| 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. Those who wish to e-sign the petition can do so at the following page (part of the China e-Lobby web site). CHINA E-LOBBY UPDATE: OCTOBER 3, 2001 TOP STORY: PRC LOOKS TO EXPLOIT NEW RELATIONS WITH U.S., BUT STILL OPPOSES WAR COMMUNISTS LOOK TO LINK TERRORISTS TO DALAI LAMA AND TAIWAN FIRM THAT INTEGRATED IRAQI AIR DEFENSE IS BUILDING KABUL TELEPHONE NETWORK The terrorist war has its share of opportunists, and Communist China is eagerly acting as one of them. While the Communists pledge support, many of them still focus on the expansion of Beijing�s influence, and see the U.S. as its chief threat. This Los Angeles Times story did not mention previous reports that the PRC saw the Taliban as a �check� on American power (see last update) or the news below. Link: Los Angeles Times CNN�s Willy Wo-Lap Lam also noted discussions among the Communists on how September 11 will affect U.S. foreign policy. Many are claiming the terrorist attack means �the beginning of the decline of the U.S. as a superpower,� and that�s from the so-called �Mainstream� faction. Many cadres are also convinced the war is a pretext for Japan, India, and the U.S. to �encircle and contain� Communist China. Link: CNN Further in that vein, the People�s Republic announced that, terrorist war or no terrorist war, it would not stop its opposition to �hegemonism,� which is �a standard Chinese code word for a world order dominated by the United States.� Additionally, �top cadres� are linking the terrorists to anti-Communist movements in Tibet and East Turkestan, as well as the free, democratic Republic of China (Taiwan). Link: CNN: Lam Meanwhile, intelligence officials told the Washington Times that Huawei Technologies � the PRC-run firm that built a fiber-optic network for Iraq�s air defense system � has been building a telephone network in Kabul for the Taliban �for the past two years.� Another state-run firm, Zhongxing Telecom, is also involved. The report runs counter to Beijing�s claims that �no Chinese firms are working in Afghanistan. Link: Washington Times OTHER AMERICAN-RELATED NEWS U.S. CITIZEN EXPELLED FROM PRC Wu Jianmin, a Chinese-born American citizen arrested by the Communists for �spying,� left the PRC for the U.S. after the Communists expelled him from the country. Wu reportedly said he owed his release to the Bush Administration. Link: Washington Post ANTI-COMMUNIST LIBERAL CLAIMS VICTORY IN RACE FOR HOUSE DEMOCRATIC WHIP Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-California) said this week that she had �locked up� the race for House Democratic Whip. Pelosi � a West Coast liberal and one of the most anti-Communist Democrats in Washington � is running against Maryland�s Steny Hoyer. The vote among House Democrats is next Wednesday. Current Whip David Bonior is leaving the House next year to run for Governor of Michigan. Link: Washington Times BOEING TO BUILD 30 JETLINERS FOR COMMUNIST CHINESE AIRLINES Boeing Corporation signed a $1.6 billion contract with Communist China for the making of 30 jetliners. Twenty of the planes will go to China Southern Airlines; other regional carriers will get the rest. Boeing has been building airplanes for the Communists for some time. In some cases, the Communist military has co-opted parts or technology from the civilian aircraft built as a result. Link: BBC HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS NEWS COMMUNIST CHINA USING TERRORISM WAR AS EXCUSE FOR ONGOING CRACKDOWN Human Rights Watch has noticed that Communist China is using the attack as an excuse to justify its continuing crackdown on human rights. Link: Los Angeles Times � just above the middle JIANG TURNS UP HEAT ON HARD-LINE MAOISTS, PARTY TO PUNISH CRITICISM OF HIM Under prodding from Communist President Jiang Zemin, the CCP�s Central Commission for Disciplinary Inspection (CCDI) whacked hard-line �leftists� for holding views �that are opposed to the party's basic theories, basic line and basic principles.� The Maoists are upset at Jiang�s plan to allow businessmen into the Party. Their criticism has made them the latest, and most unlikely, target of a crackdown. Link: CNN - Lam OTHER MAINLAND NEWS COMMUNIST CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING: JIANG�S PROT�G� LEFT HANGING AGAIN The plenary session of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee ended Wednesday, without the promotion of Zeng Qinghong � a long-time prot�g� of Communist President Jiang Zemin � to full membership in the Politburo. He remains an alternate. The CCP also refused, for now, to enshrine Jiang�s plan for letting businessman into the party in its charter, which may explain the news above. Links: CNN - Lam, Washington Times COMMUNIST CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING: TWO KICKED OUT FOR CORRUPTION Shi Zhaobin, former Communist deputy party secretary in Fujian province, was expelled from the Communist Party for taking $85,000 related to the multi-billion dollar Xiamen smuggling scandal. Li Jiating, an ex-party official in Yunnan, was booted for taking $100,000 in bribes unrelated to Xiamen. Link: Washington Times � bottom quarter COMMUNIST CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING: PARTY WARNED, SORT OF Meanwhile, the Central Committee issued another warning for the party to �reconnect with the people.� However, as the BBC noted, the call was issued �in the usual opaque and coded Communist officialese.� Link: BBC WHAT WILL THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION DO TO THE PRC? OPINIONS VARY Gordon Chang � �a lawyer and long-time resident of China� � spoke to the CATO Institute on the effect of the PRC joining the World Trade Organization. Chang was dramatically optimistic, even predicting the PRC�s collapse. Minxin Pei, of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, was not so sanguine; she noted the Communists� closed banking system and weak political opposition. Link: Cybercast News Service XINJIANG/EAST TURKESTAN NEWS (See Also Top Story) VIOLENCE AMONG INDEPENDENCE SUPPORTERS MUCH LOWER THAN EXPECTED As Communist China intensifies its focus on this desert region, CNN, citing foreign and local Communist sources, reports that the violent tendencies among independence supporters is much lower that was previously believed. The report does not discuss support for independence in general, fueled by a massive Communist crackdown on the population�s Uighur Muslim community. 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