| New Web Site Feature � �Communist China, the Taliban, and the Terrorist War�: From China e-Lobby Updates and �Week�s Links,� a chronicle of Communist China�s actions after the terrorist attack. Access it on our web site, either directly or via our main page. 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. 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]. CHINA E-LOBBY UPDATE: NOVEMBER 7, 2001 TOP STORY: PRC ALLY PAKISTAN STILL AIDING TALIBAN MILITARY AND OTHER SUPPLIES GIVEN WITH APPROVAL OF PAKISTANI INTELLIGENCE Bill Gertz of the Washington Times reported that Pakistan, a Communist Chinese ally and recipient of PRC military aid for several years, is still sending military supplies to the Taliban. Gertz reports that the shipments are made with the approval of �officials of the Pakistani military and the Inter-Services Intelligence service (ISI).� Pakistan, of course, denied the report. The first reports of this came from the Pioneer and Deccan Herald, two newspapers in India. Whether or not Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf knew about the shipments �could not be learned,� according to Gertz. One official commented thusly on the nature of the shipments, �There are two border control regimes: One before sundown and one after sundown.� Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld acknowledged that, in his words, �there are people in (Pakistan and other) countries who have relationships and dealings across borders that are unhelpful to us.� According to Gertz, U.S. officials, �sidestepped direct comments on the covert military support.� Communist China has few closer friends in the world than Pakistan, which has received missile parts and other military weaponry and technology from the People�s Republic throughout the 1990s, and earlier. The military aid violated several agreements between the U.S. and Communist China. OTHER WAR NEWS COMMUNIST CHINA LOOKS TO ENHANCE ROLE AS BLOCK TO U.S. �UNIPOLAR ORDER� Communist China is �pursuing multi-pronged diplomatic efforts to boost its global clout in the wake of the September 11 attacks on the U.S.� This from CNN�s Willy Wo-Lap Lam, who tracked the charm offensive of the Communists in their continuing campaign �to prevent the United States from taking advantage of the anti-terrorist campaign to perpetuate a �unipolar world order.�� XINHUA PRODUCES VIDEO OF ATTACK GLORIFYING IT The Communist Xinhua News Agency has produced a video of the September 11 attack, �glorifying the strikes as a humbling blow against an arrogant nation,� according to the London Sunday Telegraph. The Communist China Central Television as a 9-11 video along the same lines. The piece is courtesy of Ron Vogel, China e-Lobby member since 2000. WILL COMMUNIST CHINA GET PAKISTAN�S NUCLEAR MISSILES? The India Express reported that Pakistan is considering shipping its nuclear weapons to Communist China, in order to �prevent the weapons falling into fundamentalist hands� in the event of a Pakistani coup against President Musharraf. The report noted Pakistan is worried about �pre-emptive strikes on its nuclear sites by America, India or Israel� to ensure pro-Taliban Pakistanis don�t get their hands on them. EAST TURKESTAN (�XINJIANG�) NEWS COMMUNIST CHINA USING TERRORIST WAR AS EXCUSE TO �BREAK� UIGHURS The Communists are arresting any opponent, or suspected opponent, that they can find in their vicious crackdown on Muslim Uighurs in East Turkestan, according to CNN�s Willy Wo-Lap Lam. Despite the fact that �only a small proportion of secessionists can be classified as terrorists,� the PRC is intent on eliminating any opposition to its bloody reign in the region. OTHER AMERICAN-RELATED NEWS U.S. AND COMMUNIST CHINA PLAN BILATERAL SPORTING COMPETITIONS First the Olympics, and now this? Communist China and the United States are near an agreement to hold two bilateral sporting competitions in 2003 and 2004, the first in Beijing and the second in Washington. The Washington Post reported that the two sides �hope to finalize a deal by the end of the year.� HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS NEWS (See East Turkestan News) OTHER MAINLAND NEWS VILLAGE DEMANDS COMMUNISTS SHUT DOWN POLLUTING FACTORIES Dragon Range, a small village in Shaanxi province, has had several residents die of cancer. The Washington Post chronicled the plight of the village, and its leaders attempts to hold the owner of the factories that likely caused the cancer � the military and various local governments � accountable. As one would expect, it was a major ordeal just to get the word out past the local Communist officials. COMMUNIST BANKS LOOK TO SELL BAD LOANS ABROAD The BBC reported that Communist China is planning to auction off bad debt held by its banks, which according to Ernst & Young account for half of all loans made by state-run banks. INTERNATIONAL NEWS TALKS ON JAPAN-PRC TRADE DISPUTE BEGIN Communist China and Japan began talks to resolve a dispute on tariffs last week. Japan imposed tariffs on some PRC agricultural products this past spring. Beijing retaliated with levies on Japanese mobile phones, cars, and air conditioners. The Japanese tariffs expire, unless renewed, tomorrow. Source: CNN REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS GROUP PROTESTS HU JINTAO IN PARIS Eleven members of Reporters Without Borders � known by the French Reporters sans Frontieres (RSF) � broadcast a pro-democracy message from Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng during a Paris visit by PRC Vice President Hu Jintao. Hu is widely rumored to be the next Communist party boss, not to take the lower post of President as the BBC erroneously reported. REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN) NEWS TAIWAN LIFTS BAN ON TRADE AND INVESTMENT WITH MAINLAND The ROC�s 50-year-ban on direct trade and/or investment with the Communist mainland was lifted today. Indirect investments had been the norm for several years. Now, only �projects deemed by the Taiwanese authorities to threaten national security will still be banned.� The move was done in part to prepare for Taiwan�s entry into the World Trade Organization. The BBC and CNN each reported on this. PRESIDENT CHEN BLOCKED FROM ENTERING DENMARK TO ACCEPT FREEDOM AWARD The Danish government has chosen not to grant ROC President Chen Shui-bian a visa in order to accept the 2001 Prize for Freedom Award. The Parliament voted against the visa after Communist China weighed in with its usual threats. The award is from Liberal International, �a grouping of liberal political parties from around the world,� according to Cybercast News Service. HONG KONG NEWS PLAY BE NOBEL LAUREATE � BANNED BY COMMUNISTS IN MAINLAND � TO PREMIER IN CITY Between Life and Death, a new play by Nobel Laureate Gao Xingjian, will premier in Hong Kong this month at the annual Hong Kong arts festival, according to the BBC. Gao�s works are banned in the mainland, and have been ever since Fugitives � his play set �against the backdrop of Tiananmen Square.� TIBET NEWS COMMUNISTS STILL RIDING ON ECONOMIC OVERDEVELOPMENT IN TIBET In yet another attempt to build away the restiveness of the Tibetan people � and none of the others have worked before � the Communists have created a �special economic zone� in Tibet, according to the BBC. In another BBC report, the PRC announced plans for yet another Tibetan railway. This one would cost over $3 billion. Communist China�s heavy reliance on development � more than any normal free market would bear � has led to numerous ecological problems. It goes hand in hand with the religious crackdown in Tibet. |