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Government Think Tank: China Should Be Realistic about Its Relationship with the U.S.

Dai Xu, a researcher at the China Strategic Research Center, Beijing University, published an article on China-U.S. relations. Dai stated that the United States is forging ahead on three fronts and that China should be realistic about its relationship with the U.S. “In Russia, the U.S. is compressing the Russian strategic space by deploying an anti-missile system in Europe and by attempting lethal attacks in the Russian presidential election. In China, it announced its return to Asia and threw China’s neighbors into chaos. In the Islamic battlefield, it subverted and dismembered Iraq, Libya, Sudan, and Yemen, and now surrounds Syria and Iran, dragging Pakistan along.” The article quoted the remarks that Jon Huntsman made during the CBS presidential debate. Huntsman suggested that the U.S. should be reaching out to its allies and constituencies within China to take down China. The article states, “It looks like the U.S. strategists believe the U.S. can survive without China and do not show any desire to build a community of common interests with China.” The article concluded by urging that China must be realistic and rational about the environment and know its enemy well.

Source: Huanqiu reprinted by Xinhua, January 4, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2012-01/04/c_122533644.htm

Briefings | | January 6, 2012 | US-China Relations

Yang Jiechi on China’s Diplomacy in 2012

Yang Jiechi, China’s Minister of Foreign Affairs published an article suggesting that China should do more targeted work in countries that hold elections. The website of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs published an article in which Yang reviewed China’s achievements in 2011 and provided an outlook for 2012. First and foremost, “[with respect to major countries, we] should enhance mutual trust, expand cooperation, properly handle differences, and promote the stable development of bilateral relations. As for those countries that hold elections, [we] should do more targeted work, avoid the interference that its domestic politics may cause to bilateral relations, and ensure smooth transitions and new developments in the bilateral relationship.”

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, January 2, 2012
http://www.mfa.gov.cn/chn/gxh/tyb/gdxw/t892268.htm

Briefings | | January 5, 2012 | Government/Politics

Chinese Expert: How Maintain Stability in China-U.S. Relations in 2012

Wang Fonggang, the Deputy Director of the Institute of American Studies at the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, discussed how to move China-U.S. relations forward while facing uncertainties.

Wang foresees that China-U.S. relations in 2012 will be very complicated due to the election year and the structural changes in the international situation and bilateral relations. He said that the main task in China-U.S. relations in 2012 will be to “maintain stability.” … China should increase its awareness in three areas. First is the awareness of crises. (China) should fully recognize the seriousness of both domestic and foreign situations and the periodic danger in China-U.S. relations. Second is comprehensive planning. In handling China-U.S. relations, (China) should put more effort into working with multiple departments in the U.S., by various means, via multiple channels, and at multiple levels simultaneously. Third is advancement. (China) should not only do well in crisis management and actively prevent crises; in China-U.S. relations, it should also seek opportunities in a crisis to develop new areas to cooperate and to make progress on the basis of stability.

Source: China News Agency, January 2, 2012
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2012/01-02/3577060.shtml

Briefings | | January 5, 2012 | US-China Relations

China’s Largest Freshwater Lake Shrinks 95%

China Review News published an article on January 2, 2012, about Poyang Lake titled “China’s Largest Freshwater Lake Has Shrunk to Less Than 200 Square Kilometers.” Poyang Lake is China’s largest freshwater lake. According to the Jiangxi Provincial Hydrographic bureau there are five rivers in Jiangxi Province that feed the lake and water shortages in those rivers have resulted in the water-surface area of the lake decreasing to less than 200 square km, which is just 5% of its peak level.

Source: China Review News, January 2, 2012
http://gb.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1019/6/3/0/101963026.html?coluid=61&kindid=1290&docid=101963026&mdate=0102154410

Briefings | | January 4, 2012 | Economy/Resources

Hu Jintao Stresses the Party’s Core Leadership Position

On January 1, 2012, Hu Jintao delivered a speech at a New Year’s party held by the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing. In his speech, Hu emphasized the Party’s core leadership position and the socialist road with Chinese characteristics. Hu stated, “China must stick to the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, uphold the system of theories of socialism with Chinese characteristics, adhere to the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, and move toward established goals with unbounded confidence."

Source: China Review News, January 1, 2012
http://gb.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1019/6/1/8/101961876.html?coluid=151&kindid=0&docid=101961876&mdate=0101170512

Briefings | | January 4, 2012 | Government/Politics

Xinhua: China Can Set Up Three Lines of Navy Supply Bases in Indian Ocean

The International Herald Leader, a newspaper under the Xinhua News Agency, published an article that suggests setting up three lines of navy supply bases in the Northern Indian Ocean, the Western Indian Ocean, and the Southern Indian Ocean. Currently, China is considering the Seychelles Foreign Minister’s invitation to the Chinese military forces. According to the article, China needs to establish overseas strategic support stations for adding ship fuel, re-supply of necessities, staff break time, repairs of equipment, and weapons.

The article suggested that Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar can be the core support bases in the North Indian Ocean supply line; Djibouti, Yemen, Oman, Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique can be the core support bases in the West Indian Ocean supply line; and Seychelles and Madagascar can be the core support bases in the South Indian Ocean supply line.

Source: International Herald Leader, December 23, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/herald/2011-12/23/c_131321310.htm

Briefings | | January 4, 2012 | Defense/Military

The Moral Crisis in China, Part I – Seven Areas that Showcase China’s Moral Crisis

Part I – Seven Areas that Showcase China’s Moral Crisis

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The world may know that China faces a moral crisis, but may not realize how serious the problem really is. Considering specific examples, from officials raping an innocent child and then declaring her a prostitute to doctors treating a beggar to a nice meal and then killing him to harvest and sell his organs, from Chinese netizens singing eulogies to bin Laden after the U.S. killed him to the series of frauds that China perpetrated on the public at the Beijing Olympics, the world may gain a deeper understanding of the problem. This article is the first in a series that analyzes the moral crisis in China, raising issues of great concern both for the nation itself and for the world. The factors to be addressed include not just how the crisis manifests, but also its historical development both within the context of ancient Chinese history and the unfolding of events after the Communist revolution. Part I is an exploration of seven areas that exemplify the serious nature of China’s Moral Crisis.

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Analyses | | January 3, 2012 | Opinion

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

Wu Guoguang: Xi Jinping’s Reversal of the Course, Will China’s Transition be Peaceful or Marked with Bloodshed?

Cheng Xiaonong: U.S.-China Strategic Relations Have Crystallized

Xinhua Commentaries: “Exposing the Three Major Political Deficits of the U.S.”