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New Regulations: Officials Must Report Personal Matters

On July 11, Xinhua published new government regulations. Going forward, government and state company officials are required to report about their personal matters. Under the new rules, officials from the midlevel and up, including Party and nonparty members, and those working for state-owned companies must report personal information including changes in marital status, personal assets including property and investments, and business activities by spouses and children. They must also report the whereabouts of spouses and children living abroad and whether children are married to foreigners, including people from Hong Kong or Taiwan. Punishment for failing to report ranges from criticism in private and public reprimand to dismissal.

Source: Xinhua, July 11, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-07/11/c_12321707.htm

Briefings | | July 15, 2010 | Government/Politics

China’s Beidou Competing with US GPS

Xinhua reported that competition for world market of the global position system will ultimately be between the U.S. GPS and China’s Beidou satellite navigation system. “While the U.S. Global Positioning System remains the most mature and the most profitable GPS, according to authoritative estimates, by 2020 China will have taken at least one third of the global market.” “Experts said it is inevitable that the competition for dominance in the global positioning system market will be fought between the U.S. and China.”

Xinhua suggests that “The future of Europe’s Galileo and Russia’s GLONASS is difficult to predict due to funding and political reasons.”

Source: Xinhua, July 14, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2010-07/14/content_13859824.htm

Briefings | | July 15, 2010 | Defense/Military

Democracy in China Different from the West

[Editor’s note: With the success of China’s capitalist economic development and open policy, Chinese people have begun to see the merit of Western style democracy. Calling for a democratic political reform is heard from grass roots rights activists to high ranking leaders such as Premier Wen Jiaobao. The CCP (Chinese Communist Party), realizing that directly criticizing democracy is unwise, has resorted to using a creative interpretation to neutralize this potent concept.

The following report was translated from excerpts of a recent Qiushi (Seeking the Truth) article, which was written by a research fellow in the Central Party School of the CCP. The author reiterated the Party’s resolve to stay in power over the long haul, and explained why Western style democracy is wrong for China. Titles and Subtitles were added by the Editor.] [1]

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Reports | | July 13, 2010 | Report

Xinhua: US-Japan Alliance Should not Aim at Third Countries

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang recently commented that, as a bilateral arrangement, the US-Japan Alliance should not have activities exceeding the scope of the two countries, and especially should not aim at third countries. The Japanese Prime Minister suggested on June 22 that the U.S. military presence in Japan has a significant deterrence function. He also expressed his serious concern about China’s growing military capabilities. When spokesman Qin Gang was asked for his opinion on the Prime Minister’s comments, he declared China’s refusal to accept any “deterrence” from any country.

Source: Xinhua, June 24, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2010-06/24/c_12259411.htm

Briefings | | July 13, 2010 | Geo-Strategic Trend

Xinhua: Eight Functions of the Central Propaganda Department

The spokesman of the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party recently talked about the eight functions of this Party department: (1) directing the propaganda of Marxism; (2) guiding public opinion; (3) directing the production of culture products; (4) planning overall ideological and political work; (5) managing leadership personnel in the propaganda area; (6) creating propaganda policies and coordinating propaganda organizations; (7) providing public opinion intelligence to Party leadership; (8) leading cultural system reform, including the publication and broadcasting industries.

Source: Xinhua, June 30, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-06/30/c_12283040.htm

Briefings | | July 13, 2010 | Government/Politics

CRN: Analysis of US Aircraft Carrier Strategy

China Review News recently published a review of an article discussing the strategy behind the U.S. use of its aircraft carriers. The article expressed that there are four reasons for the U.S. to send its carriers: (1) pushing China to buy more US bonds; (2) using war threats to hammer China’s development; (3) reducing US debt pressure; (4) confirming that China doesn’t dare to start a war. The author emphasized that the U.S. heavily manipulates nearly all of the problems that trouble China today, such as issues regarding Taiwan, Tibet, Xinjiang, India, Vietnam, the South China Sea, Mid-Asia, and Falun Gong, etc. He sees the ultimate way to resolve China’s problems as being to weaken the U.S. The author further suggested that the right way to handle the U.S. carrier situation is to sink the carriers that are currently having a joint naval exercise with South Korea in the Yellow Sea.

Source: China Review News, July 3, 2010
http://gb.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1013/7/1/0/101371042.html?coluid=148&kindid=0&docid=101371042&mdate=0703100742

Briefings | | July 13, 2010 | Defense/Military

Xinhua: CNC World English Channel Is the Party’s Mouthpiece, Ears and Eyes

On July 5, 2010, Xinhua published an article titled “China CNC: Adapts itself to the BBC, CNN Stage.” China’s Xinhua News Agency launched its English language TV service, CNC World on July 1, 2010, broadcasting English news programs 24 hours a day for overseas audiences. The Xinhua article restates that an important mission of “the red press” Xinhua is to be “the mouthpiece, ears and eyes of the Party and the people”.

“CNC’s branching out represents Chinese media’s moves onto the international stage. Its birth is not completely for business competition, but more for the purpose of disseminating China’s own voice to the entire world.”

CNC board chairman Wu Jincai said that the U.S.’s CBS and the U.S. News Corporation will be the two cornerstones to support the growth of CNC.

Source: Xinhua, July 05, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/herald/2010-07/05/content_13810436.htm

Briefings | | July 12, 2010 | Information/Technology

China Review News: The PLA’s Drill in the East China Sea û Three Gains with One Effort

From June 30 to July 5, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy conducted a live ammunition drill in the East China Sea. On July 5, 2010, China Review News published an article titled “The PLA’s Drill in the East China Sea – Three Gains with One Effort.” Below is a summary of the gains:

1. Send a clear signal that the Yellow Sea is not America’s backyard garden and China does not fear the threat from the U.S. and South Korea joint military exercise.

2. When America’s aircraft carrier enters the waters of the Yellow Sea, the PLA drilling fleet can use it as the best exercise target to achieve the drilling effect that is impossible to achieve during a routine training.

3. Grab the opportunity to strengthen China’s national status.

Source: China Review News, July 05, 2010
http://gb.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1013/7/3/5/101373575.html?coluid=4&kindid=18&docid=101373575&mdate=0705220928

Briefings | | July 12, 2010 | Defense/Military

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

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