| Link of the Week This was also in the most recent Update, but a piece this good gets double billing: Willy Wo-Lap Lam, CNN, on the rising anti-Americanism in Communist Chinese media, and what it reveals about the views of the so-called People�s Republic about the U.S., the Middle East, and North Korea. On Xu Wenli Fred Hiatt says in the Washington Post that the Communists� expulsion of Xu Wenli reveals their insecurity about remaining in power, a goal to which all others are secondary. On Communist China and North Korea Ellen Bork, of the New York Sun, gives an excellent primer on why the interests of its Stalinist ally are more important to Communist China than the interests of the U.S., in the Project for the New American Century. Meanwhile, Doug Struck, Washington Post, examines the numerous trade links between Stalinist North Korea and its neighbors, including narcotic sales to Japan, other trade with some in Japan�s Korean ethnic community, and, of course, its trade with its oldest ally � Communist China. Sign up now for the next North Korea Report, sent out every Monday. On Communist China and Iraq Lev Navrozov, in Newsmax.com, finds Communist China far more dangerous than Iraq. Meanwhile, Charles R. Smith, also in Newsmax.com, provides some detail on an air-defense system Communist China built for Saddam Hussein. Check out these stories and more on the Communist China and the Terrorist War page. On Taiwan and International Recognition Jay Nordlinger, National Review Online, is in Davos for the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum. In this installment of his conference journal, Nordlinger laments how Communist China is feted while the �plucky little democracy� � his words, and darn good ones � of Taiwan is ignored. On Hong Kong Damian Grammaticas, BBC, examines the city�s struggle to find itself over 5� years after Communist China took control. On Tibet Zhang Lifen, BBC, meets the Dalai Lama. On Communist China�s Space Program Charles R. Smith, in Newsmax.com, finds a strong �military nature� in Communist China�s growing space program. �As Chinese Businesses Blossom, They Buy Slumping Neighbor's Firms� That�s the subtitle of the Washington Post piece by Peter S. Goodman and Akiko Kashiwagi, profiling a Japanese company bought out by a Communist-run firm. The piece never really gets into the geopolitical ramifications of this move, and others similar to it, in Japan. Miss an Update, Weekly Links, or a North Korea Report? Find it on our web site. 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 or North Korea that you happen to find to the same address. |