The Opportunities and Challenges Faced by the Former World Socialist Movement | On October 22, 2009, the website of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) reprinted an article originally published in the Chinese Social Science Journal, “The Opportunities and Challenges Faced by the Former World Socialist Movement.” The article discusses the mentality of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) toward the world’s socialist movement amid the current international financial crisis. The translation of the article follows.[Full Text] |
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| | China Update - March 24, 2010 |
Briefings: Following major developments from Chinese language media not generally available to the West
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Huang Xueping: It is groundless to associate Internet hacking with the Chinese government.
According to China News Agency, the spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of National Defense and the Chinese Military, Huang Xueping, said on February 25, 2010, “It is groundless and irresponsible to associate Internet hacking with the Chinese government and the army. This is hype with ulterior motives.” Huang Xueping made the above remarks targeting the reports that the hackers attacking the Google website have a background with the Chinese government and the army. “Chinese law prohibits any form of Internet hacking,” said Huang Xueping.
Source: China News Agency, February 25, 2010 |
Mingpao: Uygur Major Blames U.S.-led Western Forces
According to Mingpao, a Chinese language newspaper in Hong Kong, Canada, and the U.S., Mohammad Hasan, the deputy political commissar of the Xinjiang Military District in China said on March 11, 2010, that the U.S.-led Western forces do not want a powerful China, and “try all means to get you into trouble,” choosing Xinjiang as a breakthrough point. This article is reprinted on http://news.wenxuecity.com and several other overseas Chinese websites. At present, Xinjiang Uyghur and Han ethnic tension is high because of the July 2009 Urumqi riots. The CCP Central Committee will hold a Xinjiang Work Conference in May of 2010 focusing on how to fix the problems between the ethnic groups and regain the people’s good faith. Hasan emphasized the importance of children’s education: “propagandize positive things more and make fewer irresponsible remarks.”
Source: Mingpao, March 11, 2010 |
Xinhua: National Defense Mobilization Implementation Act and Emergency Response Act Interrelated
According to Xinhua on February 26, 2010, the National Defense Mobilization Law approved by China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee stipulates that both the National Defense Mobilization Implementation Act and the Emergency Response Act are interrelated in terms of command, manpower, resources, information and guarantee. Sun Zhenping, deputy head of the National Law Office of the NPC Standing Committee’s Legislative Affairs, said at a press conference in the NPC Standing Committee General Office on February 26, 2010, “This law takes full account of the two functions in the development of national mobilization: ‘responding to war’ and ‘responding to emergencies’… thus, the law stipulates the above specification.”
Source: Xinhua, February 26, 2010 |
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