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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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CCP, Master of Hostage Diplomacy

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Xinhua: International Chinese Media Alliance Founded in Shanghai

The creation of the International Chinese Media Alliance was announced on the closing day of the Fifth International Chinese Media Forum on September 20 in Shanghai. Chinese language media around the globe have been challenged since the second half of 2008, which is a general trend that remains unchanged. Other than a few newspapers that were hit hard by the financial crisis, nearly all Chinese language media are still running. Internet based Chinese language websites actually had a 30% traffic increase.

China News Services took the initiative to call for the creation of the Alliance. The preparatory work started two years ago and received 116 agreement letters from various countries.

Source: Xinhua, September 20, 2009.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-09/20/content_12084814.htm

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

Xinhua: Ministry of Culture Implementing Culture Industry Development Plan

Minister of Culture Cai Wu said on September 14th that the Ministry is actively coming up with policies to stimulate the development of the culture industry. The primary efforts are focused on these aspects: (1) improving resource integration to speed up establishing leading “culture enterprises"; (2) encouraging private capital to enter the area of the culture industry; (3) establishing large scale model concentrated culture bases; (4) improving technology-oriented creativity; (5) following the “Go Out” strategy and internationalizing the culture market; (6) building corresponding financial and human resource systems.

Source: Xinhua, September 14, 2009.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-09/14/content_12052037.htm

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

China Economy: Satellite Agreement Signed between China and Pakistan

The governments of China and Pakistan signed an agreement based on a framework of China providing loans with favorable terms to support Pakistan’s satellite projects. The loans are limited to no more than RMB 1.35 billion and the projects will be implemented by a joint effort between the two countries. A covered communications satellite will be launched in August 2011 with an expected life cycle of 15 years. The Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Luo Zhaohui said that the Chinese government will continue to support Pakistan’s economic and technological development.

Source: China Economy Net, September 18, 2009.
http://www.ce.cn/xwzx/gnsz/gdxw/200909/18/t20090918_20048492.shtml

Briefings | | |   Defense/Military

China’s Think Tanks to Learn From Western Model and Increase Domestic Influence

As an important component of the nation’s softpower, the Chinese think tank is striving to learn from the Western “think tank” model to increase China’s ability to deal with various challenges. One example is the formation of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE) in March and its 2009 Global Think Tank Summit in July.

Composed of mostly active and retired high ranking officials, CCIEE is trying to build its own funding sources so as to maintain independence. 

The statistics show China has 2,500 research institutes that have policy study as their core research topic, out of which, 2,000 provide services to the government directly or indirectly. Most of the think tanks are owned by the government with a small number belonging to universities or independent entities.

Source: Xinhua, September 20, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-09/20/content_12084960.htm

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

Chinese Internet Users Face Unprecedented Challenges to Break the Internet Blockade

In the time before the celebration of National Day, China’s Golden Shield Internet blockade project has become stricter than ever before. Lately, many Chinese Internet users, who have been utilizing software developed by the Global Internet Freedom Consortium to access overseas Internet sites, are complaining about difficulties in making connections.

Source: Secret China, September 17, 2009
http://www.secretchina.com/news/311166.html

Briefings | | |   Information/Technology

Qiu Shi Calls For Unity of Socialism and Patriotism

Qiu Shi Journal published its 18th issue on September 16, 2009. It carried an article on socialism titled “Socialism with Chinese Characteristics Is the Unity of Socialism and Patriotism.” The article reaffirmed the ideology that only socialism can save China. It also stated that "in facing new opportunities and challenges, China must reshape the nation’s spirit using the unity of socialism and patriotism."

Source: Xinhua, September 15, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-09/15/content_12057134.htm

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

Xinhua: Beijing Police Strengthen Control with the Approach of National Day

Summary of article found on Xinhua:

With the approach of the National Day Celebration, Beijing police preventive control measures are gradually strengthening. Pedestrians experience road closures; drivers encounter the limitation of vehicle numbers on the road; passengers “enjoy” “luggage checks” whenever carrying a bag, etc. What makes Beijing residents complain more are the frequent traffic restrictions and subway outages without being notified on time, which cause inconveniences and troubles for the city residents’ outdoor activities. More and more community police, traffic police, and armed police are on the Beijing streets. They have increased patrol times and intensity, which leads to more visibility of the police and police patrols having wider coverage. The inspections and searches in Internet cafes, game rooms, beauty shops, dance halls, hotels, and inns are thus more frequent and thorough. Security on National Day is very important. Under the present circumstances, we need to particularly prevent the activities of "East Turkistan," "Tibet Independents," and "Falun Gong."

Source: Xinhua, September 07, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/herald/2009-09/07/content_12008597.htm

Briefings | | |   Social Stability

China News Agency: Beijing Applies New High Tech Devices to Protect the National Day

A series of “new high tech devices” used for security purposes are ready to be running to protect the celebration of the National Day according to China News Agency on September 18, 2009.

Starting from September 20, an access system using facial recognition technology will be turned on at Beijing Capital International Airport. Such a system can recognize an inspected passenger’s facial features and verify his/her identity within one second by comparing with the data in the database.

Starting from September 22, Beijing will use a traffic warning system for the first time in the crowded Beijing downtown, Xidan. This system can predict whether the flow of passengers will reach the alert level in the next 10 minutes, which can monitor any non-regular gatherings and other abnormal behavior.

At the same time, Beijing Electric Power Corporation has installed a wireless monitoring system called “electronic eyes” on the high-voltage electric transmission lines. The “electric eyes” will immediately alarm the police through wireless communication once the top of a large vehicle is not in the safe distance away from the electric lines.

During the National Day period, a light-emitting monitoring device will be installed to monitor any large machinery movements in the surrounding areas all day round.

From October 2nd to 8th, a command center will be set up on Tiananmen Square to monitor the whole square around the clock. Anything happening on Tiananmen Square will be displayed on a big screen in the command center through electronic eyes and GPS satellite positioning equipment. If a dispute arises, the staff can rush to the scene within 10 minutes.

Source: China News Agency, September 18, 2009
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/news/2009/09-19/1874917.shtml

Briefings | | |   Social Stability