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[Editor’s Note: The following report is translated from a Study Times article by Huang Yingxu, a research fellow at the China Academy of Military Science. The author believes that the U.S. has formed a C-shaped encirclement around China. But he also believes that China’s peaceful rise may not necessarily cause a war with the United States.

While acknowledging that the U.S. has “technological and military superiority that China does not match,” the author criticizes the war hawks’ “China and the U.S. cannot avoid a war” mentality as “alarmist talk.” He stresses that China will never give up its socialism with Chinese characteristics, and will never let the U.S. manipulate its politics. “(China) should not be blindly optimistic about the Sino-U.S. relationship; it should not be unnecessarily pessimistic either.”

Study Times is the official newspaper of the Communist Central Party School. According to its official website, the papers’ readers “are mainly Party and governmental cadres and intellectuals. … The Party’s Central Propaganda Ministry designates it as a key newspaper of reference.”] [1]

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[Editor’s note: China Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) Paper published an interview of the Cuba’s Ambassador to China, Carlos Miguel Pereira. He Qin from the CASS Marxism Research Institute conducted the interview on April 6, 2010. In it, the ambassador elaborated on his country’s “irreversible” socialist development, and the tiny communist nation’s economic reform, noting that despite a "flawless" military, "economic problems are fundamental problems for the survival of Cuban socialism. According to Ambassador Pereira, Fidel Castro praised the “China Model” as the real hope for developing countries. He also believes that “Cuba and China are fellow soldiers in the same trench.” The following is a translation of excerpts from the interview.] [1]

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[Editor’s Note: Ever since the onset of the global financial crisis began at the end of 2007, articles advocating Marxism and state control of the economy have mushroomed in China’s official media. The crisis offers the Chinese Communist Party’s theorists an opportunity to prove the “inevitable failure” of capitalism and to legitimize China’s socialist or Marxist control of the national economy. The following is a translation of excerpts from an article in Red Flag Manuscript, a core publication of the Central Committee of the CCP, “The International Financial Crisis Provides the Rationale for State Control of the National Economic Lifeline.”] [1]

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[Editor’s note: With the success of China’s capitalist economic development and open policy, Chinese people have begun to see the merit of Western style democracy. Calling for a democratic political reform is heard from grass roots rights activists to high ranking leaders such as Premier Wen Jiaobao. The CCP (Chinese Communist Party), realizing that directly criticizing democracy is unwise, has resorted to using a creative interpretation to neutralize this potent concept.

The following report was translated from excerpts of a recent Qiushi (Seeking the Truth) article, which was written by a research fellow in the Central Party School of the CCP. The author reiterated the Party’s resolve to stay in power over the long haul, and explained why Western style democracy is wrong for China. Titles and Subtitles were added by the Editor.] [1]

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[Editor’s Note: On June 8, 2010, the Information Office of the State Council of China released a white paper, “The Internet in China.” Although the government of China has never admitted its censorship of the information on the Internet, the document did provide some data on the regime’s policy and the legal regulations it has adopted to manage and control the Internet. The following are translations of the excerpts from the white paper.] [1]

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[Editor’s note: Yang Hengjun is a Western educated prominent blogger in China. His recent article on the China-North Korea relationship was widely circulated in China. Within the first week after it appeared on the Ifeng.com blog on June 10, the article generated nearly 500,000 hits and more than 500 comments.

His provocative view on China’s need for North Korea’s mischief generated numerous polarizing comments from readers. Many were surprised by his analysis. Most readers seemed to have misread his points. He appears to have camouflaged his subtle message to evade censorship, but a small number of sophisticated readers – both hard line communists and pro-democracy netizens – got it, and they expressed their opinions in a heated cyber debate.

Regardless of his real intention, Yang’s analysis offered a unique interpretation of Beijing’s motivation for sustaining its rogue neighbor. The following is the translation of an abridged version of Yang’s essay.] [1]

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[Editor’s Note: Qiao Liang is a China Air Force Major General, a professor at Air Force Command College, and the Deputy Secretary General of the National Security Policy Study Commission under the China Society for Policy Study, a state-run think tank. In his speech “China’s Strategic Position and Relationship with Big Powers,” he described a “Proxy Containment” strategy adopted by the U.S. toward China, proposed a strategic position for China – regional power with global influence, and ranked the most important international relationships China should deal with. The following are excerpts from the article published on Xinhua. Titles and subtitles were added by the editor.] [1]

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[Editor’s Note: Discussions of the China Model have created broad interest and many controversies over the past few years. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), while facing challenges to its legitimacy at home, desperately seeks endorsement from the outside. The China Model discussion provides an opportunity to bolster the Party’s credibility. The following report is based on an article from Red Flag Manuscripts (红旗文稿), a semi monthly journal put out by the CCP’s Central Committee. The author, Zhao Hong, a researcher at the CCP’s Central Party School, criticizes Western countries for “avoiding the socialist nature” of the China Model. He emphasizes, “The success of the China Model is the success of socialism with Chinese characteristics.” An excerpt from the translation of the article follows.] [1]

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