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December 01 , 2017
  • The Washington Post：China sends its top actors and directors back to socialism school
    The Washington Post reports: "Culture is the soul of the nation, Chinese President Xi Jinping declared in a key speech last month. And like Chairman Mao Zedong before him, Xi believes that Chinese culture must serve socialism and the Communist Party. This week, more than 100 of the nation's top filmmakers, actors and pop stars were gathered for a day in the city of Hangzhou to be told exactly what that meant in practice, and to study the spirit of the 19th Party Congress, where Xi gave that speech and set out his 'Thought on Socialism With Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.' A socialist culture with Chinese characteristics, China's president said last month, should promote socialist material well being, raise socialist cultural-ethical standards, and be guided by Marxism. Writers and artists should simultaneously reflect real life and 'extol our Party, our country, our people and our heroes.' This is not a new theme for Xi — he made a similar call at a speech back in October 2014 — nor is it a new idea for China. Indeed, Xi was consciously evoking the words of Communist China's first leader Mao, who told a forum of artists in 1942 that art should reflect the lives of the working class and serve the advancement of socialism. But the fact that the nation's top entertainers were gathered specifically to study Xi's words and praise his guidance represents another turn of the screw in Communist Party control of all walks of life under this president. It also comes at a time when Chinese money is making significant inroads into Hollywood, sparking concerns that Chinese propaganda might gradually seep into the United States."
  • Bloomberg：China's Top Graft-Buster May Become Vice President, Report Says
    Bloomberg reports: "China's outgoing anti-corruption graft chief is expected to be named vice president next year, the South China Morning Post reported, giving him a perch to continue influencing policy. The move would allow Wang Qishan, 69, to formally serve as President Xi Jinping's emissary despite retiring from the Communist Party's top political body in October, the Hong Kong-based newspaper said Friday, citing several people it didn't identify. The one-time state-run bank executive has continued to attend meetings of the supreme leadership body, the Politburo Standing Committee, the paper said. The party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, which Wang has led since 2012, didn't answer a call to its Beijing headquarters after normal business hours Friday. While China's vice presidency has at times been occupied by presidents-in-waiting and is legally second-in-line to the top job, the post is largely ceremonial. The current vice president, Li Yuanchao, 67, is expected to step down next year after losing his seat on the broader Politburo during the October reshuffle. Xi elevated no obvious successors during the recent party congress, which also saw Wang retire from the all-powerful Standing Committee in line with past retirement conventions. Appointing Wang to the vice presidency would let Xi retain a key ally with legal authority to act in his stead."
  • Foreign Policy：Feds Quietly Reveal Chinese State-Backed Hacking Operation
    Foreign Policy comments: "Prosecutors in the United States this week quietly outed what appears to be a Chinese state-linked hacking ring, an escalation in Washington's campaign to pressure China over its trade practices and efforts to steal intellectual property from U.S. firms. In an indictment unsealed on Monday, federal prosecutors in Pittsburgh allege that a trio of Chinese nationals and their cybersecurity firm Boyusec hacked three companies — industrial giant Siemens, the economic analysis firm Moody's, and the GPS navigation company Trimble — and made off with sensitive company documents. The indictment names Wu Yingzhuo, Dong Hao, and Xia Lei. The first two are co-founders of Boyusec, while Xia was an employee. With prosecutors scrutinizing the firm, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Boyusec disbanded earlier this month... But a trove of public evidence and research by private security firms strongly suggests that Boyusec is an affiliate of China's powerful Ministry of State Security and appears to operate as a cover for cyber-espionage. 'There has been a lot of accumulated evidence that these guys are tied to the state,' said John Hultquist, the director of analysis for the computer security firm FireEye. Despite the seemingly clear links between Boyusec and the Ministry of State Security, American officials have described the case as a routine criminal prosecution rather than one that implicates a Chinese intelligence agency."
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