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Ministry of Public Security to Tighten Control of the Migrant Population

The Ministry of Public Security recently held a conference in Beijing to further strengthen control of the migrant population. Meng Jianzhu, the Minister of Public Security, stressed the importance of managing the migrant population and called it “part of renovating the social management effort and an important part of the measures to ensure social stability and harmony.” 

The Ministry called for stepping up the work to collect population information, build a comprehensive intelligence platform, regularly visit the migrant population to exert dynamic control, standardize the population’s registration, and manage well the rental housing facilities and local communities.

Source: Ministry of Public Security, May 13, 2011
http://www.mps.gov.cn/n16/n1237/n1342/n803680/2776570.html

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Red Culture Finds Its Way into Chinese Prisons

China’s megacity of Chongging, famous for spearheading the promotion and renewal of the old-style communist culture from the 1960’s and 1970’s, is now moving the campaign into prisons. As Chongqing Daily reported on May 11, 2011, Liu Guanglei, a top CCP official in the city, visited several local prisons to evaluate the progress of the program to introduce “red culture into the prisons and detention centers.” The officials believe the program is “capable of having a powerful re-education effect on the detainees.” 

Prison detainees were reported singing “red” songs and reciting “red” poems. According to Liu, “In the past, re-education through labor focused on physical labor. It is now necessary to adopt a wide-range of re-education tactics, with ideological transformation being the most important.” He also suggested incorporating the prisoners’ participation in “red cultural” activities into their performance ratings and using it as a measure to determine “awards, term reductions, or release on parole.”

Source：website of Chongqing Daily, May 13, 2011
http://cq.cqnews.net/html/2011-05/13/content_6327153.htm

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Every Effort Needed to Safeguard the Capital City’s Security and Stability

On April 29, 2011, at a meeting with grassroots Party secretaries in Beijing, Liu Qi, Beijing city’s Party chief, called for “every effort to safeguard the capital city’s security and stability.” Liu stated, “Incidents of social conflict remains frequent. Some people with ulterior motives, inside and outside of China, use the Internet and other means in an attempt to create trouble. Potential problems of public security cannot be ignored. We must maintain high vigilance, effectively tighten security and stability, solidly do a good job maintaining stability, and make a great effort to safeguard the capital’s security and stability.” 

Liu also stressed the religious work, “We must strengthen propaganda and education in the Marxist views on religion and the Party’s policies on religion. … (We must) ensure that the leadership in religious organizations is in the hands of those who love the nation and the religion (Ed: meaning ‘those who are loyal to the CCP’).”

Source: Beijing Daily, April, 30, 2011
http://bjrb.bjd.com.cn/html/2011-04/30/content_396262.htm

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Why Wealthy Chinese Citizens Emigrate

According to an Economic Observer article, there are two reasons why wealthy Chinese people choose to move to countries such as the United States and Canada: One, living standards, including education, welfare benefits, lower taxes, clean air, a stable investment environment, and healthy food. Two, a knot in their hearts related to concerns for personal safety, wealth security, and a lack of confidence in the future. “Many rich people are in a vile environment, where if they do not do evil, they cannot survive, so they have to do evil. As they continue to do evil, they fear that one day they will be caught and lose everything. Hence they choose to leave home and start over again in a different country. However, their departure has left the society with an empty hole: they left because of dissatisfaction with society and yet their departure has generated a lot of resentment toward them.”

Source: Economic Observer, April 22, 2011
http://www.eeo.com.cn/observer/shelun/2011/04/22/199565.shtml

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37 Karaoke Songs Blacklisted Due to Forbidden Contents

Recently, an entertainment karaoke TV venue in Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, banned a list of 37 karaoke songs, mostly from Taiwan and Hong Kong. The ban triggered a widespread outcry from Chinese netizens. 

In response to inquires in the aftermath of the event, the Ministry of Culture issued a notice in support of the ban, citing the “Regulation on the Administration of Entertainment Venues” issued by the State Council. Articles 13 and 18 of the Regulation prohibit “activities in entertainment venues that contain content banned by the Regulations.” “Song lyrics, TV pictures, and electronic games should not contain content banned by article 13 of the Regulation.” “The music selection system used in entertainment venues should not connect to an overseas music database.”

Source: People’s Daily, April 22, 2011
http://culture.people.com.cn/GB/87423/14462009.html

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China’s Richest Moving Money Overseas through Investment Immigration

On April 20, 2011, China Merchants Bank (CMB), jointly with Bain & Company, issued the 2011 China Private Wealth Report. The report stated that half a million in China have investment assets exceeding 10 million yuan (US$ 1.5 million). These individuals have demonstrated a declining willingness to put their money in real estate. The proportion of real estate in their total investment portfolio dropped from 17.6% in 2009 to 13.7% in 2011. Over 90% of the interviewees expressed a lack of interest in additional investment in housing, while 50% are considering gradually withdrawing from this sector. On the other hand, the report shows a stronger desire among the richest to leave China through investment immigration. About 60 percent of these millionaires (with assets over 10 million yuan) either have completed or are considering investment immigration. Among the billionaires (assets over 100 million yuan or US$ 15 million), 27 percent have already completed the process of investment immigration.
Chinese individuals’ overseas assets have increased rapidly in recent years: from 2008 to 2010, the annual average growth approached 100%. At the same time, the population of overseas emigrants through investment also showed a rapid increase. Over the past five years, the number of green card holders in the U.S., resulting from investment, registered an annual average growth of 73%.

Source: China Review News, April 21, 2011
http://gb.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1016/6/8/3/101668301.html?coluid=48&kindid=0&docid=101668301&mdate=0421160941a

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China Tibet Online: The Dalai Lama’s Retirement Is a Political Show

China Tibet Online, the government website for Tibet, recently published a commentary on the Dalai Lama’s announcement that he would retire. It mocked the retirement as a “political show.” The lengthy article made three main points: (1) His decision to “retire as a political leader” proves that Dalai Lama is a separatist instead of a pure religious icon; (2) His arrangements to retire are to prepare for the transfer of power – in case the Dalai Lama loses the ability to remain in charge; (3) The Dalai Lama may not be able to truly retire because a large number of “independent followers” may lose unity, courage, and direction. The commentary also quoted the Dalai Lama’s estimate of his own life span of 113 years and concluded with the belief that the “show” may not be over yet.

Source: China Tibet Online, April 1, 2011
http://www.tibet.cn/news/index/ydzl/201104/t20110401_980413.htm

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A Beijing Resident Privately Measured Nuclear Radiation in His Community

Although the Chinese government announced that the Japanese nuclear leak has had no impact on China, some people were still concerned. Weeks after the nuclear crisis occurred following the tsunami in Japan, a Beijing local resident, Mr. Chen Jin, spent 1,400 yuan (US$213) on a pocket sized portable device to measure the level of nuclear radiation in his community. He also borrowed larger U.S. made equipment for better accuracy. Chen posted his results online for his community to see. The equipment he used has consistently shown a normal radiation level. The Beijing News report also mentioned that a government expert suggested that Chen’s activities were unnecessary and might be unprofessional.
Source: Beijing News, March 23, 2011
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2011-03/23/content_213370.htm?div=-1
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