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

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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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Xinhua: Preemptive Diplomacy in Response to U.S. Moves in Asia

A Xinhua article proposes preemptive diplomacy to handle a dilemma posed by the U.S. presence in Asia.

According to the article, if China reacted to America’s attempts to restrain China, it would prove the accusation, that China will not rise peacefully, is true. If, on the other hand, China did nothing, its national interests would suffer and it would not do any good to promote a peaceful rise. Thus, the article recommends preemptive diplomacy: “As China has more and more external interests at heart, it should act to safeguard when needed and to be on the offensive when appropriate, as well as to provide more clarifications and explanations.”

Source: Xinhua, August 9, 2010 http://news.xinhuanet.com/herald/2010-08/09/content_13988031.htm

Briefings | | |   US-China Relations

Guangming: U.S. Targets after Iraq

Guanming Observer published a comment on U.S. withdrawal from Iraq and subsequent deployments in Asia. It predicts that the U.S. will likely withdraw from Iraq next year, thus ending the 10-year military adventure, which has gone nowhere.

Given the large contingent of 50, 000 military advisors, military instructors, security guards and other personnel, plus 94 military bases, the U.S. is not withdrawing. The article warns that a defense line has already been formed. The U.S. plans to monitor China from a South Korean island, resume cooperative activities with Indonesia Special Forces, support Vietnam in its dispute with China over territories and encourage India to restrain China’s naval expansion. “Thus, it is an illusion that the United States is backing away from Iraq. … Its next targets are China and Africa.”

Source: Guangming Observer, August 5, 2010 http://guancha.gmw.cn/content/2010-08/05/content_1205161.htm

Briefings | | |   US-China Relations

Huanqiu: China’s Great Fear the U.S. Dollar and War

According to a Huanqiu article, as long as the U.S. dollar remains the currency for debt settlement and reserve, it can easily mobilize resources throughout the world to launch and win any war.

The article said, "No country, regardless of its economic power, can mobilize global resources for its own use as the U.S. can. The U.S. dollar hegemony has in fact become the amulet protecting U.S. national interests and global military presence. … In other words, unless the dollar is beaten down, there is no country in the world that can compete with the U.S. in war. … Using war to get rid of many difficulties is still today’s top choice in the best interest of the U.S.”

Source: Huanqiu, August 7, 2010
http://mil.huanqiu.com/Exclusive/2010-08/994965.html

Briefings | | |   US-China Relations

China’s Religious Leaders Rebut the U.S. Religious Freedom Annual Report

[Editor’s Note: After the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released its 2010 Annual Report, Xinhua released statements from six religious leaders representing five major recognized religions (Buddhism, Daoism, Islam, Catholicism, and Protestantism).

There is little doubt that their views reflect the Chinese government’s position. The close collaboration between these leaders was impressive: each wasted no time in attacking his designated target: The two Buddhists attacked the Dalai Lama; the Taoist leader expressed how “all Chinese people and all religions passionately loath” Falun Gong; the head of China’s Islam Association condemned the instigators and organizers of Xinjiang violence; an official from the Chinese Catholic Church praised the government for supporting his religion and said “it is the best time in China to promote religion.” He also blamed the U.S. for voicing concerns over the persecution of Falun Gong, which he believes “is not even a religion”; Pastor Yu Xinli used former president Carter’s ribbon cutting at a China sponsored bible show in the U.S. as evidence of “real religious freedom” in China. The following is the translation of the full news article] [1]

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Reports | | |   Report

Chinese Media Intensive Commentaries on Cultural System Reform

Hu Jintao’s speech at the 22nd group political study of the Central Politburo of the CCP is the “general mobilization order” for “deeply advancing the cultural system reform,” Global Times commented on August 7, 2010. The Central Propaganda Department immediately sent out an order, requesting all propaganda, ideology, and culture work follow Hu’s speech and “further enhance (everyone’s) political responsibility (to the party).” All major Central media have followed the tone by publishing series of commentaries to create a public environment echoing Hu’s direction.

Source: Global Times, August 7, 2010
http://china.huanqiu.com/roll/2010-08/994711.html

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

The Six Highlights of the Vanguard 2010 Exercise

Xinhua published an article that identified six highlights of the five-day air defense military exercise, Vanguard 2010, that just finished on August 7. The article was from Lieutenant general Feng Zhaoju, deputy director of the exercise and Deputy Commander of the Jinan Military Region:
1. Battle system theory
2. Unit integration – using IT to integrate different basic combat units into a combined combat force, based on the mission requirements and situation.
3. Information system support
4. Complicated electronic-magnetic environment usage
5. Air-ground actual combat
6. Real battle.

Feng also stated that the “unit integration” is a brand new area to start. The exercise has developed some practical measures in surveillance, early warning, command control, and fire attack areas.

Source: Xinhua, August 7, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2010-08/07/content_13978757.htm

Briefings | | |   Defense/Military

PLA Major General: Shandong Province Is the Outpost of Beijing’s Air Defense

Starting on August 2, China carried out a large scale military exercise, Vanguard 2010. The five-day exercise took place over the central province of Henan and the eastern coastal province of Shandong, which borders the Yellow Sea. China Review News republished an article by China National Radio, which interviewed Major General Chen Wenrong, Deputy Commander of the Shandong Province Military Region and Commander of the Shandong Joint Air Defense Command. According to Chen, Shandong is the outpost of Beijing’s air defense system. It is responsible for both air defense early warning and air combat operations. The air defense forces at Shandong are composed of four parts, including coastal air defense, urban air defense, reserve air defense, and civic air defense forces. Besides the coastal air defenses, all three other parties have largely participated in the exercise.

Source: China Review News, August 6, 2010
http://gb.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1014/0/6/8/101406894.html?coluid=4&kindid=16&docid=101406894&mdate=0807123052

Briefings | | |   Defense/Military

CRN: China should Draw a Red Line for the U.S.

China Review News (CRN) recently reviewed an article published by Global Times on recent US aggression at sea around China. The article believed that the U.S. is a country constantly at war. Without wars, the U.S. economy loses stimulation and the nation cannot unite its people. The military activities the US is now conducting in the Yellow Sea and the South China Sea are part of the strategy of building an “Asian NATO.” The author believes that China is becoming the center of the world’s wealth. China is strategic to U.S. financial profits. Meanwhile, China will in the end become an equal world super power. It is impossible to bear with the U.S. forever. Therefore, the article concluded,  China must draw a red line for the U.S. The US cannot endlessly coerce China into things and endlessly “plot” against China.

Source: China Review News, August 4, 2010
http://gb.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1014/0/2/3/101402397.html?coluid=148&kindid=0&docid=101402397&mdate=0804001026

Briefings | | |   Defense/Military