination System (VCCS) was in operation on October 27. VCCS, composed of large screen monitor, visual command function, and phone recording facility, is mainly used as a central command system for major emergencies.

The current visual surveillance monitor covers 14 cities and a mining area with high resolution. In real time, the monitor can switch to and zoom in any geographic target inside the province, provided incorporated into the system. The VCCS allows a centralized control of daily dynamics of public security across the whole province. Gansu is the last province in the country to equip the provincial PSD with VCCS.

Source: Xinhua, October 28, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-10/28/content_10265748.htm

Briefings | | |   Social Stability

Expanding the Navigation System; China to Launch Dozen Satellites in 2009

China is planning to launch 12 satellites in 2009 as part of Big Dipper Satellite Navigation & Position System (BDSNPS), aiming to provide basic services to domestic and neighboring regions, said Ran Chengqi, deputy head of National Center of Satellite Navigation Project (NCSNP), at a conference on October 28.

BDSNPS was born in 2000. The dozen new satellites, adding onto its current five, is a major step toward a final complete system of 30+ satellites. Ran claimed that the system aims to expand services around the globe.

According to Xinhua, China started its R&D on satellite navigation in 1994, following US, Russia, and Europe.

Source: Xinhua, October 28
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-10/28/content_10267364.htm

Briefings | | |   Defense/Military

Xinhua’s Reports about U.S. in the World News Headlines between October 24 and 27

American Army Helicopter in Iraq Crosses Border to Shoot and Kill Syria Civilians http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2008-10/27/content_10257299.htm

U．S．Is Worried that Sarkozy Will Lead Europe to Oppose America http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2008-10/26/content_10252817.htm

U.S. Election: Obama Maintains Leads over McCain in All Three Polls http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2008-10/26/content_10253755.htm

U.S. Air Force Will Establish Global Striking Headquarter http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2008-10/25/content_10248874.htm

Many States in U.S. Cast Votes for President in Advance; Obama Currently in Leading Position http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2008-10/25/content_10248395.htm

American Retired Veteran: True Terrorists Are Ourselves http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2008-10/25/content_10250201.htm

American Presidential Election: Avoid Having the Bad One Rather Than Choosing the Best http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2008-10/24/content_10242749.htm

Wall Street Diary: Greenspan Finally Admits Mistakes http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2008-10/24/content_10245208.htm


Briefings | | |   US-China Relations

Lin Yifu: It’s Inappropriate for China to Bottom-fish U.S. Market

Lin Yifu, deputy director and executive economist of World Bank, warns that “developing countries will see dramatic decrease in exports due to the recession in developed countries’ economy, and will face shortage of investment money.” He does not agree with the suggestion that China should utilize the foreign reserve to bottom fish the U.S. market. He believes it’s not the right time to send money to the United States at the moment. He says China should use the foreign currency to acquire resource, or help China’s products enter the world market, and acquire new technology. Lin had the above comments while he went back to China for a conference on October 26.

Source: Xinhua, October 27, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2008-10/27/content_10257112.htm

Briefings | | |   Economy/Resources

Over Ten Thousand Citizens Flared up in a Mass Conflicts with the Police

On October 20, a mass incident took place at Su Yu Middle School in Su Qian City of Jiangsu Province. It involved over ten thousand local citizens against one hundred policemen. The cause was on a student who committed suicide because he was frequently subjected to physical punishment by school teachers. The parents went to school to request a resolution. But the school called the police who then used the force to beat up the victim’s family members.

Over ten thousand citizens were at the scene. People were flared up over the beating and started to beat the policemen, turn over the police vehicles and eventually chase the police away. The news is tightly blocked by the City of Su Qian and no media is allowed at the scene.

The related internet postings were circulating widely among the websites in mainland and quickly picked by overseas Chinese websites. But most of the postings in mainland have been taken down since.

Source: Various Chinese websites in China and US, October 24

http://www.xici.net/b7000/bderror.asp?s=UnDeleted
http://sanqingzi.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post_26.html
http://news.boxun.com/forum/200810/boxun2008b/13379.shtml
http://www.gettao.com/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=10114
http://www.64tianwang.com/bencandy.php?fid=8&aid=3559

Briefings | | |   Social Stability

Breast Cancer Rated Number One Cancer Killer for Chinese Women

Breast cancer is rated the number one cancer killer for Chinese woman, according to the statistics released by the Cancer Hospital of Shanghai Fudan University. The statistics showed that between 1991 and 2000, the death rate for urban woman has grown over 39 percent and is still growing at 3.5 percent each year.  The experts attributed the rate increase to unhealthy diet and delay in child birth age as well as no breast feed chosen by certain women.

Source: China News, October 26, 2008
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/jk/kong/news/2008/10-26/1425434.shtml

Briefings | | |   Information/Technology

Millions to Lose Jobs; Tough Job Markets for College Graduates

As many as 9,000 factories in Dongwan, Shenzheng, and Guangzhou are facing closing down and 2.7 million workers will lose jobs, reported United Daily News. In the mean time, 6 million college graduates are challenged with tough job market as many colleges received cancellation of on-campus job affairs notice from the businesses. There have been increases in students enrolled in the graduate degree study or competing over the limited spots to study overseas.

Moreover, public servant positions, the ones with more job security, are facing the worst competition ever. As of October 26, over 970,000 applications were accepted, 200,000 higher than the year before. Average ratio is 73 applicants competing for 1 position. The most competitive position is the one with Chinese Association of the handicapped which have 4723 applicants competing for 1 position.

Source:
United Daily News, October 25, 2008
http://udn.com/NEWS/MAINLAND/MAI2/4572614.shtml
Xinhua, October 27, 2008-10-26
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-10/27/content_10258124.htm

Briefings | | |   Economy/Resources