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International Herald Leader: U.S. Concerns about Huawei Are Totally without Merit

China’s state’s media, the International Herald Leader (IHL), published an article that its Washington D.C. reporter wrote to rebut the comments U.S. Congressmen made during the recent Congressional hearing on Huawei and ZTE. The reporter stated, “U.S. politicians suppress Huawei and ZTE without any credible evidence in order to curb the rise of China’s strategic industries and to seek the U.S.’s own political interests.”

With respect to comments by the U.S. Congressmen on Huawei’s products proving to be a security risk, IHL, citing senior officials from Huawei and ZTE, stated, “These arguments are totally without merit.” 

On the relationship with the Chinese Government, IHL quoted from Huawei that “[it] has no special relationship with the Chinese Government and has not received any help from the Chinese Government.” “ZTE declared that ‘ZTE is neither a State-owned enterprise nor under the control of the Chinese government.’”

Huawei asserted that the Communist Party Committee at Huawei was established in accordance with China’s Company Law, and that even Walmart and other foreign owned enterprises have Communist Party organizations.

Source: International Herald Leader, September 25, 2012
http://ihl.cankaoxiaoxi.com/2012/0925/97646.shtml

Briefings | | |   US-China Relations

Chengming: New Party Office Established to Stop Party Officials from Fleeing Overseas

Hong Kong’s Chengming magazine reported that a new office has been established to stop Communist officials from fleeing China. Li Keqiang, Vice Premier and Standing Member of the Communist Party Politburo, is the head of the new office. It is called the “Command Group to Fight against Communist Officials and Government Employees Fleeing the Country.” It was established on September 22, 2012, and started operations the next day.

According to Chengming, the "anti-fleeing" office focuses on three major regions, 20 airports, 9 ports, and 12 border crossings. Over 8,000 SWAT members were deployed at the targeted locations on or before September 28. Over 350 anti-counterfeiting instruments have been installed at these locations to detect fake documents. In the past two months, the Ministry of Public Security has validated and replaced ID cards, passports, and other travel documents for over 70,000 senior officials and over 448,000 mid-level officials.

It was reported that between 2000 and 2011, China captured 18,487 Communist officials suspected of attempting to flee the country. Funds recovered during a five year period reached 54.19 billion yuan.

Source: Chengming, October 1, 2012
http://www.chengmingmag.com/cm420/420toc/420toc.html

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

China to Up Overseas Investment Despite Huawei and ZTE Probe

China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced 16 overseas investment projects, as two of its largest telecommunications companies – Huawei and ZTE – are blocked by U.S. lawmakers as national security threat.

According to Xinhua, the sheer number of the announced projects hit a new high this year, including seven energy related projects as well as others spanning the areas of finance, communications, and infrastructure. A Ministry of Commerce official said that the government is willing to support enterprises’ overseas direct investment to divert the excess capacity and alleviate the Europe and the U.S.’s anti-dumping pressure.

The official statistics show that China’s net overseas direct investment in 2011 was $74.65 billion, a year-on-year growth of 8.5%, ranking No. 6 around the world. As of the end of 2011, a total of 13,500 investors established 18,000 enterprises in 177 countries (regions). It’s estimated that the investment will exceed $500 billion during the “12th Five-Year Plan” period (2012 – 2017).

Source: Xinhua, October 11, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2012-10/11/c_113343280.htm

Briefings | | |   Geo-Strategic Trend

People’s Daily: Noda’s Government Can No Longer Resolve the Diaoyu Islands Crisis

People’s Daily published an article on its website analyzing the Japanese media’s reaction to China’s handling of the latest Diaoyu Islands dispute. The article observed that China’s four state-owned commercial banks refused to attend the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank held in Tokyo, Japan on October 9, 2012. This has made the Japanese media extremely worried.
 

On October 9, Chinese fishing boats and ocean surveillance ships appeared again in the Diaoyu Islands’ waters. The Japanese media seemed to have nothing else to talk about except for the "Chinese government ships cruising the Diaoyu Islands" for nine consecutive days. 
Chinese scholars believe that, after the Democratic Party of Japan came to power, they crossed the “not-to-touch” bottom line that both sides, Japan and China, had set on the Diaoyu Islands issue and have made it so the "mutual trust" no longer exists. In the "Diaoyu Islands collision incident in September 2010, the Japanese side arrested Chinese captain Zhan Qixiong and handled the incident using Japanese domestic law; then again last month, Japan nationalized the Diaoyu Islands according to Japanese law. "Today, China no longer trusts Noda’s government; we expect that the next Japanese government will be able to deal more flexibly with the Diaoyu Islands issue." 
Source: People’s Daily, October 10, 2012 
http://world.people.com.cn/n/2012/1010/c1002-19221920.html
Briefings | | |   Geo-Strategic Trend

Qiushi: China Must Keep a Low Profile and Bide Its Time

Qiushi published an article stating that, in spite of its economic growth, China must still keep a low profile. “It is a question that the next several generations will face and ponder as to what kind of country today’s China, as a world-class country, should develop into, and in what way China should influence the world. From an analysis of the rise and fall of major powers from an economic development perspective, one may identify some enlightening norms. China does not have the requisite conditions to become a super power in the next 50 years and should not seek to become one. Particularly, it should not engage in direct confrontation with the United States; we need to keep a low profile and bide our time. In the complicated international environment and the gaming of major powers, it is both an urgent need and a long term task to overcome difficulties and seek room for development. [We] must not be penny wise and pound foolish and lose the opportunity to truly ‘rise.’”

Source: Qiushi, October 9, 2012
http://www.qstheory.cn/jj/jjggyfz/201210/t20121009_185175.htm

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

Huanqiu Editorial: The U.S. Must Suffer Retaliation for Creating Trouble for China’s Companies

On Oct. 10, 2012, Huanqiu (the Chinese edition of Global Times) published an editorial titled, “The U.S. Must Be Subjected to Retaliation for Creating Trouble for Chinese Companies.” U.S. lawmakers are seeking to block Huawei and ZTE, China’s top network equipment makers, from doing business in the U.S. because of national security reasons.

The Huanqiu editorial asserted, “China needs to be serious about protecting its own enterprises. It should have the courage and the willingness to use state power to retaliate against those countries that make trouble for China’s enterprises. China must take action to let the United States and Europe understand that, if Chinese enterprises encounter trouble in their countries, their companies in China will then become scapegoats. Now is the time for China to show its determination to the United States and Europe.”

Source: Huanqiu, October 10, 2012
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/1152/2012-10/3172166.html

Briefings | | |   US-China Relations

RFA: Chinese People Are Following the U.S. Presidential TV Debates

On October 5, 2012, Radio Free Asia published an article on news in China about the first U.S. Presidential debate. Since the Thursday before the debate, 400,000 news reports about the U.S. presidential election have appeared on mainland China’s social media. Some netizens have opened “U.S. Presidential Election” microblogs, collecting all of the articles about the election. Sina’s official microblog also opened “Micro Topic,” allowing people to discuss the U.S. presidential election.

Many netizens’ messages show how an atmosphere in which ordinary people in a democratic country participate in general elections has an effect on the people in China. They are having new thoughts about democracy. “Only by achieving democracy in the political process can the administration of government be open and transparent.”

Source: Radio Free Asia, October 5, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sy-10052012111750.html

Briefings | | |   US-China Relations

People’s Daily on the Party’s Leadership in Managing Talent

On October 9, 2012, People’s Daily published an article titled “Improve the Party’s Leadership in Managing Talent; Gather Talent for the Cause of the Party and the Nation’s Development.” It also explained a previous article, “Opinions on Further Strengthening the Party’s Leadership over Talent,” which the General Office of the CCP Central Committee published on September 26, 2012.

According to the articles, the Chinese Communist Party’s leadership over talent is an important principle in talent management work.

Source: People’s Daily, October 9, 2012
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2012/1009/c1001-19198266.html

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics