| Home page To receive this publication via e-mail, click here. The Week�s Links: Feature and Opinion Pieces on Communist China May 7, 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. Link of the Week It is rare that the opposition wins the prize, but it is also rare for Lawrence Kudlow, National Review Online, to write such an awful piece. Not only are geopolitical issues completely ignored, but the PRC�s predatory, undervalued currency peg that slammed other Asian exports and American manufacturing is actually called �stabilization reform.� More On Communist China and the United States Sign the petition for an American boycott of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Marbled throughout this journalistic ode to Colin Powell by Wil Hylton, GQ, is evidence of how Powell has repeatedly blocked Pentagon efforts to build a more robust anti-PRC foreign policy. The editors of the Washington Post note the Bush Administration�s rejection of two trade petitions against Communist China (see last Update). Jack Cashill, in World Net Daily, details how Loral Space Corporation, and its CEO Bernard Schwarz, used contributions to the Democratic National Committee to win approval for technology transfers to Communist China. Cashill also examines the ties between the Clinton Administration and a gun smuggler from a PRC military-owned firm. Lev Navrozov, Newsmax, details how Communist China is winning Cold War II (although he doesn�t use that exact term). Charles Smith, also in Newsmax, examines the PRC�s ability to acquire American technology that can be used by the Communist military. From the Falun Gong War The editors of the Epoch Times examine how the Communists use their economic resources to persecute the spiritual movement. Xiao Ming, also from the Epoch Times, examines how the Communists exploit of the internet to go after Falun Gong. On the State of Workers in the Workers State Francis Markus, BBC, has a look at the burdens Communist China�s workers must face. More On Human Rights in Communist China Helen Chantry, Epoch Times, blasts the Communists for �promising a lot but doing little in order to keep trade levels high� and putting �cash before people.� Edward Cody, in the Washington Post, finds many good things in Yunnan Province�s village elections. However, the most important point is mentioned off-hand by one of the village chiefs, who admits the most important person in town is still the Communist party boss. Maureen Zebian, Epoch Times, profiles Dai Qing, an environmentalist dissident whose book The River Dragon Has Come chronicles the multi-dam collapse of 1975 that led to a massive flood that killed nearly a quarter of a million. Dai, who spent 10 months in prison for her views, has campaigned against dam projects such as Three Gorges for years. On the Communist Chinese Economy Economist and exiled dissident He Qinglian, in the Epoch Times, gives a devastating account of the real estate �boom� in Communist China. (Parts I and II). On the Bad Baby Milk The Asia Times, via the Epoch Times, traces how cadres from Fuyang and other cities allowed substandard baby milk to get onto market shelves On Hong Kong Katherine Maria, Voice of America, explores the reasons the Communists vetoed democracy in Hong Kong in the Epoch Times. On Tibet Ian Robinson, Calgary Sun, has rare criticism for the Dalai Lama. Before anyone tars Ian with a red brush, he thinks Tibet�s spiritual leader should, in his words, �inflict a little suffering� on the Communist oppressors. Check out the Communist China and the Terrorist War page. Sign up for the North Korea Report to get the next edition on Monday. 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. 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 or North Korea that you happen to find to the same address. |