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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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CRN: New Cold War between China and the U.S. at Sea

China Review News (CRN) published a review of an analysis on the recent frequent naval exercises that the U.S., South Korea, and China have been conducting. The author expressed the belief that the U.S. has an obvious intent to contain the Chinese military within the “first chain of islands.” China has tried to respond to the situation with a series of escalated exercises to demonstrate its capabilities to break the blockade. The analysis cited “the West,” using the name of “A Cold War at Sea.” The U.S. was blamed as the troublemaker, since the U.S. has significantly heightened its participation in military activities around China, especially on the east and south sides. However, at the end of the analysis, the author softened his tone by suggesting that a “serious confrontation” was very unlikely.

Source: China Review News, August 28, 2010
http://gb.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1014/2/8/0/101428094.html?coluid=148&kindid=0&docid=101428094&mdate=0828005921

Briefings | | |   Defense/Military

Chinese People Do Not Really Own the Property They Purchase

According to an article published on Southern Metropolis Daily (www.nfdaily.com) on August 31, 2010, “The Chinese people do not really own the property they purchase; the biggest owner is the government.”

“Since the nineties of the last century, the Chinese people have been purchasing their own property. As housing prices have risen, private real estate has become the largest asset for many ordinary families, but the concept of real estate in China is different from the concept in international society. Theoretically, all the land for urban residential properties belongs to the country. Although the law allows a homeowner to enjoy the property (he purchaed) for 70 years, … the biggest property owner is the government. It can take back residential land at any time in the name of ‘public interest’ and let the home owner’s wealth, which accumulated for years, go with the wind.”

The article gave two examples of forced evictions in China.

Source: Southern Metropolis Daily, August 31, 2010
http://news.wenxuecity.com/messages/201008/news-gb2312-1154785.html

Briefings | | |   Social Stability

Overseas Chinese Media Executives Trained in Beijing on Tibetan & Xinjiang History and Culture

According to China News Service,the sixth training seminar for overseas media executives started in Beijing on August 28. Forty Chinese-language media executives and representatives from 23 countries attended the two-day training class, which was on Tibetan & Xinjiang history and culture, and then went to Xinjiang for a visit. 

Zhao Yang, deputy director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, said at the class opening ceremony that Chinese media must strive for the right to have a voice internationally. They play a unique role in increasing China’s capacity for external communication. 

Source: China News Service, August 28, 2010
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/hr/2010/08-28/2497639.shtml

Briefings | | |   Geo-Strategic Trend

China Review News: The U.S. Is the Black Hand Stopping Normal Cross-Strait Military Communications

China Review News published a commentary on August 31, 2010, titled "The U.S. Is the Black Hand Stopping Normal Cross-Strait Military Communications." According to the article, the fact that retired Taiwanese high-ranking military officials have frequently visited Mainland China in recent years has attracted much U.S. attention. The United States has expressed its concerns through Taiwan’s representative in the U.S., Yuan Jiansheng, and wanted Taiwan to provide an explanation.

“As we understand it, the largest third hand (interfering with) cross-strait military relations is the United States. … Therefore, calling the U.S. a black hand is not wrong.”

Source: China Review News, August 31, 2010　　
http://gb.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1014/3/0/4/101430474.html?coluid=111&kindid=0&docid=101430474&mdate=0831000959

Briefings | | |   US-China Relations

Who Is Lobbying China?

[Editor’s Note: An article published in Globe, a bi-weekly magazine under Xinhua, shows China’s perspective on how the U.S. has been lobbying the Chinese government on behalf of various business interests. The following is a translation of excerpts from the article “Who Is Lobbying China?”] [1]

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Reports | | |   Report

Falun Gong Lawsuit against Jiang Zemin Appears on Baidu

Chinascope has been informed that on Baidu, the heavily censored Internet search engine, users can find extensive information about Falun Gong practitioners’ lawsuits against Jiang Zemin. When searching regarding the Spanish National Court’s indictment of Jiang Zemin and other CCP officials for persecuting Falun Gong, internet surfers used the search terms "the lawsuit against Jiang in Spain" (西班牙诉江); Baidu returned 450,000 results. When searching for “the lawsuit against Jiang in Argentina" (阿根廷诉江), a lawsuit which resulted in an arrest warrant for Jiang Zemin sent through INTERPOL by an Argentine judge, Baidu returned 179,000 results. In an initial scan of the articles, many were found to have quotes directly from Falun Gong practitioners.

With an extremely tightly controlled media, Baidu’s loosening up of information on lawsuits against Jiang is very likely to have complicated political maneuvering behind it.

Source: Reader’s feedback. September 3, 2010

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

China Requires a Real ID for Cell Phone Purchases

On September 1, China launched a "real-name cell phone number" system. If anyone purchases any mobile phone, he must register his ID card information. Authorities say that the purpose of the new measure is to crack down on SMS spam, fraud, and pornographic mobile phone websites. However, people worry that the new measures will actually increase the risk of abuse of personal data.
Source: Asia Times, September 1, 2010
http://www.atchinese.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=68815:2010-09-01-09-49-
21&catid=18:2009-01-12-14-50-33&Itemid=110
Briefings | | |   Information/Technology

CCP Issues National Training Plan for Non-Party Personnel

The General Office of the CCP Central Committee issued the "2010-2020 Education, Training, Reform, and Development Outline for Non-Party Personnel Representatives." This is the first special national plan for the education and training of non-Party personnel. Du Qinglin, the Vice-Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), pointed out that the "outline" reflects the Party and the government’s vision of their human development strategy, and its foresight in consolidating a patriotic united front.
In recent years, to showcase the diversity of the regime’s political spectrum, Beijing has arranged for more and more non-Communist members to enter the political arena, including government departments at all levels in central and important positions.
At the same time, the regime has strengthened its control over these people. Since 2004, the united front authorities at and above the provincial level, and other agencies, have provided over 5,600 education sessions and trained more than 220,000 people outside the Party.
Source: People’s Daily, September 2, 2010
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/12610483.html
Briefings | | |   Government/Politics