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

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

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

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

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Beijing Conducted Large Scale Armed Police Exercise

With the background of the bus hijacking incident in the Philippines not long ago, Beijing Police recently conducted an exercise involving both Special Police and Military Police. The scenario of the exercise was based on an anti-terrorist situation in which “terrorists” occupied a shopping center and took several hostages. Around 400 police officers participated in the exercise. A large amount of special and heavy equipment was deployed during the exercise, such as police helicopters and climbing assault vehicles. According to the Beijing Police spokesman, the purpose of the exercise was to demonstrate the capabilities of the police in handling an ever increasing crime rate and maintaining social stability.

Source: Xinhua, September 23, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2010-09/23/c_12598890.htm

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

Xinhua: Nine Chinese Arms Sales Companies Attended Show in South Africa

From September 21 to 25, a South African Defense Exhibit was held in Cape Town. The China State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense organized the show, and nine Chinese arms sales companies attended. The main companies included the China Aviation Technology Import and Export Company, Ltd.; the China Precision Machinery Import and Export Corporation; the China North Industries Corporation; the Space Long March International Trade Company; etc. This was the largest gathering of Chinese arms sales companies ever. The Chinese Exhibition area occupied 735 square meters.

Source: Xinhua, September 21, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2010-09/22/c_13524715.htm

Briefings | | |   Geo-Strategic Trend

Bank of China: Starting Registration Process for a Taiwan Branch

On September 23, the Taiwan banking supervisory authorities approved the establishment of the Bank of China’s Taiwan Regional Office. The spokesman for the Bank of China confirmed the news and suggested that the bank will immediately start the registration process to set up its first branch. The Bank of China currently has a brokerage relationship with 19 Taiwanese banks.

The China Banking Regulatory Commission already issued approval for four Taiwanese banks to open branches in mainland China. Along with the Bank of China, Taiwanese authorities also approved the Bank of Communications, headquartered in Shanghai. Regional offices can only perform non-commercial functions.

Source: Xinhua, September 23, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2010-09/23/c_12599085.htm
http://news.xinhuanet.com/tw/2010-09/23/c_12599010.htm

Briefings | | |   Geo-Strategic Trend

China and Australia Conducted Joint Naval Maneuvers

According to Xinhua, China’s naval training ship “Zhenghe” and the frigate "Mianyang" conducted joint naval maneuvers with the Australian Navy missile frigate “Sydney” on September 24.

The China naval fleet visited Australia earlier. During the visit, China and Australia achieved a consensus on multiple issues in terms of building a “harmonious sea” and maintaining regional stability and peace. The joint naval maneuvers on the sea are a concrete manifestation of that consensus.

Source: Xinhua, September 24, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2010-09/24/c_13527900.htm

Briefings | | |   Defense/Military

China Launches an Action Plan to Encourage Overseas Chinese to Serve the Country

According to Xinhua on September 16, 2010, China’s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security launched an “Action Plan to Encourage Overseas Chinese to Serve the Country.”

The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security will set up a special fund to provide a variety of financial incentives to the Serving the Country Activities listed in the “Action Plan to Encourage Overseas Chinese to Serve the Country.” At the same time, it will provide a communication platform for information exchange, expert recommendations, and talent networking; it will also facilitate the ability of high level overseas students to enter and exit China.

Source: Xinhua, September 16, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2010-09/16/c_13515367.htm

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On September 24 SCO’s Military Joint Exercises Entered the 3rd Stage – Combat Simulation

China News Service (CNS) reported that, on September 24, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)’s military joint exercises, entitled “Peace Mission – 2010," entered into the 3rd stage, which is combat simulation, at the Matybulak range in the southern part of Kazakhstan.

This is the 7th joint anti-terror military exercise held by SCO. More than 5,000 troops from Russia, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and China participated in the exercises supported by over 1,600 armored vehicles and tanks, 100 artillery pieces and rocket launchers, 50 combat aircraft, and armed helicopters.

Source: China News Service, September 24, 2010
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/2010/09-24/2551334.shtml

Briefings | | |   Geo-Strategic Trend

Xinhua’s Taipei Bureau: Review of Mainland China’s Local Government Delegations’ Visits to Taiwan

[Editor’s Note: A recent Xinhua article gave a brief review of how, in recent years, China’s local government delegations have used cultural exchange programs and business operations to make frequent visits to Taiwan. According to the article, which is from Xinhua‘s Taipei bureau, these efforts have resulted in a great improvement in the Taiwanese perception of Beijing. The following is a translation of selected parts of the article.] [1]

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A Hong Kong Conference for Unification across the Strait

The Overseas Chinese World Conference for Promoting the Peaceful Reunification of China was held in Hong Kong on September 21 and 22.
Fifteen hundred delegates from 60 countries gathered for the meeting, with about 600 attendees from Taiwan. Jia Qinglin, one of the members of the Chinese Communist Party’s nine-member Politburo Standing Committee, sent a congratulatory letter, saying that “the compatriots in Hong Kong and Macao and the overseas Chinese … have been an important force in anti-secession and reunification efforts.” Jia serves as the chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification, a CCP-led network connecting global Chinese to oppose Taiwan independence and promote unification.
Du Qinglin, the head of the CCP Central Committee’s United Front Work Department, called on “Chinese both at home and abroad to jointly shoulder the historic responsibility of moving cross-Strait ties forward.” The meeting, first held in Berlin in 2000, has convened in such cities as Tokyo, Sydney, Moscow, Vienna, Bucharest, Macao, and Los Angles. Hong Kong chief executive Donald Tsang and Taiwan representative Xu Linong also spoke at the meeting.
Source: Xinhua, September 22, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2010-09/22/c_12597165.htm
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