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China’s Reaction to Trump’s Election Win

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Xinhua Commentary Series: Spotlight on the U.S. Presidential Election

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Chinese Media Pounding Heavily on Apple

Hua Shang News recently reported that, in the past couple of weeks, major Chinese media channels have been pounding heavily on Apple’s public image. The report accumulated repeated coverage by People’s Daily and Chinese Central Television (CCTV) on the quality of Apple’s customer service. Xinhua also reported on this topic. Key claims of these media reports are that Apple discriminates against Chinese consumers, has an arrogant attitude, evades taxes, refuses media investigations, and is breaking Chinese warranty laws. The massive media coverage triggered widespread discussions in the Chinese online community which included many different opinions. On March 27, Apple reportedly adjusted its Chinese warranty policies on its official website. Unconfirmed rumors suggested that this was one response to the recently imposed restrictions on U.S. government procurement policies against Chinese communications equipment vendor Huawei.
Sources: 
Hua Shang News, March 30, 2013
http://hsb.hsw.cn/2013-03/30/content_8491052.htm
Global Times, March 30, 2013
http://world.huanqiu.com/exclusive/2013-03/3781547.html
Briefings | | |   Information/Technology

CRN: China’s Strategy Seen in the BRICS Leadership Summit

China Review News (CRN) recently published a commentary analyzing China’s new strategy as an emerging world power. The author suggested that, although the “old-fashioned” world powers still enjoy a relatively strong economic base, they are apparently suffering a major slow-down in economic development. The commentary expressed the belief that these “old-powers” are deeply concerned about the emerging countries led by the BRICS group. The U.S. is demonstrating a divide-and-conquer strategy by luring emerging nations like India and South Korea to join the TTP. Although the trade relationship with Russia and India still has a lot of issues, China’s strategy seems to be to engage itself more deeply, nonetheless. The commentary called for taking full advantage of the BRICS framework to work on stronger cooperation among emerging markets for maximized economic and political power as a united body.
Source: China Review News, March 29, 2013
http://www.zhgpl.com/doc/1024/8/4/3/102484344.html?coluid=1&kindid=0&docid=102484344&mdate=0329000126
Briefings | | |   Geo-Strategic Trend

Premier Li Keqiang Toured Yangtze Delta Area

On March 30, Xinhua reported that Premier Li Keqiang toured the Yangtze Delta Area in Jiangsu Province and Shanghai from March 27 through 29. During his visit, Li praised the economic achievements made in Jiangsu and Shanghia. According to Xinhua, Li also gave instructions regarding the conditions for the economy to develop further. He pointed out the need "to promote modernization in agriculture; to expand domestic consumption during the urbanization phase; for businesses to increase their drive to compete and pressure (for growth) in the reform and opening up era; and to allow people to benefit from those dividends resulting from reform.”

Source: Xinhua, March 30, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2013-03/30/c_115220301.htm

Briefings | | |   Economy/Resources

Liu Yunshan: Party to Launch a Campaign to Study, Do Research on, and Practice Party Ideology

On March 28, 2013, Liu Yunshan, Principal of the Central Party School, hosted a forum at the Central Party School in Beijing. Liu discussed strengthening the need for the Party members to study and carry out the key messages that President Xi Jinping delivered during the 80th anniversary of the Party School. Liu called for the entire Party to launch a campaign to “study, do research on, and practice (Party ideology). The forum recognized the improvements already made in Party members’ behavior while mentioning unhealthy tendencies, including a "lack of diligence and focus in study and a disconnect between studying theories and applying the theories." The participants in the forum included representatives of the students and teachers from Party schools at the provincial levels, advanced research classes, and youth league classes.

Source: Xinhua, March 29, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/zgjx/2013-03/29/c_132269962.htm

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

PLA to Replace License Plates for All Military Vehicles

Xinhua reported that, on March 29, 2013, the PLA General Staff Department, the Political Department, the Logistics Department, and the Armament Department jointly held a teleconference on carrying out the orders that President Xi and the Central Military gave on replacing license plates for all military vehicles. It was reported that the purpose of the new measure was to prevent “counterfeiting, wide distribution, misplacement, theft, and loss of military vehicle license plates."

Source: Xinhua, March 30, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2013-03/30/c_124522432.htm

Briefings | | |   Defense/Military

Qiushi: China’s Reform Must Stay on the Socialist Path

[Editor’s Note: Qiushi published an article discussing different opinions on whether to continue reform in China. It talked about the importance of reform and how reform is needed. However, it then stressed that the most critical issue is the political direction that reform takes. China’s reform must take place under the direction of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The major political reform that Western countries hope will take place in China will never happen. To strengthen its point, the article discussed Deng Xiaoping’s words, "It is a dead end if we don’t reform or open up," which some people keep quoting in order to promote further (political) reform. The article argues that the correct way to say it is, "It is a dead end if we don’t insist on using Socialism as the basis of our reform; and it is also a dead end to insist on reform that embraces Capitalism." The following is a translation of the article.] [1]

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Reports | | |   Report

People’s Daily: The United States Is Building a “Hacker Empire”

People’s Daily continues to fight back against the Mandiant report from the U.S. regarding Chinese hackers attacking U.S. companies and other entities. An article titled “The United States Is Building a ‘Hacker Empire’" accused the U.S. of being the top “hacker” in the world. The article listed the following facts as “evidence”: 

“Even the United States’ own Internet security experts also admit that activities of the U.S. ‘Cyber Army’ are not entirely in the military field. Their work may already have ‘infiltrated’ into industrial, commercial, and financial service industries, and other areas in the national economy and the people’s livelihood. The ‘Cyber Army’ is actually developing into a ‘Hacker Empire.’" 
“Based on estimates made by foreign military experts, the U.S. ‘Cyber Army’ has surpassed 100,000 people in scale which is the equivalent of eight 101 air assault divisions.” 
“The United States was the first country to develop the ‘worm’ virus, ‘logic bombs’ and other ‘cyber weapons’ and was the first to use them in combat.” 
“The U.S. military has developed as many as 2,000 types of cyber weapons; it is the world’s number one big country of ‘cyber weapons.’" 
“U.S. companies and the U.S. media jointly hype the ‘China hacker attacks’ and have the intention to attack and suppress Chinese IT companies.” 
In conclusion, the article also argued, “Cyber security rules cannot be set by Americans alone. All the countries in the world are both participants and rule setters.” 
Source: People’s Daily, March 25, 2013
http://military.people.com.cn/n/2013/0325/c1011-20899428.html
Briefings | | |   US-China Relations

The People’s Daily Front Page Displayed in Washington, D.C. for the First Time

On March 27, 2013, the front page of China’s state-run media People’s Daily was displayed on the bulletin board (Today’s Front Pages) of the U.S. news museum (Newseum) located on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. At the same time, Newseum’s sixth floor exhibition hall also showed the day’s front page of People’s Daily. People’s Daily reported this news and bragged that the front page of People’s Daily was displayed in the U.S. capital in Washington, D.C. for the first time. [Editor’s note: As a news museum, Newseum has many galleries displaying the news from different periods in history and major events, as well as front pages from each state and 80 samples from over 700 countries around the world.]

Source: People’s Daily, March 28, 2013 
 http://world.people.com.cn/n/2013/0328/c1002-20941680.html
Briefings | | |   Government/Politics