| Link of the Week William Triplett II takes an in-depth look at Communist heir apparent Hu Jintao, who visited the U.S. this week. Triplett looks especially hard at Hu�s brutal reign over Tibet as party chief from 1988 to 1992, and does not like what he sees. Neither will you. More on Hu Jintao James Mann, in the Washington Post, explains why Hu will not move Communist China toward more political reform � even if he wanted to do so. Ezra Vogel, also in the Post, takes the traditional vanilla view of the PRC heir apparent who launched the anti-Tibet crackdown in the late 1980s. David Sands, in the Washington Times, takes a two-part look at Hu (Part 1, Part 2). Martin Sieff, meanwhile, takes a Triplett-like view � both in the attention to detail and the belief that under Hu the PRC will be more hostile to the U.S. and to freedom in general � in National Review Online. On Communist China�s future under Hu (et al) Phillip C. Saunders and Jing-Dong Yuan, in the Los Angeles Times, look at how the current leadership in Communist China could thwart Hu should he try to reform the PRC. CNN�s Willy Wo-Lap Lam also takes a skeptical view of Hu�s potential leadership, notwithstanding any role the elders might play. On Taiwan Jay Taylor lambastes the Bush Administration for its pledge to defend Taiwan �whatever it takes� in the Los Angeles Times. In his rush to apologize for the sensitivity of Chinese Communists, Taylor � who was actually a former Reagan Administration official � pays almost no attention to the plight of the island democracy. John Pomfret, in the Washington Post, notes that current U.S. policy makers do not look at Taiwan as the bane that Taylor sees. He cites a State Department official who said that �Taiwan is not looked at as a problem anymore . . . We look at it as a success story.� Lee Gilliard, in the Washington Times, warns the Bush Administration to be ready for provocations from Communist China against Taiwan. On the Los Alamos Security Breach Notra Trulock, in the Washington Times, blasts Wen Ho Lee, around whom most of the allegations swirled, for playing the �race card� rather than state what he did copied codes. Trulock, the Energy Department official who blew the whistle on nuclear codes from Los Alamos Laboratory possibly being sent to the PRC, sued Lee for �slander and defamation� after Lee said racism was behind Trulock�s probe. Jimmy Carter, anyone? For those of us less than fond of the former President, Jay Nordlinger, in National Review Online looks at some of his statements, including some egregious ones on Communist China (about 2/3 down in the piece). New to the China e-Lobby! The North Korea Report (Sign up) There�s still time to contact the President and tell him not to appoint pro-PRC Doug Paal as de facto ambassador to Taiwan. As Communist China�s allies and weapons customers enter the crosshairs, check out the latest on �Communist China and the Terrorist War,� either directly or via our main page. Sign the Boycott Petition: In reaction to the decision of the International Olympic Committee awarding Beijing the 2008 Olympic Games, the China e-Lobby has begun a petition for an American boycott of those games. Feel free to forward this to anyone you think might be interested in receiving it. Anyone who wishes to join can send his/her name and e-mail address to [email protected]. Please feel free to send any news on Communist China you happen to find to the same address. |