An article titled “Five Secret Rules to Get Promoted in China’s Officialdom” has recently circulated widely on the Internet. Here are the key points of the five secret rules:
1) Brag and lie;
2) Develop a network of relationships;
3) Commit fraud;
4) Give many gifts;
5) Flatter the right people.
Source: China Gate, September 6, 2012
http://www.wenxuecity.com/news/2012/09/06/gossip-76411.html
According to an article in Xinhua on September 7, 2012, by 2020, China will be able to monitor its maritime territories completely through remote satellite sensing. The article reported that China plans to launch eight new satellites in the next 8 years so as to strengthen its maritime surveillance of the South and East China seas including the Diaoyu islands (also called the Senkaku Islands) in the East China Sea and Huangyan Island (Scarborough Shoal) in the South China Sea.
Source: Xinhua, September 7, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2012-09/07/c_123687799.htm
On September 6, 2012, the International Herald Leader, a newspaper under Xinhua News Agency, published an article titled “Within 10 Years, the U.S. Dollar Will Completely Collapse.” According to the article, “The so-called economic recovery in the United States, which is based on an increase in the national debt, is a false recovery.” The article predicts that “China’s economy will overtake the U.S. economy and become the world’s largest economy. The internationalization of the Chinese yuan will further improve Chinese people’s living standards.”
Source: International Herald Leader, September 6, 2012
http://ihl.cankaoxiaoxi.com/2012/0906/89118.shtml
Chinascope recently published a commentary written by an expert on China issues, Dr. Shizhong Chen, titled, “The Mirror of China’s Failing State.” Dr. Chen observed that what the Chinese government claimed to be a ‘once-in-60-years’ rainstorm in Beijing has led the Western media to start looking beyond the China’s economic illusion to see the real China: an economic prosperity “at the expense of internal necessities that include infrastructure, education, and healthcare.” [1]
Not only did the Beijing rainstorm reveal the lack of infrastructure development in China, but it also showed the world that people in China are losing trust in China’s government. Moreover, they are taking action, and not just talking, to express their distrust.
On September 7, 2012, the National Public Security Bureau held a forum in Dalian City, Liaoning Province.The Deputy Chiefs of the Public Security Bureaus around the country attended the forum. The forum summarized the experiences gathered in recent years in handling the emergency management of unexpected public events.
Zhou Yongkang spoke at the forum. He asked all levels to study and learn from how the situation of dealing with unexpected public events has been dealt with both domestically and abroad; to improve the ability to apply the law, the ability to work on civilians, the ability to manage the accident sites, and the ability to properly guide the media. He also asked all parties to firmly safeguard social stability and the people’s interest as well as the authority of the nation’s legal system in order to create a safe and stable social atmosphere in the period preceding the Party’s 18th National Congress.
Source: Xinhua, September 8, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2012-09/08/c_113005691.htm