| 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. CHINA E-LOBBY UPDATE: APRIL 10, 2002 TOP STORY: COMMUNISTS BEGIN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SQUEEZE OF U.S. ON TAIWAN PRC PRESIDENT TO LINK ROC TO TERRORIST WAR, V.P ALSO TO OBJECT TO ROC-U.S. TIES CNN�s Willy Wo-Lap Lam (1) reported that PRC President Jiang is using his trip to five nations, including Iran, to push the point that Communist support of the terrorist war �is conditional upon the state of Sino-U.S. ties, particularly the Taiwan question.� Lam (2) also reported that Communist heir apparent Hu Jintao will use his upcoming U.S. trip to insist that President Bush �stop boosting ties with Taiwan.� What caused this new public/private relations offensive? Among other things, semantics. In particular, President Bush�s use of the words �republic of Taiwan� to praise the entry of the island democracy into the World Trade Organization last week set the Communists off (CNN). Bush also backed Taiwan�s entry into the World Health Association, which naturally also left the PRC unhappy. For more on Taiwan news, see also Republic of China (Taiwan) News Section There�s still time to contact the President and tell him not to appoint pro-PRC Doug Paal as de facto ambassador to Taiwan. OTHER NEWS ON COMMUNIST CHINA AND THE TERRORIST WAR PRC PRESIDENT TO VISIT IRAN, WILL HIGHLIGHT �A LINE DIFFERENT� FROM U.S. Communist President Jiang Zemin has more than just Taiwan on his mind for his five-nation trip (CNN�s Willy Wo-Lap Lam, BBC). Jiang will be pushing �a line different from that of Washington,� while in Germany, Nigeria, Tunisia, and � get this � Libya. What �line� would that be? Well, the PRC-run Wen Wei Po said the U.S. �has taken advantage of fighting terrorism to seek �imperialistic hegemony.�� For news of Communist Chinese ally North Korea, check out the North Korea Report. (Sign up) As Communist China�s allies and customers enter the cross-hairs, check out the latest on �Communist China and the Terrorist War,� either directly or via our main page. Jiang began his trip in Germany, where he was met with protestors demonstrating against the PRC�s horrendous record on human rights (CNN). Jiang is in Germany until tomorrow. OTHER AMERICAN-RELATED NEWS FROM THE FALUN GONG WAR: U.S. PRACTITIONERS OF GROUP SUE PRC American practitioners of Falun Gong have sued Communist China. They claim the PRC is behind acts of �harassment, stalkings and beatings of Falun Gong members in Washington, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and smaller towns such as Tempe, Ariz., and Mebane, N.C.� (Washington Post) The PRC does have a history of harassing and threatening expatriates, exiles, and Falun Gong followers throughout the world. Falun Gong was a widely popular spiritual movement before the Communists banned it in 1999 and began a massive crackdown against it. Also reporting: CNN HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS NEWS COMMUNIST CHINA EXECUTES MORE THAN REST OF THE WORLD COMBINED Communist China executed more people in three months � 1,781 from April to July of 2001 � than �the total number of people executed in the rest of the world in the previous three years (emphasis added),� according to CNN. Communist China�s executable crimes are, among other things: corruption, supporting religious freedom, and in East Turkestan, simple political dissent. Also reporting: BBC OTHER MAINLAND NEWS COMMUNISTS GROWING WORRIED ABOUT STARVING, ANGRY FARMERS IN RUAL INTERIOR CNN�s Willy Wo-Lap Lam reports that Communist China is growing more worried about the increasing anger of �poor peasants� suffering under crippling taxes and fees imposed by local Communist leaders. The situation is so bad that thousands of farmers �routinely sold blood to maintain a subsistence-level livelihood.� The �unhygienic conditions� of blood selling in the PRC have created an AIDS epidemic. COMMUNIST PRESIDENT WANTS �STABILITY� BETWEEN NOW AND FALL PARTY RESHUFFLE Communist President Jiang Zemin has sent the word out that he wants �stability� � i.e., no more major unrest � between now and the Communist Party reshuffle of the top leadership this fall. CNN�s Willy Wo-Lap Lam reports that Jiang told Communist cadres �to use tough tactics such as calling on the People's Armed Police to disperse the demonstrators and arrest the ringleaders� if needed to end protests. DROUGHT IN COMMUNIST CHINA GETTING WORSE Communist China�s northern water shortage continues to worsen according to the BBC. Thanks to �pollution and inefficient usage by industry and agriculture� � due in part to projects a free market would never sustain � the Communists are endangering over 20 million hectares of farmland, and several major northern cities, including Beijing. INTERNATIONAL NEWS AS LI PENG VISITS JAPAN, OPPOSITION LEADER CALLS FOR ANTI-PRC NUKES Li Peng, the man who ordered the Tiananmen Square massacre and current number two Communist in the PRC, visited Japan this week (BBC, CNN). Greeting him was Liberal Party leader Ichiro Ozawa, who infuriated Communist China by declaring Japan could �produce 3,000 to 4,000 nuclear warheads� so that �we will never be beaten in terms of military power� (London Daily Telegraph via Washington Times) REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN) NEWS PRESIDENT CHEN CLOSED �SECRET FUND� IN 2000 Of the many details in a Washington Post story on the $100 million fund former President Lee Teng-hui used for diplomatic matters and anti-Communist espionage, some more interesting ones may have lessened, rather than increased, the impact of the scandal, or yours truly is engaging in wishful thinking. Either way, the Post story reveals that the fund was created in the aftermath of bringing the National Security Bureau under civilian control. Furthermore, unlike the Communists, �who in the 1990s were discovered to have attempted to funnel money to the Democratic Party,� Taiwan �did not generally believe that you could buy Americans,� as one official aware of the fund said. Lee�s successor, former opponent, and now ally Chen Shui-bian shut the fund down two years ago �following the disappearance of one of its senior accountants, Col. Liu Kuan-chun, who allegedly embezzled $5.5 million.� Liu is now believed to be in the PRC, which could be a not just a PR disaster for the island democracy, but also put the lives of ROC espionage agents in grave danger. HONG KONG NEWS MAN WHOSE WIFE GAVE BIRTH LAST MONTH DEPORTED TO MAINLAND Looking more like its Communist government n Beijing that appointed it every day, Hong Kong�s regime sent a man back to the mainland despite his wife giving birth to a child in March. He was one of many born of Hong Kong parents who were allowed to stay under a city court order overturned by Beijing � at the request of the government it appointed (BBC, CNN). MARTIN LEE TO REPRESENT SINGAPORE OPPOSITION POLITICIAN Martin Lee, head of the Hong Kong Democratic Party � the largest pro-democracy party in the city � has agreed to represent Chee Soon-juan, Singapore�s opposition leader. Singapore�s Prime Minister, Goh Chok Tong, and its senior leader, Lee Kwan Yew, are suing Chee for defamation over Chee�s assertion that Singapore lent $9 billion to Indonesia when it was ruled by the dictator Suharto. Report: BBC TIBET NEWS TANAK JIGME SANGPO, PRC�S �LONGEST-SERVING POLITICAL PRISONER,� IS FREED Citing �medical grounds,� Communist China freed Tibetan activist Tanak Jigme Sangpo, who has been in prison for nearly 40 years for his anti-Communist activities. Tanak�s release sparked speculation to CNN, the BBC, and the Washington Post that his release has something to do with the upcoming visit of Communist heir apparent Hu Jintao � who led a massive Tibet crackdown as its party chief in 1988. No news was reported from East Turkestan (�Xinjiang�) was reported this week. 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. |