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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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China to Introduce Anti-terrorism Law

China will soon have its own “Anti-terrorism Law” and shall submit it to the People’s Congress for approval upon completion, disclosed by Professor Zhao Bingzhi, Dean of the College for Criminal Law Science, Beijing Normal University. Zhao said China started the research on anti-terrorism law after “9.11.” The development work of anti-terrorism law was expedited following July 5 Xinjiang incident which was viewed as a “terrorist act” by some Chinese, including Li Wei, Director of the Anti-terrorism research center of the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations.

Source: Xinhua, September 11, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/herald/2009-09/11/content_12033506.htm

Briefings | | |   Social Stability

Xingjiang Needle Stabbing Caused by Failed Ethnic Policy

Hong Kong based analyst Li Yi believes China’s policy for ethnic minorities is the root cause of violence in Xinjiang, including the most recent needle stabbing of hundreds.

The CCP’s preferential treatment of ethnic minorities provides a venue for expressing resentment by the Uyhgurs, who dislike the government’s political suppression and economic exploitation.

The Han Chinese feel they are the victims of reverse discrimination. They often feel unprotected by the government during ethnic conflicts.

Many people realized that the botched policy is the culprit and call for the ousting of Xinjiang’s hardline Party secretary, Wang Lequan.   

Source: Apple Daily, September 4, 2009 (URL indirectly from Wenxuecity.com)
http://news.wenxuecity.com/messages/200909/news-gb2312-917610.html 

Briefings | | |   Social Stability

Key Point to Watch: Could Xi Be Positioned for 2012 Party Chairman?

On September 8, the CCP’s Politburo decided to hold the 4th Plenary Session of the CCP’s 17th Central Committee from September 15 to 18.

According to Beijing political analysts, a key point to watch is whether Politburo Standing Committee member Xi Jinping could become vice chairman of the CCP’s Military Comission. That position may pave the way for Xi to succeed Hu Jintao in the CCP’s 18th Congress in 2012.

Source: Lianhe Zaobao， September 9， 2009
http://www.zaobao.com/zg/zg090909_002.shtml

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

Foundation Receives 20 Million Yuan for Overseas Chinese Language Education

On September 7, Hong Kong Agile Property Holdings, Ltd. donated 20 Million Yuan to China’s Chinese Language Education Foundation.

The Foundation was founded in 2004. Its mission was to raise funds from overseas connections to promote Chinese language education and promote cultural exchanges.

Source: Xinhua, September 7, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-09/07/content_12010402.htm

Briefings | | |   Geo-Strategic Trend

State Media Reporters to Receive Revolutionary Education

One hundred reporters from 18 State media departed Beijing on August 22 for old revolutionary bases in Jiangxi Province to “receive revolutionary education.” The trip was organized by the Propaganda Department and the International Communication office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party jointly with other State regulatory organizations. During the next six days, the reporters will visit Mao Tsedong’s residence at Jinggangshan, the Jinggangshan Museum of Revolutionary History, and other revolutionary museums and landmarks.

Source: Xinhua, August 22, 2009
http://www.jx.xinhuanet.com/news/2009-08/22/content_17474013.htm

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

China Continues to Expand its Propaganda Overseas

The largest State publishing bureau targeting non-Chinese celebrated its 60th anniversary. Communist Party leaders Li Changchun and Liu Yunshan sent congratulation letters. The letters stated that the China Foreign Language Bureau was founded under the leadership of Mao Tsedong to “introduce China to the world.” The letters call upon the China Foreign Language Bureau to follow the expansion strategy of the Communist Party on international propaganda, “to increase the influence, affinity, focus and effectiveness of the media on the foreign audience.”

With a staff of 3,000, the China Foreign Language Bureau is State-owned and under the direct guidance of the Communist Party Central Committee. It has over 20 subsidiaries as well as 12 overseas branches located in the United States, Britain, Germany, Belgium, Russia, Egypt, Mexico, Japan and Hong Kong, constituting a conglomerate of foreign language publishing and marketing.

Source: Xinhua, September 4, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-09/04/content_11997560.htm
http://www.cipg.org.cn/jjgl/

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

Will Chinese Take Tougher Steps Against U.S. Surveillance Ships?

Xinhua cited an unidentified overseas media saying China may consider tougher measures against U.S. military surveillance operations in its coastal waters. On August 27, China, at a U.S.-China maritime military security meeting, said, "the ultimate way to resolve U.S.-China maritime incidents is for the U.S. to change its surveillance and survey operations policies against China, and decrease and eventually stop such operations." “Overseas media hold that to date this is the most explicit statement from China on the U.S. reconnaissance activities, which may mean that China will take tough measures against the U.S.” A Chinese military expert expressed that China can first issue warnings, followed by expulsion. “If that does not work, China can proceed to surround the intruding vessel and sink it.”

Source: Xinhua, September 7, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/herald/2009-09/07/content_12008577.htm

Briefings | | |   US-China Relations

Typical Headlines Showing How and What Xinhua Reports about the U.S. (from June 30-July 29, 2009)

The U.S. Treats China with Respect: the World is Shocked; Experts Warn People to Remain Sober
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/28/content_11785211.htm

Obama Quotes Meng Zi in Stressing the Importance of the U.S.-China Dialogue
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/28/content_11782763.htm

Wang Qishan Urges the U.S. to Ensure the Security of Chinese Assets in the U.S.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/29/content_11788746.htm

Many Comments on the U.S.-China Dialogue: U.S. Treasury Bonds, Buy or Sell?
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/27/content_11779581.htm

U.S. Reporter: the Greatest Change in China in the Past 30 Years is the Change in Every Chinese
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/27/content_11778522.htm

U.S. Los Angeles Times: Killing is the Convention for the CIA  [Editor’s note: original Los Angeles Times title was  "The CIA, Licensed to Kill"] http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/27/content_11779012.htm

How Come the Death Toll for U.S. Troops in Afghanistan is Reaching a New High?
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/25/content_11770812.htm

Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) Rejects the U.S.’ Suggestion: No Basis to Expel Burma
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/25/content_11768742.htm

U.S. Anti-Corruption Movement Entraps Mayors and Members of Congress in its Net
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/25/content_11768592.htm

U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue: Can 1+1 Be Greater Than 2?
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/25/content_11770497.htm

U.S. Journal: The West Should Not Bad Mouth China
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/23/content_11757695.htm

Chinese Netizens Regard U.S.-India Defense Cooperation as a Threat to China
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/24/content_11762895.htm

The U.S. is Recovering "Lost Ground" to Keep China in Check
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/23/content_11756903.htm

Is the U.S. Declaring its “Return” to Southeast Asia Paving the Road for Joining the East Asia Summit?
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/23/content_11756425.htm

The U.S. Wants to Return to Southeast Asia
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/21/content_11741632.htm

Bloomberg L.P.: China’s Two Trillion in Foreign Currency Reserves Revived the U.S. Economy
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/20/content_11737788.htm

Japanese, The Economist: U.S. Treasury Bonds are at Risk of Sharp Depreciation
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/20/content_11737756.htm

Kissinger Comments on the International Situation and U.S. Diplomacy
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/20/content_11737666.htm

Wall Street Has "Forgotten the Pain after the Scar Healed", the White House Has a Headache
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/19/content_11730634.htm

Obama’s Economic Advisor Claims U.S. Economy Already Out of the Abyss?
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/18/content_11726774.htm

U.S. Congress to Investigate the CIA Cover Up
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/18/content_11726826.htm

Obama Determined to Reform Military Equipment
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/18/content_11726981.htm

Western Media Intentionally Distorts the Actual Events of the July 5 Incident [Editor’s note: Urumqi Protests] http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/14/content_11708619.htm

The First Chinese U.S. Congresswoman Will Soon Appear
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/14/content_11703954.htm

Why I No Longer Read the Wall Street Journal
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/11/content_11689660.htm

Beijing Daily: Western Media’s Double-Standard Shows Up Again
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-07/13/content_11700581.htm

Three-Hour Michael Jackson Memorial Ceremony Costs Millions
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/13/content_11698562.htm

Thousands of Taliban Prisoners Massacred; the U.S. Refuses to Investigate
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2009-07/19/content_11732080.htm

The Bush Administration’s Confidential Surveillance Plan Exposed for the First Time
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/11/content_11691114.htm

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Claims the U.S. Army Destroyed the Babylonian Ruins
http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/11/content_11690031.htm

Blacks Not Allowed in the Swimming Pool? Racial Discrimination Reappears in the U.S.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/11/content_11690095.htm

Obama: Expected to Visit China in the Second Half of the Year
http://www.jx.xinhuanet.com/news/2009-08/24/content_17481980.htm

U.S.-Russia Relations are Out of the Gutter
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/10/content_11683480.htm

Xinjiang Independence Activists (Uyghurs) Cause Trouble in Washington, D.C.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/09/content_11676300.htm

From the March 14 Incident to the July 5 Incident: Prejudice in Western Media Remains Unchanged
[Editor’s note: March 14, 2008, Lhasa Protests; July 5, 2009, Urumqi Protests] http://news.xinhuanet.com/herald/2009-07/09/content_11678559.htm

Who is More Elegant: The First Lady of Russia or of the U.S.?
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/08/content_11671128.htm

In Russia Obama Discusses "Peace is Precious”
http://www.ah.xinhuanet.com/news/2009-07/08/content_17033670.htm

Jiangyong: Efforts to Save the Market Can Only Sustain Capitalism for a Short While
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/08/content_11673011.htm

Enough with this Western "Cold War Mentality"
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/07/content_11666127.htm

Five Theories on the Resignation of Palin
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/05/content_11654296.htm

U.S. Troops in Afghanistan Trapped in a “Hellish War”
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/05/content_11654303.htm

Former Diplomat Verifies U.S.-Japanese “Confidential Nuclear Agreement”
http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/04/content_11650046.htm

League of Arab States Welcomes Withdrawal of U.S. Troops from Iraqi Cities
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-07/04/content_11644189.htm

U.S. Newspaper: Chinese Traditional Philosophy Can Help Sustainable Development
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-06/30/content_11623717.htm

Shootings in Los Angeles — Ten Dead
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-06/29/content_11616381.htm

Lover of Frivolous U.S. Governor: Divorced and Fluent in Three Languages
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-06/29/content_11616995.htm

Did Michael Jackson Die from an Overdose of Morphine?
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-06/28/content_11613052.htm

Hundreds of Billions in Assets Confiscated from Madoff, the Swindler of the Century
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-06/28/content_11612824.htm

Who Actually Benefits from the Manas Incident? [Editor’s note: On December 6, 2006, a Kyrgyz citizen was shot at the U.S.-led international anti-terrorism coalition’s Ganci air base at Manas, Kyrgyzstan.] http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-06/28/content_11612809.htm

U.S. Official Said Armed Forces Will Not be Used to Inspect North Korean Ships
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-06/28/content_11613304.htm

NATO Early-Warning Aircraft Will Be Stationed at the West Gate of China
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-06/27/content_11611103.htm

The World Grieves Michael Jackson
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-06/27/content_11609260.htm

Michael Jackson Passed Away Before His Last Performance
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-06/26/content_11606499.htm

U.S. Governor Disappears for One Week to Be with Lover; Hot Love-Letters Exposed
http://www.hq.xinhuanet.com/photo/2009-06/26/content_16923684.htm

How Many People Have Been Deceived by Google’s "Innocent" Attitude?
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2009-06/24/content_11590655.htm

Obama Says Iran’s Suppression Will Not Succeed
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2009-06/24/content_11590164.htm

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