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John Kennedy

China abroad | China at home
Xi gave two speeches at the Party School and Zhengfa Daxue, not yetreleased. When they are, the honeymoon with China's liberals will end.
	— John Pomfret (@JEPomfret) 2013年1月10日
The big thing over the weekend was this analysis by Beijing-based writer Gao Yu, writing on a speech made by Xi Jinping during his "southern tour" last month, translated at Seeing Red in China by Yaxue Cao.
The text of the speech, which apparently was only circulated within the Communist Party last week, is presented by Gao in a way which suggests Xi, who blames those not "man enough" to do what had to be done to save the Soviet Communist Party from itself, has even less intention of initiating political reforms - namely, nationalisation of the military - than Hu Jintao did when he took over as chairman of the Central Military Committee in 2004.
Writes Gao:
I believe Xi Jinping’s new south tour speech will shock many party members, let alone outside observers and the public in general. As the son of one of Communist China’s founding generals, Xi’s speech reflects a lot of his mindset and highlights his political ambition.
On the one hand, he wants to maintain the life of the CCP regime; on the other, he wants to revamp the house in the hope of restoring the kind of authority and legitimacy Mao Zedong enjoyed at the beginning of the communist China. Such are the guiding principles, and the destination, of his “road to renewal.”

In Guangdong where in preparation for the NPC/CPPCC sessions in March local politicians continue to debate public declaration of their assets - pushed by some in the Party as an alternative to fixing systemic defects - the mayors of Guangzhou, Foshan and now Shenzhen have all come out expressing willingness to make the first move. All they need, they say, is for Beijing to say the word.
Meanwhile, up in Beijing, anti-corruption efforts have recently seen the arrest of more than 1,000 private investigators nationwide who play a key role in exposing corrupt local officials.
Even last night, some sort of manhunt was underway for high-profile indie journalist Zhu Ruifeng - whose investigation singlehandedly brought down 11 government officials - led by Chongqing police who had travelled all the way to the capital.
China abroad
Bloomberg
	-- China’s New Freight Plane Extends Military Modernization Program China achieved a military milestone when its fighter jet landed on its new aircraft carrier in November, extending a modernization bid that’s recorded advances in submarines, cyber warfare and in outer space.
Khaleej Times
	-- China’s influence in Africa Go into the casino in Tanzania’s capital, Dar Es Salaam, and what strikes you? The overwhelming number of players is Chinese.
Los Angeles Times
	-- Rethinking our China strategy U.S. policy of engagement with Beijing has not been as effective in shaping its rise to superpower status as Washington had hoped.
New Europe
	-- China Europe 2013:e-Edition It is estimated that the next decade will see China attempting to double its 2010 GDP per capita and this provides a huge opportunity for EU-China trade, investment and social partnerships.
New York Times
	-- Chinese Leader Takes Conciliatory Tone in Meeting With Japanese Lawmaker “The Chinese government remains committed to China-Japan relations,” Mr. Xi told the Japanese lawmaker, Natsuo Yamaguchi, in some of his first remarks on foreign policy since becoming general secretary of the Communist Party...
Xinhua
	-- China carries out land-based mid-course missile interception test "The test has reached the preset goal," an official with the bureau said. "The test is defensive in nature and targets no other country," he said.
China at home
China US Focus
	-- China’s Urban Dream The new year also began with a political storm over a censored article dreaming of Chinese constitutional reform. Whether those dreams are more like a fantasy than realistic hope remains to be seen.
Danwei
	-- Wastelands of Beijing With concrete spires sticking out above dusty corn fields, the castle remains as a relic of the grandiose ideas of men who’ve long since passed through the grinding mill of elite politics, corruption and prison in China. All around Beijing, architectural artefacts of previous decades remain, many decayed and going to ruin.
Diplomat
	-- “China’s Superbank” So far, Xi Jinping's term looks promising for advocates of the first but the book China's Superbank: Debt, Oil and Influence – How China Development Bank is Rewriting the Rules of Finance makes a case that land seizures are at the very foundations of China's model of state capitalism.
Global Mail
	-- Eastern Promise in Little Africa It’s just another street scene from the back alleys of Cairo or Lagos; except it’s the southern Chinese business hub of Guangzhou. This is Little Africa, or disparagingly, Chocolate City, a reversal of the traditional Chinese migration story, a living example of the increasing links between China and Africa, perhaps one of the most important stories of the early 21st century.
Harvard-Yenching Institute
	-- The Festival of Liumang: The Liumang Narrative in Contemporary China The given English title of the book, which resists translating the Chinese word “liumang” into English approximations such as “gangster”, “hooligan” or “scoundrel”, reveals the author Zhu Dake’s intention. Zhu’s groundbreaking book endeavors to establish a competing discourse on this significant but largely overlooked concept in contemporary China.
Jyh-An Lee
	-- Regulating Blogging and Microblogging in China In the blogosphere where politics are not concerned, bloggers, microbloggers, and the Chinese courts have begun to define the scope of free speech. Therefore, social media’s impact on China’s politics and human rights — especially free speech and privacy — may be a gradual and subtle evolution, rather than a democratic revolution.
Seeing Red in China
	-- Beijing Observation: Xi Jinping the Man, by Gao Yu On the one hand, he wants to maintain the life of the CCP regime; on the other, he wants to revamp the house in the hope of restoring the kind of authority and legitimacy Mao Zedong enjoyed at the beginning of the communist China. Such are the guiding principles, and the destination, of his “road to renewal.”
Seeking Alpha
	-- China Biotech In Review: 2012 China Life Science VC, M&A, And Partnering Climb China has declared it wants to be the world's leader in drug innovation, and its life science sector made remarkable progress toward becoming a global leader in 2012.


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Xi Jinping addresses a meeting of the Communist Party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in Beijing on Jan. 22, 2013. Photo: Xinhua

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"[A]s communists," Xi is quoted as saying, "we should have a higher ideal, and that is, communism."


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"[A]s communists," Xi is quoted as saying, "we should have a higher ideal, and that is, communism."