People’s Daily published a commentary criticizing some government officials who passively resist the anti-corruption by sitting idle without actively carrying out their duties.
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Accountability Regulation Is Like the Sword of Damocles
Xinhua reported that, on June 28, 2016, Xi Jinping presided over a Politburo meeting at which the first CCP accountability regulation was reviewed and adopted.
Netizens Made Fun of the Communist Party
People’s Daily published a short video clip of a VW car, model TG, backing up and then falling down some stairs. It added some text in the form of a joke: “Reversing is truly a technical job! One must look carefully before starting!”
Personnel at CCP Departments are Civil Servants
Recently, China’s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security released the latest statistics on civil servants. As of the end of 2015, there were 7.167 million civil servants in China. According to Article 2 of the Civil Servant Law, the term "civil servant" refers to those personnel who perform public duties and are included in the State administrative staffing with wages and welfare borne by the State. The National Civil Service Bureau explained that civil servants are personnel working in the Communist Party departments, the People’s National Congress, administration departments, judicial courts, procuratorial offices, democratic parties, and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, except for lower level workers.
Source: Xinhua, June 27, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2016-06/27/c_1119120155.htm
CCDI: Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region to Inspect Border Crossing Record
According to an article published on the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the anti-corruption office of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region will inspect the border crossing records of its Party members and its municipal staff. The purpose is to determine whether the purpose of the trip was consistent with the pre-approval and whether public funds were used. The municipal office also set up a hotline to report any violations. It vowed to cooperate actively with the central administration in the anti-corruption effort.
Source: Central Commission for Discipline Inspection website (CCDI), June 24, 2016
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/yw/201606/t20160624_80878.html
Beijing Senior Petitioner Urges Xi Jinping to Register the Communist Party
Wang Xiuying, an eighty-year-old senior from Beijing wrote an open letter to Xi Jinping, which Mingjing News then published on its website. Wang’s home had been torn down and she became the oldest petitioner in Beijing. In the letter, Wang urged Xi Jinping to register the Communist Party with the Ministry of Civil Affairs as soon as possible. Wang wrote that, as a social group, the Chinese Communist Party has never registered with the Ministry of Civil Affairs, which is in violation of the existing constitution. Wang wrote in her open letter, “Even though the Communist Party is the ruling party, it is also a social organization. If it is not registered with the Ministry of Civil Affairs, it is an illegal organization.”
Source: Ming Jing News, June 26, 2016
http://www.mingjingnews.com/MIB/blog/blog_contents.aspx?ID=0000803700002588
Xinhua: China Must Say No to the South China Sea Arbitration
Xinhua published a report on a special interview with Zhou Jian, representative of Boundary and Ocean Affairs from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In the interview, Zhou affirmed that China must say no to the South China Sea Arbitration.
Netizens Comments on Global Times’ Attack on Gao Zhisheng’s Book
Gao Zhisheng recently published a book describing his experience of being tortured while in the custody of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He also predicted that the CCP will end in 2017.
On June 16, Global Times published a commentary in which it criticized Gao and “certain overseas [hostile] forces.” The commentary said, “Gao’s book is nothing. We mentioned it as an example in this article to tell the public that certain overseas forces have even praised such a garbage book. This shows how badly they want to see China collapse. … They are using booing and cursing, instead of criticism and debate [to attack China].”
“These dissidents truly wish China to get into trouble. They view China’s getting into political turmoil as an opportunity for them to gain political power. They are very willing to sacrifice the Chinese people’s interests …”
“The overseas hostile forces use the extremists in China to conduct damaging activities. This approach was already known to Chinese society and they discarded it. For those people and those forces, there is a pole of shame in China’s history waiting for them.”
Then netizens commented on the Global Time‘s article:
“It seems that this book is worth reading. It poked at the sore spot of a certain organization.”
“Your husband beats you every day. You report him to the police. Is that counted as ‘collaborating with outside forces’?”
“The party that rules China does not equal China. [Gao’s book talked about the collapse of the CCP, not China.]”
“China will never collapse, but it is hard to say that about the CCP.”
“Thank you Global Times for letting me know about this book. I will search for the electronic version of it.”
Source: China Digital Times, June 2016