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[Editor’s Note: On January 18, 2011, China Review News published an article about China’s quest to increase its oil reserves. As China is importing more and more crude oil, it has realized the paramount urgency of having a secure source of energy reserves. On December 18, 2007, China’s National Development and Reform Commission announced the establishment of the China National Oil Reserve Center. Its plan is to develop oil reserve bases over the next 15 years. The entire project is to be implemented in three phases, with the goal of having 85 million tons, or 99 million cubic meters, of oil reserves by 2020.] [1]

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[Editor’s Note: On December 10, 2010, the website of Qiushi Journal, the official publication of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, published an article examining six strategies that the U.S. has developed to contain China: a trade war, an exchange rate war, a public opinion war, an anti-China campaign, military exercises and simulated warfare, and the development of an anti-China alliance. The author also analyzed seven counter-strategies for China to adopt. The entire article is translated below.

Days after Chinascope published this translation, Qiushi website took down the original Chinese and then restored the article with an additional sentence added at the end: “The above article only represents the personal views of the author and does not represent the position or views of Qiushi Journal or this site.” Chinascope has kept a Google cached copy of the original article. To read that copy, please click here.] [1]

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[Editor’s Notes: President Obama invited Chinese pianist Lang Lang to the White House to perform at the January 19, 2011, state dinner for visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao. Lang Lang played a solo, the famous patriotic Chinese song, “My Motherland,” for the participants. The song created great controversy, because it is the theme song of a famous 1956 anti-American movie about the Korean War, titled “Battle on Shangganling Mountain.” China calls that war a “War to Resist America and Support (North) Korea.”

Lang Lang denied that he was aware of the song’s background. China’s state media also said not to read too much into the song, but to many Chinese, this is a great diplomatic victory over the United States, especially right after the U.S. demonstrated superior military power in the face of China. The following are some comments by Chinese netizens.]

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[Editor’s Note: Government think tanks have recently had extensive debates about the direction of China’s foreign policy. The main focus is whether to continue the “low profile” strategy that Deng Xiaoping instituted in 1989 or switch to an aggressive approach to demonstrate China’s growing power. This article and the one following reflect these opposing views. Nanfang Daily online published an article by Wang Yizhou, a Beijing University professor, proposing a powerful but humble approach. In the following article, published in the International Herald Leader, the title expresses the author’s view: "China’s Foreign Diplomacy Should Reflect Its ‘World Number Two’ Status."

Wang Yizhou argued that “China still has a long way to go before becoming a truly developed country.” “For its foreign diplomacy and strategy, soothing relations with its neighbors and deepening regional cooperation is critical in order for China to maintain a good environment for development and to step into its role as a world power.”] [1]

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[Editor’s Note: In this Red Flag Manuscript article, Dou Hanzhang, an Internet commentator at Xinhua Net, expresses his aversion to Western liberalism: “Behind its beautiful words lies a horrific dark side. It can bring injustice, evil, and war.” He admires Singapore’s authoritarian society as China’s role model and cites Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong: “We preach state supremacy. Our national interests are not only above individual interests. They are also above the interests of any social group.”

In his opinion, the economic success of China and Singapore proves that “Western liberalism is replaceable and unnecessary.” His viewpoints echo the Party line. One Chinese blogger calls him “a 50-cent Party member on regular payroll.”

(The 50-cent Party refers to “fans” of the Communist Party hired to propagate pro government views on the Internet. They get paid about 50 cents (Chinese RMB) for each posting.)

The following is a translation of excerpts from the article] [1]

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[Editor’s Note: The International Herald Leader published an interview with Yan Xuetong, Dean of the Institute of Contemporary International Relations, Tsinghua University, and one of China’s leading scholars on international relations. In a March interview with the International Herald Leader, Yan made the statement that “the Sino-U.S. relationship is more one of enemies than of friends.”

In this interview, Yan argued that China’s foreign policy should reflect its status as the “number two power in the world.” He outlined three principles to guide China’s foreign policy: 1. Change the focus from economic development to rejuvenating the nation; 2. Change from maintaining a low profile to being a responsible great power; 3. Strategically improve China’s international reputation instead of focusing on a peaceful environment for economic development.] [1]

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[Editor’s Note: In an angry editorial, Huanqiu, an official publication of the Communist Party Central Committee, attacked the Nobel Committee and Western media for awarding Liu Xiaobo the Nobel Peace Prize.

The article likens the ceremony in Oslo to an evil cult ritual and accuses the Committee of “altering the spirit of peace” and “replacing it with Western Fundamentalist ideas.” It claims that “1.3 billion Chinese people resent the Peace Prize nomination.”

The editorial drew many emotional comments that echoed its rhetoric. One reader wrote: “The ‘Nobel Peace Prize’ is a joke to fool people. A guy who invented dynamite to kill fellow human beings, and who made a fortune, created it. He (Nobel) just wanted to gain fame before his death. … The best way to handle this is to end all relations with Norway and a few other buffoon countries, except for official diplomacy, especially trade. (We should) stop importing their goods, refuse to sell them anything, and call for Chinese not to visit their countries for sightseeing and shopping.” [1]

The following is a translation of excerpts from the editorial.] [2]

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[Editor’s Note: The bbs site of China’s official website www.huanqiu.com published an article on November 29, 2010, titled “China’s Military Must Have the Confidence to Sink All U.S. and South Korean Warships in the Yellow Sea.” The article announced, “South Korea’s military exercises caused a gunfight between North Korean and South Korea. North Korea bombarded South Korean’s Yeonpyeong Island on November 23. South Korea and its master, the U.S., used this as an excuse to further intensify the atmosphere of war. The U.S. Commander in South Korea announced on November 24 that South Korea and the U.S. would hold joint military exercises from November 28 to December 1 in the South Korean western sea territory, which is China’s Yellow Sea. The USS George Washington, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, would sail to the Yellow Sea to participate in the exercises.”

The following is a translation of excerpts from the article, along with some online feedback from Chinese Internet users.] [1]

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