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Chinese Media: Chinese Americans Protest Obama’s Meeting with Dalai Lama

According to various Chinese official media, Chinese American organizations and individuals have recently lodged strong protests against President Obama’s meeting with the Dalai Lama in the White House. They include the following:

The National Association for China’s Peaceful Unification, Washington DC (美国华盛顿中国和平统一促进会)
The Association for China’s Peaceful Unification, George Washington University(乔治华盛顿大学中国和平统一促进会)
The Association for American Chinese Voters (美国华人选民协会) 
The U.S.-Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce(美国上海总商会) 
The New York Chinese Associations Alliance (纽约华人社团联席会) 
Huang, Che-Tsao, professor, York College, City University of New York 
Source: various Chinese official media.

Briefings | | |   US-China Relations

Qiushi: Corruption is the Enemy of the Ruling Party in Times of Peace

As the official periodical of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee, Qiushi is the Chinese Communist Party’s core publication. In a recent issue of Qiushi, the article “On Alert for Dangers in Peaceful Times: The Key is Anti-corruption” underscores fighting against corruption: 

"Throughout human history, although every regime change has had complex external causes … such as foreign invasions and natural disasters, internally they are related to the corruption of those in power. … When the corruption was serious and directly hurt the vital interests of the majority of the people, there were riots, revolutions, and regime changes. " 
"… analyzing the lessons learned from the loss of power of Communist parties in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe countries, one can learn this: any ruling political party and political group is facing the danger of losing power. In peaceful periods, the danger is mainly from within the party.” 
Source: Qiushi, February 16, 2010 

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

Scholar: China to Protest U.S. with Reduced Cooperation

Jin Chanrong, Vice Dean of the School of International Relations of the People’s University of China, told Global Times, “An unusually tough attitude from China will send the U.S. a clear message of the bottom line. The powers of China and the U.S. are close to a balance. Different from the past, it’s no longer viable for the United States to use the old ways to deal with China.” Jin added, “It’s possible that China may reduce cooperation on certain international issues as a protest.”

“The West blames the current gridlock in the Sino-U.S. relationship on China’s over-confidence. However, it’s impossible for China to give in on the Taiwan arms sale and the U.S. President’s meeting with the Dalai Lama, issues that matter for its sovereignty, and core interests. If our leaders were to meet with a U.S. separatist and sell arms to a U.S. state that claims independence, the U.S. would have an even stronger reaction.”

Source: Global Times, February 4, 2010
http://world.huanqiu.com/roll/2010-02/709404.html

Briefings | | |   US-China Relations

Qiao Liang: The U.S. is “Containing China by Agents”

Xinhua recently published a series of discussions by China scholars, the armed forces, and think tanks on international issues. Qiao Liang, an Admiral, a professor at the Air Force Command College, and Vice Secretary General of the government think tank National Security Policy Reseach Commission, reportedly talked about the U.S. containment of China.

“As the U.S. is declining and its power is weakening, power vacuums have emgerged in the international arena. The U.S. wants us to fill some of the vacuums, but not all. In places where the Americans do not want us to fill the power vacuum, they will create some powers to fill it. I call it ‘containment by agent’. … In issues like the South China Sea and the Sino-Indian border, the Americans roped in India and the Southeast Asian countries to produce a possibility of ‘containment by agent.’ As Americans have engaged in proxy wars in the past, I expect that the U.S. will use agents to contain China.

Source: Xinhua, February 2, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2010-02/02/content_12920311.htm

Briefings | | |   US-China Relations

Global Times: 96% of Netizens Back Sanction Policy against the U.S.

A survey shows that 96% of Chinese Internet users (among 12,661 survey participants) support punitive sanctions against the U.S. in response to the Obama administration’s Taiwan arms sale decision, according to the official newspaper Global Times.

One netizen commented that an effective use of sanctions is necessary as “protests and condemnation” are not enough to deter the U.S. Another said, “If (the Chinese government) doesn’t take real sanctions, the U.S. will not have its economic interests hurt and its inveterate disease cured.” Quite a few suggested to punish U.S. companies that have a large China market, such as Boeing and Otis.

Lu Minghua, a Nanjing University scholar, said in an interview that China should learn from the U.S., which quite often “waves the stick of sanctions” in Sino-U.S. trade.

Source: Global Times, February 5, 2010
http://mil.huanqiu.com/Taiwan/2010-02/710235.html

Briefings | | |   US-China Relations

People’s Daily on Information Freedom in the U.S.

An opinion article published in the official People’s Daily on January 22 attacked the U.S. version of “Information Freedom.” 

Titled “Take a look at Information Freedom in the U.S.,” the article asked, “What is the so-called free flow of information? Is it something without restriction, the best and the most free? Has the U.S. achieved that?” 
“What’s behind the so-called information freedom of the U.S. is its blatant political motive. Where did the continuous domestic turmoil in Iran after the elections come from? It was because the U.S. launched an Internet war: Youtube videos and Twitter rumors drove a wedge between conservatives and reformists, changing patterns to incite the Iranian people, and resulting in large-scale bloodshed. If the U.S. really wants to pursue a free flow of information, why did Microsoft issue a high-profile announcement last year to stop MSN services in five so-called ‘hostile’ countries including Cuba?” 
Source: People’s Daily, January 22, 2010 

Briefings | | |   US-China Relations

Don’t Let U.S. Health Care Reform Plague China

“When you borrow 1,000 yuan from a bank, the bank is your boss; when you borrow 100 billion yuan from a bank, you are the boss of the bank. This is the ‘horrific’ financial balance between the U.S. and China,” commented a People’s Daily opinion on January 6, 2010. 

“China, the largest foreign debt holder of the U.S., has been accumulating U.S. Treasury bonds in recent years.” “At the critical moment of health care reform, the U.S. will certainly ask China to continue purchasing U.S. debts.” “As a matter of fact, the domestic struggle of U.S. health care reform has impacted China’s interests. Last summer, Obama won support from labor unions at the cost of Chinese businesses by imposing a tariff on tire imports. We have enough reason to believe that, in the future, Washington will sacrifice China on issues of trade, climate change, human rights, and arms sales to Taiwan.”
Source: People’s Daily, January 6, 2010

Briefings | | |   US-China Relations

Xinhua Commentary Faults U.S. for Internet Freedom Double Standard

Among an array of negative Chinese official media responses to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s speech on Internet freedom, one Xinhua article blames the U.S. for applying a “double standard.” 

The January 22 commentary titled “Don’t Practice a Double Standard on ‘Internet Freedom’” accused the U.S. government of censoring the free flow of information. It gave examples including the “Patriot Act,” U.S. national security agencies monitoring and cracking down on Internet terrorist information, and U.S.-based software to filter child pornography information. 
In June 2009, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates ordered the creation of a new military cyber command that will coordinate the Pentagon’s efforts to defend its networks and conduct cyberwarfare. The initiative is used by the article to declare the U.S. as the “base camp” for Internet hackers. 
Source: Xinhua, January 23, 2010 

Briefings | | |   US-China Relations