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Teacher Calls for Removal of Fake Stories in Textbooks

Primary school teacher Guo Chuyang believes the current primary school textbooks used in China are “poisonous,” because many stories in the books are not true. He gave an example of a story about how 7-year-old US scientist Edison saved his mother by helping out in her acute appendicitis operation. Investigation found that the earliest appendicitis operation was in 1886, and Edison was born in 1847. A story about a former CCP general visiting his mother was also found to be untrue. “It is now time for textbooks to have a major operation,” Guo suggested.

Source: Chinese Youth Online, September 30, 2009.
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2009-09/30/content_2877136.htm

Party Development Urgently Needed in New Economic and Social Organizations

Following his visit to the private organizations under the Ministry of United Front and Civil Affairs, Li Yuanchao, Head of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, emphasized the party development work in new economic and new social (“two new”) organizations.

To echo Li’s talk, People’s Daily published a commentary calling for all levels of party organizations to raise the party development work in those "two new" organizations to an important level. It said: “As the Reform and Opening up deepens, the rapid growth of the new economic and social organizations have become an important sustainable driving force of economic development. If there is no party organization in those private entities, our party will lose a fairly sizable political leadership ground and organizational base. Our party’s leadership role in economic development will be weakened, and the party’s self-development will also be impacted.”

Source: People’s Daily, September 24, 2009
http://kxfz.people.com.cn/GB/135100/10112752.html

Xinhua: Party Lectures Through Text Messages Strengthen the Regular Education of the Party Members

According to Xinhua, Fusui County in Chongzuo City, Guangxi Province, has established a “Text-Message Education Network for Party Members,” sending the “Party Lectures” through text messages to those Party members and Party membership applicants who have cell phones so as to strengthen the regular education and management of the Party members in rural areas.

The content of the “Party Lectures” are preached to those Party members who do not have cell phones. Meanwhile, a propaganda column is set up in each village, where the “Party Lectures” are published for the masses.

Source: Xinhua, September 18, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-09/18/content_12075007.htm

Party’s Publishing House to Improve China’s Soft Power

Li Changchun, a standing member of the Politburo, who is in charge of propaganda, called upon the Party publishing house to “vigorously promote Chinese-ization, modernization and popularization of Marxism.” He made the remarks on September 29 during a visit to the People’s Publishing House. Li urged the publisher to raise its international profile by publishing more books on the successful theories and practices of socialism with Chinese characteristics. “It should contribute to improving the country’s soft power,” he said.

Source: Xinhua, September 29, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-09/29/content_12127677.htm

Public Security Work under Tight Control of the Party

The Party must exercise absolute leadership over public security work, wrote the State newspaper, People’s Public Security Daily, right before the October 1 celebration. “It is not only of great advantage, but also a major political principle and the most critical experience of 60 years of public security work.”

“Public security authorities serve as an important tool for maintaining the people’s democratic dictatorship.” It “carries the important political and social tasks of strengthening the ruling status of the Communist Party.”

Source: Public Security Website, September 29, 2009
http://www.cpd.com.cn/gb/newspaper/2009-09/29/content_1211969.htm

Head of Religious Affairs Promoted to Manage Minority Parties’ Party School

On September 11, Ye Xiaowen, Party Secretary and Director of the State Administration for Religious Affairs, was promoted to First Vice President and Party Secretary of the Central Institute of Socialism (CIS). Ye’s promotion is a result of his firm party-line stand, loyal implementation of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) policies in religious works, and political acumen – especially on major issues (Ed – implementing the CCP’s suppression polices against Tibetans and Falun Gong practitioners).

(Ed – The State Administration for Religious Affairs is the CCP’s (atheist) organization to manage all religious groups. The CIS is the party school that develops party officials for minority democratic parties in China. The President of CIS is normally a figurehead and from a minority party. The First Vice President is a CCP member who ensures that CIS is following the CCP’s directives. CIS also uses the name of “Chinese Culture College” when dealing with people overseas.)

Source:
1. State Administration for Religious Affairs website,
http://www.sara.gov.cn/GB/xwzx/xwfb/cc97226d-9e81-1122-841d-93180af1bb1a.html
2. Wikipedia,
http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-cn/%E4%B8%AD%E5%A4%AE%E7%A4%BE%E4%BC%9A%E4%B8%BB%E4%B9%89%E5%AD%A6%E9%99%A2

Open Magazine: Xi Jinping Submitted Resignation Letter

Boxun News republished an article from the Hong Kong-based Open Magazine, quoting political insiders in Beijing that Xi Jinping has recently requested the Politburo Standing Committee in writing that he prefers to work in a province instead of Beijing.  This indicates that he does not want to be the next leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Xi was internally selected as the successor to Hu Jintao at the 17th CPC’s National Congress. He is a member of the Politburo Standing Committee and the Vice President of China. Open mentioned a few reasons why Xi was afraid of taking the top position: fierce competition, brutal retaliation against losers, and an unsolvable mess left behind by Jiang and Hu. (Ed – Chinascope could not verify the accuracy of this report)

Source: Boxun News, September 22, 2009
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2009/09/200909220909.shtml

Xinhua: Text Messaging Used for Party Control

In Fusui County of Guangxi, the local Party school is using cell phone text messaging to delivery “Party education messages” to party members to improve the frequency of education and management activities. The Party branch in Fusui is trying to establish a “Party Member Text Messaging Education Network.” For the members without cell phones, those living nearby who do have phones will be considered “distribution centers” to dispatch messages. Since 2008, the county party branch has sent 2,718 text messages to 4,136 party members.

Source: Xinhua, September 18, 2009.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-09/18/content_12075007.htm