| Links of the Week Arnold Beichman, of the Washington Times, reviews Chen You-Wei�s bristling expose on Communist China�s real foreign policy objectives vis a vis the United States. Chen was a political counselor at the PRC Embassy in Washington during the Tiananmen Square massacre, and he argues that the Communists remain convinced the protests were a Western � read American � plot. William R. Hawkins, senior fellow for National Security Studies at the U.S. Business and Industry Council Educational Foundation, debunks the myth of Communist China�s post-September 11 warming to the U.S. in the Washington Times. For the myth itself, see John Pomfret, in the Washington Post. Hawkins also debunks PRC claims of a link between al Qaeda and the East Turkestan (�Xinjiang�). On Foreign Policy Frank Gaffney, Jr., in the Washington Times, examines the Bush Administration�s statements after the State of the Union, and finds them troubling in their weakness. Victor David Hanson, in National Review Online, sees similarities between the 2001 axis and the 1941 Axis. Brahma Chellaney, of the Center for Policy Research in New Delhi, finds increasing nervousness in Communist China as the U.S. and India grow closer. (Washington Times) CNN�s Willy Wo-Lap Lam looks at next month�s Bush-Jiang summit, and its possible effect on internal politics within the Communist Party. On Communist China�s Ecological Disaster Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, of the BBC, reveals the plight of the people of Shangba � where over 200 have died of cancer due to pollution from state-run mines �turning the water a bright orange.� Over 700 million people in Communist China �depend on water that is unfit for human consumption.� As Communist China�s allies and weapons customers enter the crosshairs, check out the latest on �Communist China and the Terrorist War,� either directly or via our main page. 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. |