On March 11, Li Jian, Director of the Zhiyuan Strategic and Defense Research Institute, and Li Daguang, a Professor at the National Defense University, published an opinion article on Huanqiu (Global Times) in response to two events. The first was a remark that the U.S. President’s National Security Adviser, Tom Donilon, made that China should stop hacking U.S. computer systems and stealing commercial secrets. The second was the U.S. network security company Mandiant’s report, "APT1: to expose one of the Chinese cyber espionage units." The article said that this was by no means a simple matter. “The United States has formed a relatively complete strategic structure of "National Security Strategy – the defense strategy – the national military strategy. The U.S. has become habitual in its strategic thinking. Everything is well articulated: planning, assessment, and step-by-step moves.
Yu Zhengsheng: Never Copy the Western Political System
On March 12, Yu Zhengsheng, the 4th ranking member of the 18th Chinese Communist Party’s Politburo Standing Committee and the new Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), gave a speech at the closing meeting of the first session of the CPPCC. He said, "We should comprehensively and accurately study and understand the bright theme, spiritual essence, and strategic planning of the 18th Congress of the Party; comprehensively and accurately study and understand the series of important speeches of General Secretary Xi Jinping; and continuously deepen our understanding of the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, its theoretical framework, and social system. We must unswervingly adhere to the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party, uphold and improve the multi-party cooperation and political consultation system under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party, and firmly take the path of socialistic political development with Chinese characteristics. We should never copy the Western political system, always maintain a firm and correct political direction, and consolidate the common ideological and political foundation of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference."
Source: Xinhua, March 12, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2013lh/2013-03/12/c_114995349.htm
Thirty Percent of Young People in Urban China Live with Their Parents
Based on the statistics from the China Research Center on Aging, 30 percent of young people in urban China live with their parents; over 65 percent of families have the problem of relying financially on seniors for their living.
Source: Guangming, March 12, 2013
http://politics.gmw.cn/2013-03/12/content_6980725.htm
Xi Jinping: Firmly Aim at the Party’s Goal to Build a Strong Military in the New Situation
On March 11, 2013, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CCP Central Committee and the CCP Central Military Commission Chairman, attended the PLA delegation plenary meeting at the 12th National People’s Congress. At the meeting, Xi delivered a speech on building a revolutionary modernized standard army that obeys the Party’s Commands, is able to fight and win wars, and behaves well.
Source: Xinhua, March 11, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2013lh/2013-03/11/m_114985327.htm
Xinhua: Hacking Attacks on China Become Increasingly Serious; Most Attacks Are from the U.S.”
On March 10, 2013, Xinhua published an article asserting that China is a victim of hacking attacks from overseas. In January and February of 2013, most of the cyber attacks against China originated in the U.S.
“According to the National Computer Network Emergency Response Coordination Center (CNCERT), the hacking attacks against China from other countries have become increasingly serious. From the samplings it took from January 1, 2013, to February 28, 2013, CNCERT found that 6,747 Trojans or botnets have hacked into 1.9 million servers in China; of those, 2,196 control servers in the United States controlled 1.287 million host computers in China. Regardless of the quantity of hackings into China’s servers or the numbers of China’s host computers being controlled, the United States was ranked as the #1 (hacker).”
Source: Xinhua, March 10, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2013-03/10/c_114968466.htm
http://www.presstv.ir/usdetail/292842.html