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China Needs to Optimize the Structure of the Cultural Industry

Qiushi, a flagship publication of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee, republished an article from People’s Daily on the topic of pushing the cultural industry forward. The article suggested improvements needed in four areas: (1) the investment structure needs to be optimized to allow more investors; (2) the technological structure needs to be optimized in order to utilize more cutting-edge technologies; (3) the cultural industry product structure needs to be optimized for better branding and design; (4) the industry’s organizational structure needs to be optimized to introduce more enhancements to state owned cultural enterprises. The article expressed the belief that, to meet the requirements of the Party, the industry must successfully unify both ideology attributes and economic attributes .

Source: Qiushi, August 3, 2011
http://www.qstheory.cn/wh/whcy/201108/t20110803_99214.htm

Briefings | | August 16, 2011 | Economy/Resources

PLA Daily: Dare to Use the Aircraft Carrier in Territorial Disputes

On August 11, 2011, PLA Daily published an article suggesting China should “dare to” use its aircraft carrier to solve territorial disputes. The article is no longer available on the official web site, but several other sites have picked it up. The article pointed out that China made a large investment in building the aircraft carrier, and it was not built “just for display.” The author expressed that putting a military warship into a field of combat is the logical next step when China’s territorial seas are under threat or attack. The article also suggested that China is ready to fight the challenging countries even without the aircraft carrier. However the new aircraft carrier “only reinforces and enhances the confidence and the determination” of defending China’s territory. The article did acknowledge that there might be a long way to go before the new aircraft carrier can obtain actual combat capability; it has more political value that military value at the moment.

Source: DWNews, August, 12, 2011
http://china.dwnews.com/news/2011-08-12/58006109.html

Briefings | | August 16, 2011 | Defense/Military

CRN: China’s Strategy for Sustainable Growth in the Post US Debt Era

China Review News (CRN) recently published an article discussing the strategy for China’s sustainable growth after the U.S. debt crisis. The article pointed out two main challenges: (1) the investment-based growth model needs adjustment; (2) the export-oriented economy must change its focus to a unified domestic market. The article suggested that China has a similar debt risk from its large local government debt total of RMB 10.7 trillion. Meanwhile, currently, Chinese exports concentrate on sectors that have a thin profit margin; the large trade volume does not generate a high profit. The author concluded that, unless the current growth model switches to the domestic market, it will be hard to recover from the damage caused by the U.S debt crisis.

Source: China Review News, August 10, 2011
http://gb.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1017/9/4/6/101794661.html?coluid=53&kindid=0&docid=101794661&mdate=0810071138

Briefings | | August 16, 2011 | Economy/Resources

Central Bank: The Primary Task of Macro Economic Control Contnues to Be Stabilizing Commodity Prices

On August 12, People’s Bank of China released its “2011 Second Quarter Report on the Implementation of China’s Monetary Policy,” which emphasized that China’s monetary policy in the second half of 2011 remains unchanged. Stabilizing commodity prices will continue to be the top priority of its macro-economic control measures. The report also stated that the Central Bank will increase the flexibility of its policy to make it more targeted and predictable so that it will help to balance the relationship between maintaining economic growth, adjusting the economic structure, and managing inflation expectation.

Source: China News Service, August 12, 2011
http://www.chinanews.com/cj/2011/08-12/3255226.shtml

Briefings | | August 15, 2011 | Economy/Resources

Beijing Daily: The U.S. Sees the Downfall of Its Empire

Beijing Daily published a commentary on the downgrade of the US credit rating and suggested the measures that China should take. The commentary stated, “The downgrade of the U.S. credit rating from AAA is a historic and symbolic event. It should be viewed as a major turning point in the decline of the country’s national development. The decline of the U.S., already a global consensus, necessarily means great changes and strenuous adjustments in the world order. The East Wind prevails over the West Wind. The center of gravity of world power is shifting to emerging countries. The world’s political and economic structure will end the era in which the West makes the call. This is determined by the reality and trend of the global development of productivity. Facing this major adjustment and change, China needs to have a clear understanding and a conscious response.”

The commentary noted that the downgrade of the U.S. credit rating sends a strong signal of alarm to China. “All along, China has been on high alert for political pressure, ideological infiltration, and even military intervention coming from the U.S., but we underestimated and were inadequate in coping with the flaws and risks of U.S. democracy and economic policies. During the U.S. debt ceiling crisis, China, as its largest creditor, could only watch the manipulations in U.S. domestic politics and bear the bitter fruit of the risks emanating from the U.S. economy. … The facts have taught us that there was nothing to the so-called “Chinamerica” or “G2” but each country’s self-interest.”

The commentary also suggests that “against the backdrop of the great adjustment of the world order, China should be proactive and do great things. In a complex international environment and intense international competition, it is useless to worship the U.S. dollar, worship gold, or worship the West. … For China to maintain a good situation for its long-term development and to better take responsibility for world peace and development, the primary task is to do our own things well. In this way, we will not fear any risks or be perplexed by any interference, but will firmly and proactively drive future development.”

Source: Beijing Daily, August 12, 2011
http://www.bjd.com.cn/10jsxw/201108/12/t20110812_949516.html

Briefings | | August 15, 2011 | Geo-Strategic Trend

China Youth Daily: Fight a Cyber War: How?

[Editor’s Note: A scholar from the PLA Academy of Military Sciences wrote an article for China Youth Daily in which he gave a detailed description of various forms of cyber warfare: cyber intelligence, network obstruction and paralyzing, cyber defense, network psychology, and integrated network and electronic warfare. The entire article is translated below.] [1]

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Reports | | August 13, 2011 | Report

China to Publish Civilian Version of Its First Military Game Mission of Honor

China’s first Internet military game, “Mission of Honor,” co-developed by the Nanjing Military Region and Wuxi Network Science and Technology Corporation (WNSTC), was delivered to the Chinese army in June 2011. China Software Evaluation Center acclaimed the product as “China’s first large intranet military game developed as domestic intellectual property.” It was reported that the Chinese military authorized WNSTC to develop a commercial version of the game for civilian use. The new game is projected to hit the market by the end of 2012.

Chinese experts proposed the development of the civilian version of the game in order to help the younger generation of gamers inherit (the CCP’s) military tradition, promote patriotism, foster an interest in the military among adolescents, and enhance the concept of national defense.

According to a VOA report, “Mission of Honor" displays images of Chinese soldiers firing at an imaginary “enemy” with the obvious appearance of American soldiers and American military equipment, including an Apache helicopter.

Source: People’s Daily online, August 11, 2011
http://military.people.com.cn/GB/15386978.html

Briefings | | August 12, 2011 | Defense/Military

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.