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[Editor’s Note: The following editorial states that China’s political reform has been on-going for 30 years. It criticizes the Western countries for pushing China to overhaul its political institutions, and asserts China’s intention to carry out political reform in its own way.

The editorial criticizes awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo as “interfering with China’s political development.” It also accuses a fellow Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Mikhail Gorbachev, of being “mediocre” and a “man of guilt” for destroying the Soviet Union, asserting: “China will never have a second Gorbachev.”] [1]

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[Editor’s Note: Red Flag Manuscript is another publication, in addition to Qiushi Journal, of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. In a recent article “On Exporting the U.S. Democracy System,” the author, who works at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, World Economics and Politics Research Institute, says, “The essence of the exportation of democracy is to create a world like the U.S., according to its own look, and to make it permanent.” “Almost all current major international issues, in particular international conflicts and friction, are related to the U.S. exporting its democratic system. To grasp this topic is to grasp the core of the current international issues.” “From a long-term strategic view, the ultimate targets of the exportation of U.S. democracy are Russia and China.” Below is a translation of excerpts from the article.] [1]

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[Editor’s Note: This article addresses the growth of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in China, the Chinese government’s control over NGO’s, and how the NGOs in China are different from those in the West. The article was published in the October issue of the Hong Kong based Open magazine. The following is a translation of the article.] [1]

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[Editor’s Note: While China is trying to convince the world that a one party system is the only way, its former Communist ally in the south appears to think otherwise. In this widely circulated article on the Chinese Internet, blogger Yan Changhai reviews Vietnam’s recent political reforms and democratization. The author views Vietnam’s recent joint military exercise with the U.S. in the South China Sea as proof of its determination to become a U.S. ally. He praises Vietnam’s anti-graft policy, land reform, and human rights protection. He also predicts that Vietnams’ democratization will become the envy of the Chinese people. The following is a translation of an abridged version of the article.] [1]

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[Editor’s Note: Zhou Yongkang is a member of the Politburo standing committee and head of CCP’s Committee on Political and Legislative Affairs. The following is a translation of excerpts from his speech as published in the Legal Daily newspaper. In this speech, Zhou mentioned that “From time to time, some people, influenced by the wrong Western political and legal views, have published opinions not complying with the Marxist legal theory, and even slandered and attacked our rule of law and legal system. Comrades on the front line of political, legal, and propaganda affairs ought to keep a clear mind and should not lose their political direction.” He also mentioned that “all levels of political, judiciary, and news media authorities ought to adhere to the principle that the party controls the propaganda. Conscientiously strengthen the Party’s leadership on political, legal, and propaganda work; incorporate political propaganda into the overall management of political and legal work, and into the process of handling cases and incidents.” [1]

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[Editor’s Note: In China, where officials are rewarded or punished based on their ability to “maintain social stability,” a private security company created a new business to help the government keep citizens from going to Beijing to file grievances with the central government. That company, Beijing An-Yuan-Ding Security and Prevention Technical Service, Ltd, made over 21 million yuan in profit (US$3 million) in 2008. It employed 3,000 security personnel to work with provincial governments to stop, detain, and return petitioners to their hometowns. Traditionally, this kind of job belonged to the police, but in recent years, the government has been outsourcing it to private companies. After recent negative news reports, such as the one that follows, the government took action against this company. People’s Daily reports that Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau officials detained Zhang Jun, chairman of An-yuan-ding Security Service Company, and Zhang Jie, general manager of the company, for “illegally detaining people and illegal business operation.”[1] It is a modern day saga of “private police” and “black jails” right in China’s capital. The following is an abridged version of a recent news report that circulated in China’s official media.] [2]

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[Editor’s Note: In Chinese Social Science Today, a Chinese Academy of Social Sciences publication, a professor at People’s University of China published a report summarizing China’s overseas promotion of the Chinese language. The following is a translation of the article.] [1]

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[Editor’s Note: A recent Xinhua article gave a brief review of how, in recent years, China’s local government delegations have used cultural exchange programs and business operations to make frequent visits to Taiwan. According to the article, which is from Xinhua‘s Taipei bureau, these efforts have resulted in a great improvement in the Taiwanese perception of Beijing. The following is a translation of selected parts of the article.] [1]

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