1. Trivia Time People in China enjoy the same level of Internet freedom as North Americans. True or False?

2. Trivia Time False! – China’s Government carefully monitors internet usage – Techniques such as DNS blocking prevents users from accessing certain sites – E.g. Google.cn results re-directed to Baidu – Government determines which sites are deemed “prohibited”

3. Trivia Time The Chinese Communist Party is the sole political party in China. True or False?

4. Trivia Time False (But also true) 8 Registered minor parties – Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang – China Democratic League – China Democratic National Construction League – China Association for Promoting Democracy – Chinese Peasants’ and Workers’ Democratic Party – China Zhi Gong Party – September 3 Society – Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League Serve as a formality, essentially run by the CCP

5. The Setting: Political Communist State - Chinese Communist Party - Founded in 1921 - Marxist-Leninist foundation - Centralization - Conformity of ministries - Eliminating opposition - Ruling political party - Ultimate control over state affairs and legislation

6. The Chinese Communist Party

7. The National Party Congress – Supreme legislative power – Meets every 5 years – Major issues e.g. constitutional revisions The Central Committee – 5 year turn-over intervals – Elected by NPC to carry out its mandate The Politburo Standing Committee – Decision and law-making body – Highest ranking officials of government ministries

8. The Government 3 Major bodies – President – State Council – National People’s Congress Communist Party is the ruling party and essentially controls at every level

9. The Government

10. -Hu Jintao -President – Head of State -Figurehead, elected by the National People’s Congress -General Secretary of the Communist Party -Highest ranking official -Head of the Politburo -Chairman of the Central Military Commission

11. The Government -State Council -Wen Jiabao (premier) appointed by the president -Administrative body -Consists of the heads of each ministry and department

12. The Government National People’s Congress – Wu Bangguo (Chairman) – Legislative body Rubber Stamp? – Communist party is the majority, other parties make up the minority However minor parties are all “registered” parties with the CCP

13. References National People’s congress: http://www.china.org.cn/english/archiveen/27750.htmhttp://www.china.org.cn/english/archiveen/27750.htm http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/state_structure/64735.htm The Atlantic (Mar 2010) : http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/03/- ldquo-the-connection-has-been-reset-rdquo/6650/http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/03/- ldquo-the-connection-has-been-reset-rdquo/6650/ Greenwood Publishing: http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/Q589.aspxhttp://www.greenwood.com/catalog/Q589.aspx Council on Foreign Relations: http://www.cfr.org/publication/14482/http://www.cfr.org/publication/14482/ Index-China: http://www.index-china.com/index-english/Politics-gov-s.htmlhttp://www.index-china.com/index-english/Politics-gov-s.html Economic Expert: http://www.economicexpert.com/a/General:Secretary:of:the:Communist:Party:of:China. htm http://www.economicexpert.com/a/General:Secretary:of:the:Communist:Party:of:China. htm Chinese Business World: http://www.cbw.com/govern/index.htmlhttp://www.cbw.com/govern/index.html China Business Review: http://chinabusinessreview.net/public/0803/prc_government_chart.pdf http://chinabusinessreview.net/public/0803/prc_government_chart.pdf