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Huanqiu: Breaking Up the Coalition on the South Chinese Sea

Huanqiu published a special commentary on the new coalition of Vietnam, India, the Philippines, and Japan. The article stated that the driving force behind the coalition came from Vietnam and the Philippines and that regardless of what China does, they will not back down. The U.S. and Japan are really reluctant to come to a wide-reaching impasse with China. India, ambitious as it may be, is not mature; it has low productivity and tends to act on impulse. “Based on the foregoing, to ‘shelve the dispute and jointly develop,’ we must dare to dispute and to develop. … Only if China draws an ‘insurmountable red line’ on key principles and demonstrates the power and resolve to defend that red line will other countries weigh the pros and cons and become prudent. Then the coalition will vanish."

Source: Huanqiu, reprinted by Xinhua, October 7, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/herald/2011-10/07/c_131176474.htm

Briefings | | October 13, 2011 | Geo-Strategic Trend

A China-built Indonesian Power Plant Completed

Xinhua reported that a China-built 3×330MW power plant was completed on October 12, 2011, in Indramayu, a city in the West Java province of Indonesia. Three companies, China National Electric Engineering Co., Ltd. (CNEEC), China National Machinery Industry Group (CNMIG), and Indonesian PENTA, formed the consortium that contracted to complete the project.

The power plant is one of the ten 10 million-kilowatt power stations that the Indonesian government has planned to alleviate the domestic power shortage. According to Xinhua, “the successful completion of the project will greatly ease the power shortage in the local region, help advance Indonesia’s social and economic development, and improve people’s living standards.” CNEEC, established in 1979 and wholly owned by CNMIG, is a company specializing in the construction of thermal and hydropower generation, power transmission, clean energy, and other energy projects.

Source: Xinhua, October 12, 2011

http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2011-10/12/c_122150107.htm

Briefings | | October 13, 2011 | Geo-Strategic Trend

CRN: China Needs to Engage in Full-scale Public Diplomatic Relations with the United States

China Review News (CRN) published an article proposing strategies to cope with the recent bill in Congress, the Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2011. The article says that Washington has to face the reality that the U.S. cannot ignore China’s existence and its role in almost every area today; therefore both countries should increase communication and understanding. The article proposed four action items that China should take: 1). Conduct public diplomatic relations with select Congressional leaders of the U.S. Senate and House; 2). Conduct public diplomatic relations with targeted U.S. enterprises and with interest groups representing various industries; 3). Conduct public diplomatic relations with the important U.S. think tanks and with the scholars who can influence the issues related to the bill; 4). Via printed materials, radio and TV programs, movies, TV series, and various other media, introduce a living China to the American public.　

Source: China Review News, October 11, 2011
http://gb.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1018/6/3/6/101863691.html?coluid=148&kindid=0&docid=101863691&mdate=1011001631

Briefings | | October 13, 2011 | US-China Relations

Hu Jintao Claims the Communist Party is Sun Yat-sen’s Most Faithful Successor

According to Voice of America on October 9, 2011, Hu Jintao, the Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party stated in a ceremony celebrating the 100-year anniversary of 1911, the year of the Xinhai Revolution (named after the year in the Chinese calendar), that the CCP has been Sun Yat-sen’ most faithful successor.

Sun Yat-sen, the leader of the 1911 Revolution, ended the Qing Dynasty and established the Republic of China. Taiwan has been the home of the Republic of China since Chiang Kai-shek, Sun’s successor, fled the mainland in 1949. Sun’s ideal was to establish a republic with a democratic system similar to the United States, based on his three principles of nationalism, democracy, and the welfare of the people.

Hu Jintao said in the ceremony held in Beijing that the Chinese people have finally found the correct path and the core strength to realize the great rejuvenation of China. "The correct path is the socialist road with the Chinese characteristics; the core strength is the Chinese Communist Party."

Source: Voice of America, October 09, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20111009-Sun-Devoted-Successor-131413743.html

Briefings | | October 12, 2011 | Government/Politics

China Has Ordered a Large Number of Russian Fighter Engines

According to an article in Voice of America on October 08, 2011, China is continuing to purchase large numbers of Russian fighter engines. So far this year, China and Russia have signed two fighter engine sales contracts and recently have been negotiating to sign a 3rd one. Up until now, China has bought 1,000 fighter engines. Analysts say that China is still heavily dependent on Russia for fighter engines because China’s domestic made engines have a shorter life span and less power.

Source: Voice of America, October 08, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20111008-China-Russia-Fighter-Engines-131381388.html

Briefings | | October 12, 2011 | Defense/Military

“Socialism with Chinese Characteristics is the Choice of History”

After Hu Jintao’s July 1 speech, all Party organs were required to study and digest the messages that were conveyed. On October 8, Xinhua published the first article in a series that summarized the collected feedback that resulted from those studies. Below are the subtitles of each section:

1) Only socialism can save China: Hu’s speech highlighted the path that the Party has walked over the past 90 years. The truth is that there is no other ideology that can save China other than the socialist ideology.
2) Only socialism with Chinese characteristics can help China to develop and prosper: the economic achievements in the past 30 years of the "reform and opening-up" policy were due solely to the fact that the Party took the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
3) Firmly walk our own path: if we deviate from the path which has proven to be the only choice, or if we dream of adopting any other form of ideology or formality, it is doomed to have no hope and no future and to be meaningless.

Source: Xinhua, October 8, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2011-10/08/c_122129952.htm

Briefings | | October 10, 2011 | Government/Politics

Xinhua: China Provided Telecom Satellite Launch Service for Eutelsat

On October 7, China used the “Long March-III2 rocket carrier” to send the W3C telecom satellite into orbit in space. This is the first time that China has provided launch services for Eutelsat, a European satellite company, which owns the W3C telecom satellite. The W3C was built by Thales Alenia Space, a French satellite manufacturer. The satellite has a 15 year lifespan and will provide TV, radio, broadband, video, data transmission, and Internet service. This launch mission was based on the satellite launch contract signed between China and France in 2008. China Great Wall Industry Co., the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, and China Satellite Launch and Tracking Control General collaborated in carrying it out. This is also the 148th time that the “Long March” rocket carrier series has conducted a space launch.

Source: Xinhua, October 7, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2011-10/07/c_122125080.htm

Briefings | | October 10, 2011 | Information/Technology

Wu Guoguang: Xi Jinping’s Reversal of the Course, Will China’s Transition be Peaceful or Marked with Bloodshed?

Cheng Xiaonong: U.S.-China Strategic Relations Have Crystallized

Xinhua Commentaries: “Exposing the Three Major Political Deficits of the U.S.”

The CCP’s Performing Arts Troupes in the U.S.