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China Faces Severe Shortage of Pediatricians
According to an article in Guangming Daily, China is facing a severe shortage of pediatricians. The article said that Shanghai Pediatric Hospital published statistics showing that there is less that 1 pediatrician for each 1,000 children in Shanghai. Their number was between 0.5 to 0.6 per 1,000.
The information released by the Website for China Medical Profession Talent Pool had similar findings. The website quoted the data from the Pediatrician Division of the China Medical Doctors’ Association which showed that the average number of pediatricians in China for one thousand children was only 0.26. This means there is a shortage of over 200,000 pediatricians. Some of the reasons that people are not attracted to this profession are the high risk, a heavy workload, limited personal growth, and low pay. The website stated that in 2012, most pediatricians worked over 10 hours a day in a hospital and had almost no time off on weekends.
Another concern in the pediatrics profession is an inconsistency in education and job skills between hospitals and clinics in urban and rural regions. College pediatrics graduates tend to be centralized in urban hospitals. Only 3.4 percent of the pediatricians in rural regions have college graduate degrees, while 28.8 percent holds associate degrees, and 54.2 percent are graduates from vocational schools.
Source:
Guangming Daily, June 28, 2013
http://politics.gmw.cn/2013-06/28/content_8101470.htm
Website for China Medical Profession Talent Pool, April 16, 2013
http://www.120job.cn/News/12831.html
Meng Jianzhu Called for Tough Measures to Crack Down on Violent Crimes in Uyghurian Region
On June 30, Meng Jianzhu, secretary of Central Politics and Law Commission, attended and spoke at the "anti-terrorist operation for maintaining the peace" rally held in Xinjaing. The Xinjiang Police Armed Forces in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, held the rally. Meng praised the work the local police had done and called for tough measures to crack down on recent violent crimes.
According to VOA, there have been a number of recent violent attacks reported in the Uyghur region in Xinjiang. On June 28, over 100 people rode motorcycles and held long knives to attack a local public security bureau in He Tian County. On the same day, about eight people broke into an armed police station and clashed with the police. On June 26, a fight broke out in Piqan County in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region between the local Uyghurs and the local police, resulting in 35 deaths.
Source:
People’s Daily, June 30, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0630/c1001-22020068.html
VOA, June 29, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/xinjiang-20130629/1691732.html
Xi Jinping: Maintain Party’s Key Leadership and Build Gigantic High-caliber Cadre Team
On June 28 and 29, prior to 92nd anniversary of Chinese Communist Party, President Xi Jinping spoke at the central Organization Department meeting held in Beijing. Xi emphasized that the Party and the Party members are the key components in accomplishing the goals and tasks set by the Party’s 18th National Congress. According to Xi, the Party must “maintain the key leadership role” while the Party members must be “a group that has high caliber cadres.” Xi’s talk also covered other areas, including the qualities a cadre should have, the selection and development of a cadre, as well as the roles that the organization department should play during the process. Liu Yunshan, President of Central Committee, was present and also spoke at the meeting.
Source: Xinhua, June 29, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2013-06/29/c_116339948.htm
Xinhua Special Interview: U.S. Didn’t Just Harm China a Little Bit
On June 26, Xinhua conducted a special interview with military expert Wang Changqin, a Professor at the PLA Academy of Military Sciences. Xinhua used the Snowden incident to continue its anti-American propaganda. In the more than one hour interview, Wang harshly attacked the U.S. while commenting on the “Prismgate" incident.
Police Brutality during Interrogations Declined 87 Percent
State media are reporting that, according to the Ministry of Public Security statistics, brutality against suspects during police interrogations has declined by 87 percent. Guo Shengkun, the Minister of Public Security, said “Over 90 percent of the police stations have completed upgrading the functional areas. Case handling, reception, office work, and living quarters are now in separated areas. The case-handling area has installed electronic surveillance. All suspects are now handled in the case-handling area and the entire interrogation of suspects is now videotaped.” “According to the Ministry of Public Security, brutality against suspects during police interrogation has declined by 87 percent.”
Numerous comments have been posted online.
“How did they know the number of interrogations in which police used brutal methods to extract confessions? Did they count and keep records on these abuses?”
“The report is untrue. A lot of incidents are not recorded.”
“Ah. Now I know. It used to be 100 percent.”
“Isn’t it true that the law prohibits the use of brutality to extract confessions? How come they now say that such brutality has declined? I am lost.”
“So in 17 percent of the cases, the police still beat people up to get a confession?”
Sources:
People’s Daily, June 27, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0627/c1001-21985534.html
Sina.com blog
http://comment5.news.sina.com.cn/comment/skin/default.html?channel=gn&newsid=1-1-27513471