| Our web site has undergone some changes, including a new page dealing entirely with North Korea. Take a look! Link of the Week The editors of the Washington Post use the disappearance, and likely arrest, of AIDS activist Wan Yanhai as a symbol for all that is wrong with Communist China � from the suppression of opposing views to the secrecy with which dissidents are dispatched. They also took note of the American designation of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement as a terrorist group, to which they asked, �given its secrecy and media control, how much trust or confidence can there be in the regime�s descriptions of violent Muslim separatism in its western regions?� More On Communist China and the Terrorist War John Derbyshire, member since 2002 (but better known as a contributing editor for National Review Online) details the Communist efforts to reap concessions from the U.S. in Central Asia. His piece (which includes a number of links from the August 28 and September 4 updates) gives an excellent history and analysis of the plight of the Muslim Uighurs in East Turkestan. James Webb, Navy Secretary under Ronald Reagan, provides a timely reminder of Communist China�s ties to terrorist states. Unfortunately, since his Washington Post column centers on the possible invasion of Iraq, he provides no policy suggestions for dealing with the PRC-terror links. Webb also called the U.S. labeling of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement as a terrorist group a �diplomatic contortion . . . so appeasing that the Economist magazine labeled its logic �astonishing.�� �I didn't realize that grievances among the people run so deep.� That�s how Communist President Jiang Zemin reacted to the disaffection among the vast and impoverished rural interior of the People�s Republic. Willy Wo-Lap Lam (CNN) finds that Jiang�s attempts to win over the new elites in Communist China have made matters infinitely worse, and could easily lead to, as one analyst cited by Lam put it, �collapse.� On Russia�s Arming of Communist China Ariel Cohen, of the Heritage Foundation, reviews Russia�s latest moves toward Communist China, particularly the massive arms sales from Moscow to Beijing, in National Review Online. On Human Rights Peter Goodspeed (National Post - Canadian) follows Reverend Philip Woo, a visitor and supporter of �underground churches� in the PRC that continue to resist Communist repression. The BBC takes a look at Communist China�s battle against the internet with a slew of restrictive policies known as the �Great Red Firewall.� On the plight of North Korea Refugees in Communist China Rupert Wingfield-Hayes (BBC) visits with several North Korean refugees hiding in Communist China, for fear of being caught and sent back to the Stalinist regime. The reporter notes, painfully, that after he met with the refugees �they were caught trying to board a train for the capital. Soon they will be sent back over the border.� On the plight of the Hong Kong �migrants� Thousands of children of Hong Kong residents had their hopes dashed when the PRC overruled a Hong Kong court that had allowed them to stay. Peter Goodspeed (National Post - Canadian) records their tales. There�s still time to contact the President and tell him not to appoint pro-PRC Doug Paal as de facto ambassador to Taiwan. Check out the latest on Communist China and the Terrorist War. Sign up now for the next North Korea Report, due out on Monday. 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. |