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[Editor’s Note: Zhou Yuhua is the president of the Shandong Province Supreme Court. In a recent essay, he stated that China’s courts “lack authority and public trust.” He emphasized the supreme authoritative status of the law, “No organizations or individuals, including the ruling Party and its leaders, can be above the law.”

He believes that bolstering the court system is a key to easing social tension and stabilizing society. He calls for the Communist Party to take over the courts directly, “(In each locality), one of the primary party leaders should also directly become the president of the court. (Doing that) can improve problem solving efficiency and reduce government costs.”

Although the Party has de facto control over the courts, China’s courts are mostly run by relatively junior level cadres whose authority is often challenged or ignored. The author’s proposal could enhance the court system, but it might not help the Party’s preferred image. He discusses another Catch-22 situation in China.

The following is translated from excerpts of the article.] [1]

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[Editor’s Note: In his analysis packed with numbers, Professor Zhou Tianyong of the Central Party School presented a disturbing forecast on China’s future. China’s growing and ageing population, overburdened land, scarce water resources, worsening pollution, and intense hunger for steel and oil are not exactly what the Chinese leaders want to hear. “Sustaining (China’s) current 2H1R (High energy consumption, High pollution, Resource depletion) development model,” writes Zhou, is “absolutely out of the question.”
The following report is translated from excerpts of his article.] [1]

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[Editor’s Note: The Chinese Communist Party’s Politburo held the 22nd group study on the morning of July 23, 2010, on the issue of deepening the culture system’s reform. At the session, General Secretary Hu Jintao emphasized “deepening the culture system’s reform and promoting the culture industry’s comprehensive prosperity and fast development matters in order to realize the comprehensive development of an affluent society, matters relating to the overall layout of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and matters for the renaissance of the nation of China.” The following are excerpts from Hu Jintao’s speech at the session.] [1]

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[Editor’s Note: On July 16, 2010, an article was published on Qiushi, the core publication of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. The author is the deputy editor-in-chief of Xinhua News Agency, a ministry level government agency. The article is about strengthening China’s discourse right in the financial industry. In particular, it criticized the developed nations for monopolizing financial information and gaining an unfair advantage over developing nations. The article highlights Xinhua 08, a financial information portal developed by Xinhua to compete with Wall Street technology. The following is a translation of excerpts from the article] [1]

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[Editor’s Note: After the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released its 2010 Annual Report, Xinhua released statements from six religious leaders representing five major recognized religions (Buddhism, Daoism, Islam, Catholicism, and Protestantism).

There is little doubt that their views reflect the Chinese government’s position. The close collaboration between these leaders was impressive: each wasted no time in attacking his designated target: The two Buddhists attacked the Dalai Lama; the Taoist leader expressed how “all Chinese people and all religions passionately loath” Falun Gong; the head of China’s Islam Association condemned the instigators and organizers of Xinjiang violence; an official from the Chinese Catholic Church praised the government for supporting his religion and said “it is the best time in China to promote religion.” He also blamed the U.S. for voicing concerns over the persecution of Falun Gong, which he believes “is not even a religion”; Pastor Yu Xinli used former president Carter’s ribbon cutting at a China sponsored bible show in the U.S. as evidence of “real religious freedom” in China. The following is the translation of the full news article] [1]

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[Editor’s Note: In its effort to bolster China’s image, Beijing faces a dilemma. Despite its impressive economic growth and burgeoning military spending, few countries subscribe to its values. The Communist government realizes that it has to strive for more and stronger “discourse right” in order to be recognized as a true world power.

In his article, “Red Flag Manuscripts,” Professor Zhang Zhizhou of the International Relations Institute at Beijing Foreign Language University provides his observations and insights. He suggests that China’s current effort to gain international discourse rights falls short of its goal, and is based merely on “increasing the propaganda sound volume and widening communication channels.” He believes China needs to improve the quality of its message. The article asks some open-ended questions that are difficult to answer within China’s political environment.

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

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[Editor’s Note: During a recent Internet chat on China’s Military-on-line, Major General Luo Yuan, Deputy Secretary General of the China Association for Military Science, listed five points to explain why China opposes the upcoming U.S.-Korea joint military exercise in the Yellow Sea. He made the accusation that the war games are an “American Military Threat” against China. Following is the translation of a news report on General Luo’s chat] [1]

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[Editor’s Note: In an article appearing in Qiushi journal, the core publication of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, the Head of the Public Security Division of Shangdong provincial government discussed the practices used in exercising social control. The following is a translation of excerpts from the article.] [1]

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