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In the early morning on August 29, 2009, the first rehearsal for China’s National Day Parade took place at Tiananmen Square, China News Agency reported. The practice started at 3 a.m. and lasted for an hour. About 100,000 people marched for 35 parade blocks, passing Tiananmen Square. Many college students participated in this patriotic event. The security, transportation control, medical, and weather forecast groups also participated in the practice.

The Beijing police started three security patrol lines based on the 2008 Olympic security control experience. The patrol control level has been increased to Level 2. Every day, nearly 7,000 policemen from the patrol police and special police departments patrol the streets and special areas.

Source: China News Agency, August 29, 2009
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/news/2009/08-29/1840252.shtml

The Chinese state newspaper People’s Daily reported that around ten thousand people were singing songs in the Beijing Workers’ Stadium. The event was primarily sponsored by the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party, the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Party and the Beijing City government. The “patriotic” songs were mainly to praise the fighting history of the Communist Party and to praise the Reform Policy.

Source: Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, August 27, 2009. http://www.cass.net.cn/file/20090827239715.html

Japan’s current difficult economic and political situation was caused not by which party is in power, but by Japan’s long-time blind belief in the West and in the U.S.. Japan has failed to create its own development path.

China in the past 30 years, has successfully followed a Socialist Development path with Chinese characteristics. It’s called the "China Mode".

Source: Qiu Shi Magazine, August 4, 2009
http://www.qsjournal.com.cn/gj/gjgc/200909/t20090904_10688.htm

On the afternoon of September 4, CCP Politburo Standing Committee member Li Changchun came to the Great Hall of the People to meet with the production team and performers of the “Road to Revival.”

According to Li, “Road to Revival,” is another powerful work in the tradition of “The East is Red” and “Song of Chinese Revolution.” It is the first large-scale music and dance epic produced in the 21st century. Li told the team that this show will help people to understand “how history and people chose Marxism and the CCP, and why only socialism can save China.”

Source: Xinhua, September 4, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-09/04/content_11998098.htm

Xinhua News Agency and the Bank of China signed a comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement on August 31, 2009. Under the agreement, the cooperative effort will encompass the establishment of a platform for financial information and corporate, as well as personal, financial services. Lu Wei, vice-president of Xinhua stated that the cooperation is a strategic move to ensure national economic security and enhance the financial competitiveness of the State.

Source: Xinhua, August 31, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-08/31/content_11972878.htm

Class opened for the first group of presidents of lower courts on September 1, 2009, at the National Judges College in Beijing. 235 of them will undergo intensive training in the next two weeks on domestic and international politics and economic situations. The “Curriculum has been developed to include special forums and seminars on how to deal with sudden incidents and social unrest.” In the next 12 months, there will be 15 two-week classes, each with 230 attendees to train a total of 3,500 presidents of lowers courts.

Source: Xinhua, September 2, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/local/2009-09/02/content_11981255.htm

The President of the Supreme People’s Court, Wang Shengjun, recently called upon judges to conduct trials in the best overall interest of the Party and the State, “to seek the optimal solutions that will adequately dispose of the case” and “to safeguard the authority and dignity of socialism.” Judges “must uphold the unity of legal and social effects.” Wang predicted an increase in the number of high profile criminal cases in the near future.

Source: Guangming Daily, August 31, 2009
http://www.gmw.cn/content/2009-08/31/content_972239.htm

Study Times, a newspaper by CCP Central Party School, recently published an article on a point made by Wang Jisi, Dean of the College of International Relations, Beijing University. Wang suggested that establishing a nation’s image is an exercise for self molding instead of something set by other people.

Wang believes the media in the West demonize everybody, not just China. That’s the nature of Western media. Reports on China represent only a very small percentage of the coverage in the West. A nation full of satisfied citizens will automatically have a good international image. In recent years, a large number of Chinese people have ignored indexes reflecting happiness and social justice. Too many people have focused on GDP, which does not have a direct relationship to the quality of people’s lives. China should bravely face the mistakes made in the past.

Source: Study Times, Issue 14, 2009.
http://www.studytimes.com.cn/WebPage/ny1.aspx?act=0&id=2872&bid=12