{"id":52737,"date":"2010-03-21T20:28:43","date_gmt":"2010-03-22T04:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=52737"},"modified":"2010-03-21T21:34:13","modified_gmt":"2010-03-22T05:34:13","slug":"notice-from-the-education-bureau%e2%80%99s-party-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/03\/notice-from-the-education-bureau%e2%80%99s-party-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"Notice from the Education Bureau\u2019s Party Organization: “Recognize the Ill Intentions of OxFam”"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Chinese government in February branded the Hong Kong branch of the aid organization OxFam a “subversive organization,”<\/a> causing OxFam to suspend a program to aid impoverished farmers in China.\u00a0 CDT has translated the notice from the Education Bureau<\/strong> <\/a>calling on universities to prevent the organization from recruiting student volunteers online, which sheds some more light on the government’s decision to target the group.<\/p>\n An urgent notice from the Party Committee of the Ministry of Education, regarding preventing Oxfam International\u2019s Chinese office in Hong Kong from recruiting \u201cuniversity student volunteers\u201d via the Internet<\/p>\n To the education working groups of all Party committees of provinces, autonomous regions, and provincial-level municipalities; all Departments of Education; the Education Department of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Military Corps; and all Party committees affiliated with higher education facilities:<\/p>\n According to information obtained by relevant agencies, since 2005, the Hong Kong-based China office of Oxfam International has consistently collaborated with domestic \u201crights protection\u201d (weiquan) organizations to launch training programs for \u201cuniversity student volunteers.\u201d Recently, these organizations have decided to employ \u201cInternet mass publicity\u201d methods, directly sending recruitment information to advising centers at domestic colleges and universities. This information encourages teachers to recommend people. Oxfam then screens out \u201csuitable candidates\u201d and arranges internships for them at partner \u201crights protection\u201d organizations in major cities. The internships will last from March to June 2010.<\/p>\n Hong Kong-based Oxfam is one of the NGOs dedicated to infiltrating our interior regions, and its leaders are the backbone of opposition factions. In view of the special nature of our education system, particularly colleges and universities, we must sever and remove any contact with the organization, and not have any form of cooperation with it. Education bureaus and colleges and universities in all regions must unite in thinking and be on heightened guard. Recognize the ill intentions of Oxfam in recruiting \u201cuniversity student volunteers\u201d, and diligently execute surveillance measures.<\/p>\n Presently, be advised of the following related demands:<\/p>\n 1) Increase inspection and control of Oxfam\u2019s recruitment of \u201cuniversity student volunteers\u201d at our colleges and universities. We must especially intensify, in a targeted manner, management of college and university career advising centers and campus employment information pages. College and university television broadcasts, school publications, notice boards and walls, and campus Internet networks are not allowed to publish any information related to these training programs.<\/p>\n 2) Require that all college and university career advising centers and all college departments not be allowed in any manner to recommend people for these training programs. If you discover teachers or students have participated in such programs, you must immediately adopt appropriate dissuasive measures and successfully execute educational advising actions.<\/p>\n 3) In the normal examination and approval process of student community activities, resolutely prevent Oxfam and its cooperating organizations from using financial support or other forms of support to publicize on campuses. Intensify the organizational management of employment and internships for graduated students. Diligently execute employment-advising services, move forward in expanding the strength of employment assistance for particular groups of graduated students, and prevent graduated students from moving towards these \u201cinternships\u201d at \u201crights protection\u201d organizations.<\/p>\n While each region and higher education institution develops these measures, all must show a clear political stand, maintain a vigilant attitude. Furthermore, all must tighten up internally while keeping a relaxed outward appearance<\/strong>, pay attention to systems and methods, and prevent people with ulterior motives from seizing an opportunity to cause trouble. Upon encountering serious situations, all must report in a timely fashion to the local party committee, government, and education bureau.<\/p>\n Feb. 4, 2010, Party Committee of the Ministry of Education<\/p><\/blockquote>\n