| Sign the Boycott Petition: In reaction to the 2008 Olympic Games being awarded to Beijing, the China e-Lobby has begun a petition for an American boycott of those games. As Communist China�s allies and customers enter the cross-hairs, check out the latest on �Communist China and the Terrorist War,� either directly or via our main page. CHINA E-LOBBY UPDATE: MARCH 6, 2002 TOP STORY: STATE DEPARTMENT RIPS COMMUNIST PHONY WAR IN EAST TURKESTAN REPORT WHACKS PRC USING TERRORIST WAR AS �OPPORTUNITY� TO JUSTIFY BRUTALITY The U.S. State Department blasted the People�s Republic of China for its brutal crackdown on Uighur Muslims in East Turkestan (what the Communists call �Xinjiang�). The report charged the Communists with using the war in Afghanistan as �a perceived opportunity to legitimize measures against Muslim Uighur activists under the anti-terrorism umbrella.� Report: CNN Communist China ripped the report, while the group Human Rights Watch gave it warm praise, according to the Cybercast News Service. The PRC has repeatedly charged, with little evidence, that the East Turkestani independence movement � inspired after the Communists conquered and began its brutal repression of the area � is linked to Osama bin Laden. The U.S. has never agreed with the charge. This was the only news regarding East Turkestan. No news was reported from Hong Kong or Tibet this week. TOP AMERICAN STORY: POWELL ALL THAT�S LEFT BETWEEN PAAL AND TAIWAN Here�s one from the �strange bedfellows� department. Secretary of State Colin Powell, arguably the most dovish cabinet member regarding the PRC, is � according to the Washington Times (sub-story 6) � the only obstacle to the appointment of anti-Taiwan Doug Paal as the U.S. envoy to that island democracy (the Pentagon has apparently not weighed in). Powell, rightly, still has �reservations� about the pick. There�s still time to contact the President and tell him not to appoint Paal to this crucial post. This was the only news regarding Taiwan. OTHER NEWS ON COMMUNIST CHINA AND THE TERRORIST WAR SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT KIM DAE JUNG GROWING FRUSTRATED WITH THE NORTH As prospects for his �sunshine� policy with North Korea grows increasingly cloudy, South Korean President Kim Dae Jung revealed his frustration on the intransigence of the North to the Los Angeles Times. Kim, in an interview with the paper, said Communist North Korea leader Kim Jong-Il �must make a choice,� and specifically refused to criticize Bush�s reference to the PRC ally as part of the axis of evil. While the skittishness of the South Korean government and some of its people to Bush�s harsh words � which have yet to be accompanied by any actual change in policy � the majority in South Korea is warming to them. Opposition presidential candidate Lee Hoi Chang, who publicly endorsed Bush�s remarks and is skeptical of the �sunshine� policy, leads the rest of the field by 10 points in the polls. COMMUNIST NORTH KOREA DEMANDS RECOGNITION, CLINTON ERA POLICIES North Korea finally responded to President Bush�s call for talks with a set of demands, including diplomatic recognition of the Stalinist regime (Los Angeles Times) and �respect for the agreement reached between the DPRK and the preceding U.S. administration.� (CNN) Bush has yet to change any deal between his predecessor and the North, including one to build two nuclear power plants for Pyongyang. DR. VOLLERTSEN REPEATS WOEFUL TALES OF BRUTALITY BY NORTH KOREA Dr. Norbert Vollertsen is a German physician who spent 18 months in North Korea, watching the Communist party and the military steal international food aid, kill people because they had Christian parents, and deceive international aid agencies repeatedly. When he began speaking out against the PRC ally, he was expelled. He spoke about what he saw to, among others, the Cybercast News Service. OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS NEWS COMMUNIST CHINA MAY RELEASE PRISONERS AS PART OF �HOSTAGE POLITICS� John Kamm, head of the San Francisco-based Duihua Foundation, traveled to Hong Kong to lobby for the release of some political prisoners. According to the Washington Times, Communist China may let some prisoners go as a symbolic gesture after Bush�s trip last week. Still, as John Ackerly of the International Campaign for Tibet put it, �they can pick up 10 more . . . to use when they need a favor.� OTHER AMERICAN-RELATED NEWS GROUP ASKS BUSH TO NIX HUTCHISON WHAMPOA BUYOUT OF GLOBAL CROSSING Judicial Watch, a legal group that has filed information lawsuits against both the Clinton and Bush Administrations, jumped into the Global Crossing fray. The group called on Bush to block the proposed buyout of the telecommunications firm by Hutchison Whampoa, run by Communist Chinese sympathizer Li Ka-Shing and, according to some reports, owned in part by the PRC itself. (Cybercast News Service) Global Crossing owns fiber optic lines throughout the globe, which would be a major asset for HW, Li, and his Communist friends. However, HW is not the only possible purchaser of Global, and may not even be preferred by stockholders. NEW JERSEY CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION CALLS FOR THE RELEASE OF FONG FUMING �The entire New Jersey congressional delegation has written to Chinese President Jiang Zemin demanding the immediate release� of Fong Fuming, according to the Washington Times. Fong, an American citizen since 1994, was held for five months without being charged. He now faces bribery charges involving the usual � and suspicious � Communist catch all: �state secrets.� Fong has also been denied access to a lawyer or medical care, despite �cholesterol problems and a history of cancer.� The paper quoted Rep. William Pascrell (D-NJ), who commented, �This isn't just a kangaroo court, this is a kangaroo government. We would not tolerate this [if a U.S. citizen were being] detained in the Middle East.� How sadly true. UNFPA FUNDING DEBATED IN CONGRESSIONAL HEARING A Senate subcommittee looked into the $34 million slated for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) that is currently being held up by the Bush Administration out of concern for UN involvement in the PRC�s hideous �one child� policy. A Population Research Institute investigation into UN-aided centers in one province revealed forced abortions and forced sterilizations (Cybercast News Service). A UN spokesman told the committee there was no evidence of UN involvement in the despicable actions, but unlike the PRI, who proved tapes of interviewed women, gave no evidence. Congress specifically stated that no money should go to forced abortions or sterilizations. Bush has used that part of the law to suspend the funding, for now, but has made no final decision on the money. KISSINGER SAYS COMMUNIST CHINA IS NOT COMMUNIST, PRC NIXES THE COMMENT Cybercast News Service reported this Henry Kissinger remark to the National Press Club regarding the PRC: �I don't think China is a communist country in the sense of Soviet communism.� Whatever Kissinger might feel about his words, the Communists themselves were not happy; CNS (no link) reported that the PRC �chose to omit his reference to China not being a communist country.� OTHER MAINLAND NEWS COMMUNIST PARLIAMENT OPENS WITH ANOTHER MASSIVE DEFENSE HIKE As the Communist National People�s Congress (Parliament) opened yesterday, the Communist planned a 17.6% increase in defense spending, just under last year�s 17.7% military hike (Washington Post). CNN�s Willy Wo-Lap Lam noted that �Western military analysts have pointed out that the actual military expenditure in China is at least three times that of the publicized budget.� In a further story on the military hike, Lam reported that the Communists had the audacity to call the near-record increase �modest.� The PRC military Vice-Chief of Staff called it �nothing to be astonished about.� Meanwhile, Defense Minister Chi Haotian made yet another bellicose vow to �smash any plots to split up the motherland.� Lam also reported on Communist Prime Minister Zhu Rongji�s remarks to the legislature, in which he promised greater prosperity despite the �arduous� effects of joining the World Trade Organization. He also pledged to �resolutely� fight massive party corruption, a pledge that Communist officials have been repeating ad infinitum for years (BBC). Special Report on Corruption in Shenyang: Washington Post MEET THE NEW BOSS, SAME AS THE OLD BOSS Lam examined the rising generation within the Communist Party, and found that �the modernization in the cadre system� within the party has basically done nothing to improve the prospects for political reform within the PRC. BUDGET DEFICIT SETS RECORD AS COMMUNISTS ADMIT ECONOMIC DATA IS FUDGED The Communist budget presented to the parliament included a record $37 billion deficit (Washington Post), in part to keep �economic stability,� which may require economic growth �of at least 7 percent.� However, the BBC reported numerous discrepancies and �intentionally . . . false reports� that cast doubt on the entire range of economic statistic gathering in Communist China (surprise!). MCDONALD�S GOLDEN ARCHES BANNED BY COMMUNISTS In an attempt to �give Beijing a complete makeover in time for its hosting of the 2008 Olympics,� as CNN put it, Communist China has banned the landmark �golden arches� from all McDonald�s establishments in the PRC. About 30 of the famous signposts are slated for the scrap heap. 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. |