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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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Reuters Chinese: List of Key Recent Agreements China Signed with Foreign Countries

Reuters Chinese (Shanghai Branch) recently published an article summarizing the important agreements the Chinese government has concluded with other countries in recent years. Chile: RMB 22 billion (US$3.5 billion) in a currency exchange agreement; Peru: 5,300 kilometers in a railway project and various other cooperation projects in energy, mining, infrastructure building, quarantine, medicine and space industries; Columbia: multiple agreements on infrastructure building, the steel industry and the Buenaventura Port Economic Development Zone; Brazil: a Chinese order for 22 airplanes, a US$10 billion loan to Petro Brazil, and an ocean shipment agreement on iron ore; India: US$22 billion in cooperation agreements in energy, trade, and financial industries as well as building industrial parks; Belarus: a five-year potash supply agreement, RMB 7 billion (US$1.1billion) in currency exchange, and US$7 billion in loans; Russia: 32 cooperation projects worth US$25 billion (mainly in railway, energy and information security), plus a number of bank credits as well as loans. 
Source: Reuter Chinese, May 27, 2015
http://cn.reuters.com/article/2015/05/28/china-deals-idCNKBS0OD07E20150528?sp=true
Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

Ministry of Public Security to Start 24 hour Internet Surveillance Program

People’s Daily reported that, according to the Ministry of Public Security, a brand new Internet surveillance system has been established. Starting June 1, it is expected that Internet police in 50 cities and provinces will monitor online activity using a unique identification account to “safeguard internet security.” The article stated that internet surveillance, covering a full 24 hours, will help to discover “illegal and harmful” information; present “warnings and threats” to those conducting improper online speech and behavior; publish online instances of criminal activity; and accept online tips that report illegal behavior. The article also listed 50 cities and provinces in which the Internet police surveillance is expected to take place.

Source: People’s Daily, March 31, 2015
http://legal.people.com.cn/n/2015/0531/c42510-27082485.html

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

Politburo of the CCP Published New Guidelines on Developing the Party Organization

Xinhua reported that during the recent Politburo meeting held on May 29, the Party organization introduced new guidelines for the development of its work. The article stated that the organization agreed that the Chinese Communist Party should play the “core leadership role” in China. Therefore it should expand in order to further the Party organization’s development in government agencies and in civil, economic, cultural and social organizations. The guidelines provided comprehensive requirements for setting up Party organizations and defined the roles, responsibilities, and decision making process for the work.

Source: Xinhua, May 29, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2015-05/29/c_1115455011.htm

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

PLA to Conduct Military Exercises Near China Myanmar Border

Huanqiu published an article reporting that a PLA spokesperson from the Chengdu military base announced that the PLA will conduct combined air-ground operation military exercises starting on June 2. The exercises are to be held in the region where the Myanmar government’s bombs fell and where Chinese citizens were injured. The article stated that this will be the first exercise since the fighting took place in Northern Myanmar in February.

Source: Huanqiu, June 1, 2015
http://world.huanqiu.com/exclusive/2015-06/6563465.html

Briefings | | |   Defense/Military

Editor Suspended Due to Personal Remarks on the Internet

On May 28, 2015, Lanzhou Daily, a Communist Party media in the capital of Gansu Province, announced its decision to suspend Editor Zhao Wen and to initiate an investigation against him due to his “inappropriate remarks” made on his own weibo (miniblog). Earlier, Zhao had made remarks in his blog criticizing the police.

“According to reports, members of the public filed complaints with the authorities saying that, on May 27, Editor Zhao Wen from the editorial department of Lanzhou Daily published inappropriate remarks on his personal Weibo and his Tencent Weibo. The remarks hurt the feelings of policemen and their families, had an adverse impact on society, and also tarnished the image of journalists in the Lanzhou area. Given the serious consequences that resulted from Zhao’s personal remarks, on May 28, the Party committee decided to suspend Zhao immediately, that he would be subject to a newspaper investigation, and that he would be subject to further disciplinary action.” 
Source: China Gansu, May 28, 2015 
http://gansu.gscn.com.cn/system/2015/05/28/011025341.shtml
Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

Chinese Review News: Are Sino-U.S. Relations In Winter?

China Review News published a commentary that stated, "Recently, conflicts have continually emerged between China and the U.S."

"First, the U.S. and the Philippines held a joint naval exercise near the islands over which both China and the Philippines claim sovereignty. Second, the U.S. has pressured China to stop its island-building in the South China Sea and sent planes and ships to go inside the 12 nautical miles of those islands (which is considered China’s water and air-space). Secretary of State Kerry’s visit to China did not cool things down. He didn’t reach an agreement with China on the island-building issue. His statement on deploying the THAAD missile defense system, when visiting South Korea after his China trip, further hurt China’s nerves."

The U.S. media have also stirred things up. They exaggerated the military threat from China and have re-cooked the Chinese spy cases. They called Li Keqiang’s visit to Latin America confronting the U.S. in its own backyard and said that Xi Jinping’s attending Russia’s Victory Day Parade was China and Russia joining forces to counter the U.S.

"Though China and the U.S. have already established a coordination mechanism at multiple levels, that didn’t help stop the disputes from escalating. The U.S.’ pressing attitude and its dogmatic rhetoric made it lose sincerity when communicating with China. Its media further stirred up issues and added more barriers to resolution, leaving both sides unwilling to take the first step to ease the tension." "This could be a lose-lose battle for both sides."

Source: China Review News, May 24, 2015
http://hk.crntt.com/doc/1037/6/4/0/103764032.html?coluid=136&kindid=4710&docid=103764032&mdate=0524000307

Briefings | | |   US-China Relations

Obamas’ Exclusive Win Mentality Will Lead the United States to Lose the World

China’s state media Xinhua published a series of articles responding to Obama’s speech at the Nike factory in Oregon. The editor added the following comments: 

“Recently, at the Nike factory in Oregon, Obama boasted, ‘We must let [make sure] the United States writes the global economic rules. … If we don’t, [–guess what–] China will. They’ll write those rules in a way that gives Chinese workers and Chinese businesses the upper hand.’ It is just a few words, but it is the most blatant propaganda that Obama has issued for the TPP’s public relations. It revealed the United States’ narrow ‘win-lose’ [I win exclusively; you lose] mentality and his imperial-style elite thinking. How clear, how wrong, and how dangerous this is! 
“In fact, the American arrogance and the tyranny of a ‘single superpower’ has been a frequent topic among the U.S. elites. With the waning of its strength advantage, it will be difficult to allow the United States’ ambitions to ‘lead’ the world for another century. The U.S.’s greatest pain today is that it cannot accept a multipolar world. Over the years, the U.S. has pursued unilateralism in diplomatic and military affairs; it is engaged with an economic coterie of elite alliances to the exclusion of developing countries; it has imposed its political ideology on other countries. Many experts have pointed out that this "win-lose" elite-style of thinking of the United States will further contribute to the U.S. decline. Even more countries will want de-Americanization. Eventually the U.S. will lose the world.” 

Source: Xinhua, May 28, 2015 
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2015-05/28/c_127847951.htm

Briefings | | |   US-China Relations