Chinese media observers were caught by surprise recently when a Hong Kong-based TV station aired a program blasting Falun Gong, a meditation practice subject to relentless persecution by the Chinese Communist regime. This article digs into the details of the connection between Beijing and Phoenix TV.
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The Current Loyalty to the Party Educational Movement in the Chinese Army (PLA)
Voices within the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) have gathered repeatedly to call for the armed forces to be loyal to the nation or to the state, and to denounce allegiance to the Communist Party. On July 22, 2007, for example, Xinhua published a PLA Daily editorial regarding this issue. “The so-called ‘nationalization of the armed forces’ makes absolute the military’s subordination to the state. The crucial issues are: one, it removes the right of the Party to lead the armed forces; and two, it denies the ‘socialist’ nature of the state. Therefore, we must resolutely resist it.” [1] The Party finds that it must continually assert its control over the military.
According to the Xinhua news agency, at an important military meeting on December 30, 2008, Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the CCP Central Committee, Chairman of PRC & Chairman of the Central Military Commission, again addressed this issue. Hu stated that of the five ideological core values for current revolutionary army personnel, the first is “Loyalty to the Party.” [2] Starting in January 2009, China’s state-run and military media published a series of articles elaborating the significance, meaning, and reasons for, as well as the actual applications of the army’s “Loyalty to the Party.” The purpose is: resisting the influence of the “non-partisan and apolitical army” and “army nationalization” ideology that Western countries advocate. An army-wide “Loyalty to the Party” education movement has just started in China. Below are excerpts from nine recent articles the state-run media and the army-run media have published on the army’s loyalty to the Party.
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China Confronts U.S. Naval Surveillance Ship in South China Sea Testing Obama?
On Sunday March 8, 2009, five Chinese civilian ships confronted the U.S. naval surveillance vessel Impeccable in international open waters 75 miles south of China’s Hainan Island, home of China’s most advanced submarine base. The article dissects the incident from historic background to explore possible implications on U.S.-China relationship.
Can China Lead the World Out of Recession?
China has been on a high growth path for more than 30 years. It’s unlikely that a country of this size can continue to grow at this pace
for another 20 years. Many economies in the world have experienced high growth periods. Within the period of high growth, they successfully transitioned from an under developed economy into a truly market economy. Unlike these economies, after 30 years, it is apparent that China’s export oriented strategy actually harms the economic structure.
China’s Battles Go Global
The Year of the Rat is over, and Chinese cadres smoking in the offices of Zhongnanhai, just West of the Forbidden City, must be relieved they survived. From a Tibetan uprising to the Sichuan earthquake to Olympic debacles and now economic meltdown, the past lunar year left many Chinese feeling ratty.
But before the New Year lanterns have been taken down, the Year of the Ox already has officials seeing red.
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Misinformation and Story Fabrication in the Chinese State Media
It is known that the Chinese media has been a key component in the State apparatus for directing and controlling the public, particularly in times of crisis. Recently, the Xinhua News Agency has once again been caught spreading misinformation and fabricating stories.
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The Yellow Book Of Global Socialism
This article presents several aspects of the Yellow Book of Global Socialism. The book is produced by the Coordination Team of the Tracking Study of International Socialism and is an important publication of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. This article presents the background of the CCP’s renewed research on socialism around the world, the purpose, the major research topics, and the implications for the CCP today.
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A Great Performance Born in a Great Era
[Editor’s Note: Wang Yifeng, a correspondent with Secret China, interviewed Dr. Tang Boqiao, Chairman of the China Peace and Democracy League after he watched the Divine Performing Arts Chinese New Year Spectacular performance at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on February 9, 2008 . The following article reports on that interview.]
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