| Home page To receive this publication via e-mail, click here. The Week�s Links: Feature and Opinion Pieces on Communist China June 4, 2004 Dragon in the Dark: How and Why Communist China Helps Our Enemies in the War on Terror is now available: here, at Amazon, or call 1-888-280-7715. Check out the Communist China and the Terrorist War page. Link of the Week Fifteen years ago today, the Communist military murdered thousands in Tiananmen Square, and crushed the pro-democracy movement. Jasper Becker, of the Independent (UK), gives a piercing analysis of what the massacre has wrought. The piece also includes a painful account by Michael Feathers who was the Independent�s man on the scene on June 4, 1989. More On the Tiananmen Square Anniversary Four protestors, Wu�er Kaixi, Ma Shao-fang, Cheng Zhen, and Zhang Boli tell their stories to the BBC; Shen Tong talks to Bloomberg. Wang Dan is interviewed by the Toronto Star, and has a column in the Scotsman. The BBC also relayed the story of Zhang Xian Ling, whose son was killed in Tiananmen for taking a picture. Louisa Lim, BBC, interviews Qi Zhiyong, a protestor who lost his leg in the massacre, Zhu Hong, who lost his job, Ding Zilin, who lost her son, and some current college-age students, who seem to have lost their souls (note: in their defense, those students know full well what will happen to them if they do not spout the party line). The China Support Network remembers the raising of the Goddess of Democracy just before the massacre began. CSN Executive Director John Kusumi addressed the commemoration rally in front of the Communist Chinese Embassy last night. National Review Online re-runs Nina Cheng�s 1989 column on the massacre. Jaime FlorCuz, CNN, returns to Peking University, where Wang Dan was a student in 1989. Phillip Pan, Washington Post (via MSNBC), talks to some of the protest leaders who stayed behind, and finds �China has learned to live with what happened in Tiananmen Square, but without forgetting or forgiving.� Mike Chinoy, CNN, examines why this day will never be forgotten. Hannah Beech, Time Asia, sees how the day has divided families. Tim Luard, BBC, remembers the almost gone, but never forgotten, Zhou Ziyang, the former party boss placed under house arrest for siding with the protestors and refusing to back the massacre. The editors of the Washington Times, much like Becker, find that �China's Communist rulers are as tyrannical as ever.� The press in Hong Kong and Taiwan (via BBC) weigh in with rare unanimity calling on the PRC to admit the massacre was, at best, a terrible mistake. Paul Hu, NRO, is optimistic that freedom will come to China, although his piece will likely convince few. Ellen Bork, of the Project for the New American Century, reminds us in the New York Sun (via PNAC) about the continuing Communist crackdown against Tiananmen dissidents, and the need to end �the Communist Party's monopoly on political power.� More On Communist China and the United States Sign the petition for an American boycott of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Lev Navrozov takes the top prize again, chronicling in Newsmax the Communists� military plans for Cold War II and, should things come to it, a shooting war with the U.S. Jailed dissident Yang Jianli (see 4/30, 5/14, and last Week�s Links) explains why he is not seeking an appeal of his Communist court conviction (via CSN). The editors of the Washington Times sound the alarm on Communist China and its entry into the Nuclear Supplier Group, noting �Beijing's leaders harbor superpower ambitions and see themselves as the next challenger to American global power. Helping the Chinese become a more significant nuclear power is a mistake.� Meanwhile, John Tkacik, of the Heritage Foundation, sees hope in recent Bush Administration comments regarding Taiwan (note: Tkacik is one of the good guys, see 3/26 Week�s Links), in National Review Online. For all the Fox News watchers, beware: its parent company is getting cozy with Beijing�s biggest propaganda outfit: China Central Television (Time Asia). On Communist China and Brazil The BBC takes note of the growing relationship between Brazil and Communist China to �counter the West's dominance of trade.� Michael Elliot, Time Asia, notes the irony of Brazilian President Lula da Silva, �a lifelong democrat and dissident,� visiting Beijing �just a week before the 15th anniversary of June 4, 1989.� On North Korea Sign up for the North Korea Report to get the next edition on Monday. Louisa Lim, BBC, talks to North Korean refugees hiding in Communist China, and finds that �most people in the Hermit Kingdom now disliked� Kim Jong-il, and life as a nonperson in the PRC �was as filled with fear as life back home.� On the Falun Gong War Terri Marsh, attorney for Falun Gong practitioners in Chicago suing Central Military Commission Chairman Jiang Zemin, highlights the importance of her clients� case in CSN. On Tibet Exiled dissident Wei Jingsheng, one of the most active anti-Communists in the Chinese ethnic community, discusses Tibet (CSN). �It�s a Game� That�s how Tim Clissold referred to investing in Communist China in a BBC piece highlighting the pitfalls of "investing" in the Communist system. The piece calls Clissold a success, but never actually mentions how, or even if, he made any money. Miss an Update, Weekly Links, or a North Korea Report? Find it on our home page. Feel free to forward this to anyone you think might be interested in receiving it. 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