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CHINA E-LOBBY UPDATE: JANUARY 5, 2005
This will be the final China e-Lobby weekly Update. From here on out, the information and links normally in the Updates will be posted on the new China e-Lobby blog, starting tomorrow. The posts will, or at least should, be daily events, barring weekends (note: non-newsletter pages, such as the Beijing Olympic Boycott, Nine Commentaries, etc., plus all past newsletters will still be available through the China e-Lobby website).
The new blog will mean faster transmit of information and prevent some news from getting �buried� or downgraded, as must be done with a weekly format. The information to which everyone has become accustomed in the three newsletters will not disappear. On the contrary, the blog will make the information more readily and quickly available. This is not the end of the China e-Lobby; it is the next phase, one I hope will bring greater success to all of us working to build an anti-Communist political coalition in America and to help the Chinese people free themselves from the largest, bloodiest, cruelest, and most dangerous criminal enterprise on earth: the Chinese Communist Party. Thanks once more to all of those who have supported us, and, I hope, will continue to support us.
D.J. McGuire: Co-chair and President
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TOP STORY: COMMUNIST CHINESE ESPIONAGE EXPOSED IN CANADA
RIGHT AND LEFT CALL FOR END TO CANADIAN AID TO PRC, NIXING OF NORANDA BUYOUT
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service reported that unnamed foreign regimes � of which one unnamed official called Communist China �the �most aggressive�� (National Post 12/29, Canada) � were after �'Canada's scientific and technological developments, critical economic and information infrastructure, military and other classified information.�
The report detailed how the People�s Republic �uses visiting students, scientists, business people and delegations to obtain industrial secrets and high-technology that will benefit Chinese companies and its military-industrial complex.� For reports of spying in the U.S., see the 10/4/00, 10/25/00, 11/1/00, 12/27/00, 2/12/03, 8/13/03, and 8/20/03 Updates.
Condemnation of Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin�s �engagement� was fast in coming: the opposition Conservative Party called for all Canadian economic aid to the PRC to come to a halt (National Post 12-30). Interestingly, Pat Martin (no relation), a member of the left-wing New Democratic Party, joined the CP in calling for an end to the aid.
The possible acquisition of Noranda, a major Canadian mining corporation, by PRC-owned Minmetals Corporation was also panned by the NDP�s Martin and the Conservatives. Given the Prime Minister Martin�s Liberal Party does not have a legislative majority, the CP-NDP common ground on Communist China could lead to significant changes in Canadian policy.
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OTHER AMERICAN-RELATED NEWS
U.S. OFFICIAL: ARMITAGE COMMENTS NOT U.S. POLICY
An unnamed senior American official told the Washington Times (last item) that outgoing Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage�s disturbing comments on Taiwan (see 12/22/04 and last Updates) �do not alter President Bush's tough policy of helping the island defend itself from any mainland attack.�
There were even whispers that the one-foot-out-the-door Armitage was �trying to improve his business prospects in China.� Bush had previously said he would do �whatever it takes� to prevent the Communists from conquering the island democracy (see 4/25/01 Update).
ISRAEL MAY TRY TO GET CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL FOR HARPY UPGRADES
The U.S. demand that Israel not return upgraded Harpy drones to Communist China has put the American ally in what an unnamed Israeli diplomat called a �very difficult position� (Cybercast News). The diplomat noted that Israel � to avoid the �humiliating� option of agreeing to the demand � �may try to fight it out in Congress and say it's grossly unfair.�
Of course, the last time Israel tried to hang tough � the aborted PHALCON sale in 2000 � several members in Congress called for cutting American aid to Israel in retaliation. Israel later cancelled the sale (see 7/12/00 Update).
COMMUNIST CHINA SIGNS DEAL TO EXPORT CARS TO U.S. IN 2007
Communist Chinese automaker Chery � owned by the province of Anhui � will be sending cars to the U.S. for sale in 2007, under a deal with Malcolm Bricklin, the man best known for inflicting Yugos on the American market. Report: Detroit News
QUOTAS ON IMPORTED TEXTILES END, PRC LIKELY BIG WINNER
A worldwide set of trade restrictions on textiles came to an end Saturday, causing tremendous worry among both American textile producers and foreign producers not named Communist China. There is one rather slim silver lining � longtime PRC rival India is also expected to do well in the post-restriction environment. Reports: BBC, Washington Post
NINE COMMENTARIES CONTINUE TO MAKE WAVES, DESPITE PRC ATTEMPT TO STOP IT
The Epoch Times� Nine Commentaries on the Chinese Communist Party is having tremendous impact with one million copies distributed in Hong Kong alone (Epoch Times-1). Meanwhile, the Communist made their first overt effort to stem the tide � albeit in the form of trying to block an American symposium on the subject (Epoch Times-2).
VICTIM OF COMMUNIST BULLDOZER STAGES SUICIDE PROTEST IN NYC
Bai Zhenxia, who fled the PRC for the U.S. after the Communists demolished his home, in now in a hospital after he threatened to kill himself in front of the United Nations building in New York to bring attention to his fellow demolition victims (Epoch Times). In the PRC, one can own a home, but not the land under it, leaving all susceptible to the cadres� whims.
OTHER INTERNATIONAL NEWS
COMMUNIST CHINA MAY GET PIECE OF EX-YUKOS SUBSIDIARY
In a push for some badly needed allies in its bid to destroy Yukos Oil, Russia is looking to sell 20% of its main subsidiary, Yuganskeneftegas, to the Communist-owned China National Petroleum Corporation. Russia�s state-owned Roseneft swallowed up the winner of the Yuganskeneftegas auction last week. Report: BBC
AS TSUNAMI VICTIMS LOOK FOR HELP, COMMUNIST CHINA COMES UP SHORT
The PRC offered about $64 million to the victims of the tsunami disaster, a figure that �has been dwarfed by the massive pledge of $500 million from Japan� (Washington Post). Meanwhile, the regime �has deployed only several dozen medical personnel to the disaster zone, while the United States has sent 13,000 troops to help.� Can you say �stingy�?
PRICE OF ZINC SURGES DUE TO COMMUNIST DEMAND
Communist China�s demand for zinc has sent the price to �a seven-year high� (BBC). The PRC �consumes about one-fifth of the world's zinc,� and its voracious appetite could lead to �a global deficit of 280,000 tonnes (UK sp).�
NEWS FROM THE FALUN GONG WAR
COMMUNIST CHINA ARRESTS 11 PRACTITIONERS FOR EXPOSING TORTURE
Communist China has �jailed 11 people for using the Internet to post stories of alleged prison torture and abuse of members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement� (Voice of America via Epoch Times). The arrests were revealed by Reporters Without Borders.
OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS NEWS
PUBLIC SECURITY MINISTER CALLS FOR MORE �SUPPRESSION� OF PROTESTS
Communist Minister of Public Security Zhou Yongkang threw off any pretenses of concern for the people and demanded that �suppression . . . be reinforced� (Radio Free Asia via Epoch Times) against �collective incidents,� i.e., mass protests. Look for more Hanyuan-style massacres in the future (see 11/10, 11/17, 11/24, and 12/1 Updates).
CHRISTIANS� CHRISTMAS EVE GATHERING BROKEN UP BY COMMUNISTS
A Christmas Eve celebration by the Central Plains Church �was thwarted by the Beijing police� (Epoch Times). Instead of celebrating their faith, �two Christians were arrested and detained at the local police station, and two others were placed under house arrest.�
At least 10 million Catholics and 40-70 million non-Catholic Christians are members of �underground� churches that, unlike the Communist-controlled �churches� for Catholics and Protestants, refuse to put the Chinese Communist Party between themselves and their God.
REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN) NEWS
CHEN�S ELECTION CONFIRMED BY HIGH COURT, AGAIN
Taiwan�s High Court threw out the second of two challenges to President Chen Shui-bian�s re-election from the �pan-blue� opposition. The �pan-blues� tried to link their claim to the Ukraine�s Victor Yushchenko and his successful push for a revote, but �say the courts here . . . the opposition failed to provide evidence of systematic fraud� (BBC).
Having now failed in every attempt to reverse the will of the people, the �pan-blue� parties � the Nationalists and People First � may take some time to ponder how their attempts to cozy up to Communist China cost them millions of votes between presidential ballots. Also reporting: VOA via Epoch Times
Hong Kong and Tibet were unusually quiet this week.
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