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China Launches a Red Song Campaign

Thirty-six “red” songs have been selected during a national competition to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party. Under the lead of the Party’s Propaganda Department, State media, including China Central Television (CCTV) and China National Radio (CNR) are co-sponsoring the competition. The competition will culminate in the top 10 songs in early May. Guangming Daily is publishing one song a day out of the 36 selected. Study Press, the national publisher of the Communist Party’s Propaganda Department, has also released CD’s and DVD’s. Chongqing City’s Propaganda Department has ordered local official media to provide intense coverage of the 36 songs from April 10 to May 20. For example, during this period, Chongqing Satellite TV and the Chongqing Radio Station were ordered to repeat the broadcast of the songs regularly throughout the day. The city government is organizing musicians to teach the songs to the residents so that everyone can sing them.

Source: Chongqing Daily, April 20, 2011
http://cqrbepaper.cqnews.net/cqrb/html/2011-04/20/content_1352325.htm

Briefings | | April 21, 2011 | Government/Politics

Chinese State Radio Signs Cooperation Agreement with Turkey

The State’s China Radio International (CRI) signed an agreement with Turkey’s national broadcaster, Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), in Ankara “to strengthen overall cooperation in broadcasting.” According to the agreement, the two parties will exchange programs and increase communications and visits. CRI expects that a rapid implementation of the agreement will facilitate cooperation in other fields.

Source: Xinhua, April 19, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2011-04/18/c_121319744.htm

Briefings | | April 21, 2011 | Geo-Strategic Trend

Ministry of Commerce Criticizes U.S. Trade Barrier on High Tech Products

At a monthly news conference, Yao Jian, spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce, complained about U.S. trade barriers regarding Chinese products. “This is totally without reason and restricts the balance of bilateral trade.” A Xinhua report said that U.S. export controls limit the export of high technology products to China, which are already far less than what is exported to India.

Yao indicated that U.S. trade subsidy measures and trade investigations all aim at preventing Chinese products from entering the U.S. market, under the pretext of the balance of trade. According to a report issued by the Ministry of Commerce on April 19, 2011, in 2010 there were 66 trade investigations filed against Chinese exports, including anti-dumping, anti-subsidy, and special protection measures, involving a total amount of US$7.14 billion. In 2010, the U.S. alone launched 19 cases of Section 337 investigations into Chinese imports.

Source: Xinhua, April 19, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2011-04/19/c_121322864.htm

Briefings | | April 21, 2011 | US-China Relations

Widespread Corruption in China’s State-Owned Enterprises

Oriental Outlook, a weekly magazine under Xinhua News Agency, just published an article about widespread corruption in state-owned enterprises. According to Professor Lin, “an anti-corruption scholar” from the Department of Politics and Law at the Party School of the Central Committee of the C.P.C. (Communist Party of China), “An important reason behind the corruption in state-owned enterprises is the excessive power that top leaders hold. Without any effective system to monitor them, they can make major decisions arbitrarily.”

Source: Oriental Outlook, April 18, 2011
http://www.lwdf.cn/wwwroot/dfzk/current/251212.shtml

Briefings | | April 20, 2011 | Government/Politics

China News: Obama Administration Accused of Taking Advantage of Japan’s Nuclear Disaster

On April 8, 2011, China News re-published an article from Wen Wei Po a Hong Kong newspaper whose purpose is to support the People’s Republic of China. The article said that “the true purpose” behind the U.S. aircraft carrier’s “disaster relief” trip to Japan was to ask the Tokyo government for 200 million U.S. dollars worth of supplies for 20,000 officers and soldiers.

Source: China News, April 08, 2011
http://www.chinanews.com/hb/2011/04-08/2960424.shtml

Briefings | | April 20, 2011 | Geo-Strategic Trend

China Review News: The U.S. “Currency War” Is an Economic Encroachment Strategy to Suppress China

On April 19, 2011, China Review News published an article accusing the United States of launching a “currency war” against China by arranging the substantial depreciation of the U.S. dollar. According to the article, the U.S. "currency war" is an economic encroachment strategy to suppress China, replacing its former political and military strategy. “Its goal is to crush China’s newly emerging economic development system, restrict China’s development, and suppress the Chinese people.” The author suggests that the Chinese government respond accordingly and even fight back.

Source: China Review News, April 19, 2011
http://gb.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1016/6/4/6/101664643.html?coluid=148&kindid=0&docid=101664643&mdate=0419003314

Briefings | | April 20, 2011 | US-China Relations

Xinhua: Several Countries Criticize the U.S. for Issuing Human Rights Report

Xinhua recently reported that the Brazilian, Cambodian, Algerian, Sudanese, and Vietnamese governments, as well as human rights activists, criticized the United State for issuing its Human Rights Report. They suggested that the U.S. is interfering with other countries’ internal affairs to achieve its political goals – under the rosy human rights name. These countries also accused the U.S. of having its own poor human rights record and blamed the U.S. for the exaggerations in the report.

Source: Xinhua, April 10, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2011-04/10/c_121287421.htm

Briefings | | April 19, 2011 | Geo-Strategic Trend

Xinhua: Xichang Satellite Launch Center Now Capable of High Intensity Tasks

On April 10, 2011, Xinhua reported that the Xichang Satellite Launch Center located in Sichuan Province sent its eighth navigation satellite into outer space for the Chinese global positioning system. The Launch Center has conducted 10 launch missions so far this year, and demonstrated the capability of accomplishing “high intensity tasks.” The Center recently finished the reconstruction of an infrastructure completely centered on IP-based technologies (IP: Internet Protocol). The Center’s local network now supports a 100 mbps data transfer rate, and it has established a central-command-focused integrated information platform.

Source: Xinhua, April 10, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2011-04/10/c_121286862.htm

Briefings | | April 19, 2011 | Information/Technology

China’s Reaction to Trump’s Election Win

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

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