China News: U.S. Defense Secretary Visited the Philippines to Arrange Expanded Presence
Xinhua: Four Members in PetroChina Top Management under Investigation
Hu Chunhua: -Self-Consciously Resist the Penetration and Influence of Western Political Party System
On August 28, Hu Chunhua, Politburo member of the CCP Central Committee and Party Secretary of Guangdong Province, attended the 2013 summer provincial forum of all democratic parties’ leaders.
Bo Xilai: Jiang Zeming Ordered the Organ Harvesting of Falun Gong
In an exclusive special report today, Epoch Times released a recording of a conversation between Bo Xilai and a Chinese diplomat in Hamburg, Germany on September 13, 2006, in which Bo implicated Jiang Zemin in the harvesting of organs from live Falun Gong practitioners. Statements excerpted from the recording follow:
"First Secretary: Because it is related to the meeting tomorrow, they [the Germans] wanted to clarify a matter relating to when you were the Liaoning Governor. That is, when you were the Liaoning Governor, did President Jiang issue the order or did you have anything to do with this harvesting of the organs of live Falun Gong practitioners? Was it your order or Jiang Zemin’s order?
Bo: Jiang Zemin!"
Bo was in Hamburg as part of the Chinese delegation headed by then Premier Wen Jiabao.
Source: Epoch Times, August 29, 2013 http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/13/8/28/n3950806.htm
Huanqiu: China Should Not Be Bullied by Small Countries
On August 27, 2013, Major General Wang Haiyu, a senior advisor at the China Institute for International Strategic Studies, published a commentary on Huanqiu on establishing strategic buffer zones around China.
Real Name Registration to Become Mandatory for Chinese Phone Users
According to Nanfang Daily, a newspaper based in Guangdong Province, major Chinese telecommunication companies including China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom have issued internal documents requiring that, starting on September 1 of this year, local branches must implement the "requirement of real identity registration for telephone users," which the PRC’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) issued in June of this year. The internal documents demand that phone users provide their real identities. China Mobile even published a "notice on its official website on the comprehensive implementation of real identity registration for phone users."
According to the "requirement" issued by MIIT, real identity registration for phone users refers to the fact that when operators of telecommunication services process the registration of land line and mobile phone (including wireless broadband card) users, they need to be truthful in providing the real identity of the user while processing the user agreement or confirming the services. In other words, starting from September 1, not only the new users, but existing users who process a transfer, relocation, or other business need to provide their real identities.
As early as 2010, MIIT announced the implementation of real name registration for mobile phone users, but it was not carried out successfully. This time, it is applied to all phone users instead of just mobile users. For the first time, the "requirement" also penalizes the operators who do not comply. All operators of telecommunications are now obliged to run an annual self-checkup of the implementation of real identity registration. Those who fail to do so are subject to fines between 10,000 yuan (US$1,634) and 30,000 yuan (US$4,902).
Source: Nanfang Daily, reposted by Xinhua, August 29, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2013-08/29/c_125271765.htm
PLA Daily: U.S.’s Unmanned ‘rial Vehicles Cross Border Actions Are a “License to Kill”
China’s military newspaper PLA Daily published an article commenting on the U.S.’s use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in its anti-terrorist actions. The following are excerpts from the article: