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Xinhua: Meeting with Dalai Lama is the Result of the U.S. Cold War Mentality

Obama’s reforms did not change his Feb 18 meeting with Dalai Lama, a Xinua article commented. Since President Bush’s first meeting with the Dalai Lama in 1991, three U.S. presidents had met with the Dalai Lama eleven times before the February 18 meeting. Why hasn’t Obama reformed this practice, asked the article. “It is based on the U.S. cold war mentality and one of the many cards in the pursuit of the US strategic interests.” The article states that it is high time for the U.S. to adopt a new way of thinking in handling the bilateral relationship.

Source: Xinhua, February 19, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2010-02/19/content_13005223.htm

State Media Report on Overseas Chinese Reaction to Obama-Dalai Lama Meeting

State media have extensively reported overseas Chinese opposition to Obama’s February 18 meeting with the Dalai Lama. Xinhua, People’s Daily and China News Service reported that leaders in the overseas Chinese communities protested, via media interviews, forums, rallies and letters, against Obama, in unison with the China’s official stance on the Dalai Lama meeting. Such actions as reported (in answering the call of the Communist Party to stay with the Party line) have raised concerns that they may further widen the gap between Chinese communities and the mainstream in their respective countries, aggravating an image crisis.

Source: Boxun, February 20, 2010
http://news.boxun.com/news/gb/intl/2010/02/201002200128.shtml

China News Service, February 19, 2010
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/hr/news/2010/02-19/2125838.shtml

China Denies the Hacker Attack on Google Originated from China

After the New York Times reported that the hacker attack on Google could be traced back to the IP addresses of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Lanxiang Vocational School, China denied such accusations.

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, a top engineering university in China whose computer students recently won the International Collegiate Programming Contest, responded that the university would not now support and has not in the past supported hacker activities. It suggested that some international hackers might have stolen their IPs to use in the attack.

Officials from the Lanxiang Vocational School, with ties to the Chinese military, said “(The report was) too imaginative.”

China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Qin Gang, strongly denied the accusation and said it was irresponsible and must have resulted from some hidden agenda.

Source: Hong Kong Wenweipo, February 23, 2010
http://trans.wenweipo.com/gb/news.wenweipo.com/2010/02/23/IN1002230070.htm

Guangming: 1.3 Billion Chinese Despise Obama

Recently, many major Chinese websites widely republished an article against Obama. The article was originally published on the official site of Guangming Daily, a Beijing City based national newspaper. The author, Fu Yi, claimed “Nobel Prize winner Obama” finally revealed his “scary pseudo-peace” face. The article mentioned the arms sale to Taiwan, which is “opposed by both sides of the Strait” as well as the “splitter and terrorist” Dalai Lama’s visit to the White House. As the people of a rising world power, the author believes, 1.3 billion Chinese are not “easily threatened” – they all “despise” Obama.

Source: Guangming Daily, February 5, 2010
http://guancha.gmw.cn/content/2010-02/05/content_1050439.htm

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Commented on the Dalai Lama’s Visit

The Speaker of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ma Zhaoxu, commented on the Dalai Lama’s visit to US: The United States disregarded China’s repeated solemn representations on Dalai’s visit to the White House. President Obama met him in the Map Room on February 18. The move of the US government was severely contrary to the basic norms governing international relations, violated the three Sino-US joint communiqués as well as the principles set in the Sino-US Joint Statement, broke the repeated US promise of recognition of Tibet being part of China and the promise of not supporting Tibetan independence. China is hereby expressing strong dissatisfaction and opposition. China demands the United States take the Chinese position seriously and take immediate action to eliminate the pernicious impact. The United States should stop conniving with the Tibetan anti-China splitters, stop interfering in China’s internal affairs and take concrete steps to maintain the healthy development of the Sino-US relationship.

Source: Xinhua, February 19, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2010-02/19/content_13005278.htm

Xinhua: China will receive 100,000 American students

Xinhua reported on February 10th that China’s Ministry of Education will implement a “Study in China Program” and receive 100,000 American students to study in China.

The number of foreign students in China is constantly growing. In 1998, 43,000 foreign students studied in China; in 2002, the foreign students increased to 86,000. By 2005, there were up to 140,000 foreign students, from more than 190 countries and regions, studying in China.

Source: Xinhua, February 10, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/edu/2010-02/10/content_12964411.htm

Chinese Media: Chinese Americans Protest Obama’s Meeting with Dalai Lama

According to various Chinese official media, Chinese American organizations and individuals have recently lodged strong protests against President Obama’s meeting with the Dalai Lama in the White House. They include the following:

The National Association for China’s Peaceful Unification, Washington DC (美国华盛顿中国和平统一促进会)
The Association for China’s Peaceful Unification, George Washington University(乔治华盛顿大学中国和平统一促进会)
The Association for American Chinese Voters (美国华人选民协会) 
The U.S.-Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce(美国上海总商会) 
The New York Chinese Associations Alliance (纽约华人社团联席会) 
Huang, Che-Tsao, professor, York College, City University of New York 
Source: various Chinese official media.

General Zhu on U.S. Arms Sales to Taiwan

The State’s Outlook Weekly magazine published interviews of Chinese military figures on U.S. arms sales to Taiwan. Major General Zhu Chenghu of China’s National Defense University believes that it is not surprising to see the increase in China-US friction. “One needs to see that the long-term existence of the Taiwan issue is inevitable under the broad framework of the U.S. strategy toward China. So the long-term and complex nature of the Taiwan issue needs to be understood. In the long run, the U.S. global strategy will not change much." He [Zhu] summed up the U.S. strategy: rely on two treaties (NATO and the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty), base on two continents (Asia and the Americas), control the seas, curb China and Russia, and dominate the world.”

Source: Xinhua, February 9, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2010-02/09/content_12958029.htm