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CRN: Chinese Army’s Regimental Combat Troops Armed with Beidou Positioning System

China Review News (CRN) recently reported that nearly all Chinese regimental combat troops have been equipped with the Beidou global positioning system. The Beidou system is the Chinese home-grown positioning system that the Chinese military operates. The system claims to be the world’s third largest global positioning system (the U.S. GPS being number one). The Chinese military started developing the system in 1985, after Chinese missiles failed to receive the U.S. GPS signals. The Chinese system uses only two satellites, which work jointly with a “height distance” database to offer precise positioning. It is considered to have the world’s most secure architecture with the widest coverage for a two-satellite system. The Chinese military aims to accomplish global coverage by the year 2020.

Source: China Review News, November 9, 2013

http://www.zhgpl.com/doc/1028/5/5/2/102855294.html?coluid=4&kindid=16&docid=102855294&mdate=1109211306

Briefings | | November 12, 2013 | Defense/Military

Qiushi on Chinese Culture Going Abroad

Qiushi republished an article from Guangming Daily about Chinese culture going abroad. The article drew the conclusion that "Chinese culture needs to go abroad; ‘going abroad’ is not to change other people but to let the world understand China and Chinese culture. Letting others accept Chinese culture is to let them accept it voluntarily."

The author discussed the forms for spreading Chinese culture. His suggestion was to provide as many culture products and culture services overseas as possible. Another approach is to have a large number of Chinese go overseas. Those people are the ones who spread Chinese culture. If they demonstrate a good personal quality and civilized behavior, Chinese culture will have a higher status.

Source: Qiushi, November, 8, 2013
http://www.qstheory.cn/wh/whzl/201311/t20131108_288251.htm

Briefings | | November 8, 2013 | Government/Politics

Xi Jinping Calls on Military to Resolutely Obey the Party’s Commands

Xi Jinping, China’s President, who is also chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party, met with delegates of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) who were attending a seminar in Beijing on Party development. During the meeting, Xi called on the military to uphold the leadership of the Communist Party and advocated strengthening Party development in the military.

“The most fundamental reason that our military has been able to overcome all kinds of hardships and has moved from victory to victory is that the military steadfastly obeys and follows the Party. This is the soul and lifeblood of our military which we should never change or lose. The primary task of the Party’s development in the military is to ensure the CPC’s absolute leadership which is also the fundamental requirement of Party development in the military. … [Our military] must unswervingly adhere to the fundamental principle and system of the Party’s absolute leadership over the military to ensure that at any time under any circumstances the military resolutely obeys the commands of the Party Central Committee and the Central Military Committee.”

Source: Sina.com, November 7, 2013

http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-11-07/081428644456.shtml

Briefings | | November 8, 2013 | Defense/Military

China’s Central Bank: Real Estate and Local Government Debt Are Most Worrisome

On November 6, Xinhua reprinted an article from Beijing Youth Daily on the worries that China’s central bank faces. The bank stated that real estate and local government debt have become its most worrisome macroeconomic issues.

In the Third Quarter Monetary Policy Report from the People’s Bank of China, China’s central bank warned that inflation is likely to increase during the fourth quarter because of rising labor and service costs and higher rents.

The bank stated that China faces many risks and challenges in its economic operations. “The new strong growth momentum remains to be formed. The economy may experience de-leveraging and capacity reduction over a long period of time. There are major problems in the real estate sector and in local government debts. The structural adjustment and transformation of the development mode remain as arduous tasks.”

Source: Beijing Youth Daily reprinted by Xinhua, November 6, 2013

http://news.xinhuanet.com/house/bj/2013-11-06/c_118020614.htm

Briefings | | November 7, 2013 | Economy/Resources

Qiushi on the Direction of China’s Economy

A recent Qiushi article discussed the direction of China’s economy. It stated that China should continue relying on development-based high economic growth to solve its problems.

The author argued that, with a per capita GDP of US$6,090, for the next ten years China should still rely on the high economic growth model in order to reach US$12,000. By then it will be able to join the ranks of developed countries.

He rebutted the idea of laying blame for China’s current economic and social problems, such as environmental pollution, an increasing gap in income distribution, an imbalance between urban and village development, an imbalance in regional development, and insufficient public services, on the rapid economic development in the past. Instead, the author argued that the problems that have occurred during economic development can only be solved in through the process of further development.

The author listed the following as the direction for economic development: expanding consumption by taking real estate and the automobile as the driving force; developing a third industry to absorb a large number of unemployed people; getting more farmers off the land to work in cities; building a system to encourage more innovation; and developing and improving capital markets.

Source: Qiushi, November 1, 2013
http://www.qstheory.cn/zxdk/2013/201321/201310/t20131030_284130.htm

Briefings | | November 7, 2013 | Economy/Resources

Anti-America Documentary Silent Contest Portrays How the U.S. Infiltrates and Subverts China

The Chinese military’s National Defense University, the General Political Security and General Staff Departments, the Chinese Academy of Social Science, and the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations jointly created an anti-American propaganda documentary called, “Silent Contest.” The movie was completed in June 2013, and widely circulated online for a brief period in October. Then starting on October 31, 2013, the Chinese mainstream media blocked it for reasons that are unclear. The movie asserts that the United States has used 5 methods to subvert China: 1) Political Infiltration, 2) Cultural infiltration, 3) Ideological infiltration, 4) Organizational infiltration, and 5) Political interference and social penetration.

According to the movie, the United States has been infiltrating and subverting China completely. The U.S. infiltration conspiracy is the cause of China’s complicated social conflicts, the CCP officials’ corruption, human rights protests, the spread of Christianity, and people’s advocatiing that China institute a constitutional government. The film also portrayed all the mainstream liberal intellectuals in society as political traitors, stating that these intellectuals who openly publish their opinions to oppose the CCP and betray the country are in the service of Western interests groups.

Source: Takungpao and NTDTV, November 5, 2013
http://news.takungpao.com/world/exclusive/2013-11/2013924.html
http://www.ntdtv.com/xtr/gb/2013/11/05/atext997620.html

Briefings | | November 6, 2013 | US-China Relations

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.”

The CCP’s Performing Arts Troupes in the U.S.