1. a) What is the population of China?
b) How many Chinese are members of the Communist Party?

2. Chinese President Hu Jin Tao gave a speech at the 17th Communist Party Congress in Beijing yesterday. What did he say about the following issues?
a) democracy in China (para. 2, 6, 9)
b) corruption within the Communist Party (para. 2, 19)
c) foreign affairs (para. 14)
d) Taiwan's push for independence from China (para. 15-17)
e) the disparity of income in China (para. 20)

3. a) How many protest incidents were reported by the Communist government to have taken place in China last year?
b) What were the main reasons for these protests, according to a report from the Central Committee for Public Security?

4. a) Who was protesting outside of the Great Hall of the People, where President Hu gave his speech yesterday?
b) What happened to those protesters?
c) Why haven't there been any street protests in China in the past several months?

5. Regarding news, information, and art, Mr. Hu said: "We must step up development of the press, publishing, radio, film, television, literature and art, [to] give correct guidance to the public and foster healthy social trends. We will strengthen efforts to develop and manage Internet culture and foster a good cyber environment."
What do you translate that to mean?