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Xinhua Commentary Series: Spotlight on the U.S. Presidential Election

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China’s Health Ministry to Blacklist Reporters

On Monday, June 13, 2011, Mao Qunan, the Director of the Public Information Center of China’s Health Ministry, said at a conference themed “scientifically understanding food additives,” that media reports on food safety are increasingly worrying the public. The Ministry is establishing a media platform “to attack and contain the few media that are intentionally misleading the public by spreading wrong messages with ulterior motives.” “We will also establish a blacklist for a very few media reporters,” said Mao.

Source: Xinhua, June 15, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2011-06/14/c_121530771.htm

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

Shanghai Cooperation Organization is Not an Eastern NATO

The People’s Daily (overseas edition) rejected the commentaries of the New York Times and the Christian Science Monitor which suggested the possible role of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) as a military alliance. Titled “SCO is not an Eastern NATO,” the article states, “Some countries are on guard as their attention turns to the SCO. …The remarks [of the New York Times and the Christian Science Monitor] reflect the mindset of those who are not willing to accept the fact that their ‘world police’ status is being challenged. … The SCO is not and will not develop into a military alliance, but the maintenance of regional security has been its important mission.” “The SCO military exercises target regional terrorism, and are different in nature from the recent military exercises that have been held frequently in various world regions with a color of military alliance.” “The killing of bin Laden is merely a symbolic achievement in one phase of global anti-terrorism, in addition to temporarily uplifting U.S. President Obama’s approval rating.”

Source: People’s Daily, June 15, 2011
http://world.people.com.cn/GB/14902479.html

Briefings | | |   Geo-Strategic Trend

PLA Daily Warns Countries to Stay Out of the South China Sea Dispute

The People’s Liberation Army Daily stated on June 14, that the live-fire military exercises that Vietnam planned for the South China Sea will intensify the conflicts in the region. "China resolutely opposes any country unrelated to the South China Sea issue meddling in the dispute. China opposes the internationalization and broadening of the South China Sea issue," said the military newspaper. “The countries concerned should stop the unilateral actions that broaden and complicate the South China Sea dispute and should no longer make untrue and irresponsible remarks.”

Source: PLA Daily, June 14, 2011.

http://chn.chinamil.com.cn/xwpdxw/2011-06/14/content_4451828.htm
Briefings | | |   Geo-Strategic Trend

Guangming Online: New Strategic Objective for the U.S.: Destroy the Euro

[Editor’s Note: When China’s government controlled media talk about the “chaos” or “turmoil” in the Middle East (they never use the term “revolution”), many of them claim that the U.S. is the “black hand” behind the scenes and that the motive for the U.S. action is not to promote democracy, but its own interests. The theory section (Theory Channel) on Guangming Online, the website for the Guangming Daily newspaper that operates under the direct leadership of the Propaganda Department and the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee, recently published an article, offering a new theory on the motive for U.S. actions. As the euro presents a great challenge to the U.S. dollar, the new U.S. strategy is to weaken its European allies and destroy the euro. The following is the translation of the article.] [1]

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Reports | | |   Report

Chinese Court To Harshly Punish Criminals Extremely Hostile to the State and Society

The Vice President of China’s Supreme People’s Court, Zhang Jun, recently said in a training session that the “People’s Court should accurately apply the relevant articles in Amendment VIII to the Criminal Law. … (It should) heavily sentence those who should be handed a heavy sentence according to law; and show no mercy in death sentence cases with immediate execution according to law.” The crimes subject to harsh punishment include “crimes that seriously endanger the social order and people’s lives and property such as endangering state security, organized terrorist crimes, and ‘evil’ forces’ crimes, especially those criminals who are extremely hostile to the state and society, who do not target any particular person or population, and who have committed particularly serious offenses.” 

Scholars in the overseas Chinese community have voiced concern over what Zhang meant by “criminals who are extremely hostile to the state and society,” and “any particular person or population,” and anticipate a new round of crackdowns as domestic social conflicts escalate.
Source: Legal Daily, June 13, 2011.
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/leader/content/2011-06/13/content_2742561.htm?node=20950
The Epoch Times, June 15, 2011.
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/11/6/15/n3286539.htm
Briefings | | |   Social Stability

Military Troops Quell Unrest in Southern Chinese City

Since June 10, the township of Xintang in Zengcheng, a county-level city in Guangzhou nicknamed "Jeans Town" for its apparel manufacturing industry, has fallen into chaos after local police bullied a pregnant woman from Sichuan and pushed her to the ground. Although it was confirmed that the woman was unharmed and did not suffer a suspected miscarriage, protesting migrant workers from Sichuan Province held massive demonstrations out of their anger over local authorities’ unfair treatment and blackmail by law enforcement, a typical manifestation of the widespread social injustice in China. As many as 50,000 protesters attacked and burned government buildings and police vehicles, resulting five deaths and nearly one hundred wounded. The local press reported that nearly 150 migrant workers who were at the demonstration were placed in police custody.

On Sunday (June 12), authorities mobilized a division in the Guangzhou Military Region and deployed nearly 30 combat trucks and 1,500 riot police to quell the unrest. A curfew and military control of the town will be in place for the whole week. As of June 14, the Internet, fax, and phone lines have been cut off. The authorities notified local people not to “cook up stories and spread rumors.”

Source: Voice of America, June 14, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/201210614-Authorities-high-alert-123799564.html

Briefings | | |   Social Stability

Beijing to Spend Money on Monitoring Environment Emergencies

According to Xinhua, the Ministry of the Treasury is to allocate a budget as high as 190 million yuan for building facilities to monitor environmental related emergencies in key regions in provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities.

Source: Xinhua, June 13, 2011.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2011-06/13/c_121528376.htm
Briefings | | |   Economy/Resources

PBOC: Newly Added Loans Drop in May

According to People’s Bank of China’s latest statistics, 551.6 billion yuan of newly added loans were issued in the month of May, which is 100.5 billion less than the same period last year. Market experts believe the drop is due to the Bank’s strict control of credit. The total outstanding loans at the end of May amounted to 50.77 trillion yuan, a 17.1% year-over-year increase, 4.4% lower than the last May’s growth. As inflation remains the top economic headache, the tightened monetary policy is expected to continue.

Source: China News Service, June 13, 2011
http://www.chinanews.com/fortune/2011/06-13/3106973.shtml
Briefings | | |   Economy/Resources