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CHINA E-LOBBY UPDATE: OCTOBER 10, 2001 TOP STORY: BBC REPORTS PRC ACCEPTS �COALITION GOVERNMENT� IN AFGHANISTAN WORLD NET DAILY � CITING UNCONFIRMED SOURCE � SAYS PRC DEPLOYING TROOPS According to the BBC, Communist Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan told Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov that Beijing would support a �coalition government� in Afghanistan. This would a major departure from previous comments that the fall of the Taliban regime was unacceptable (see previous updates). Links: BBC Tang also tried to use the terrorist war to just the Communist�s brutal crackdown in East Turkestan (Xinjiang) against the Muslim Uighurs in the region. (Note: WND says the PRC has deployed between 5,000 and 15,000 troops in Afghanistan to keep the Taliban in power, but they cited an unconfirmed and previously unheard of source called Debkafile. Link: WND PRC CLOSES BORDER WITH AFGHANISTAN, SENDS TROOPS TO EAST TURKESTAN PRC troops are headed to East Turkestan, according to CNN�s Willy Wo-Lap Lam, in part to stem a possible flow of refugees. The border has also been closed, but as BBC reports, it was �already tightly controlled,� so there was little actual change. The Afghan side of the border is Northern Alliance-controlled, and there has yet to be any reports of a major exodus from the anti-Taliban region. Links: BBC, CNN: Lam COMMUNIST LEADERS AND MILITARY STILL EDGY ABOUT U.S. IN CENTRAL ASIA Beijing�s military is still nervous about the U.S. presence in Central Asia. Despite a professed �willingness to cooperate with the U.S. within certain parameters� � what �certain parameters� means is anyone�s guess � the military is not happy with the prospect of the U.S. �setting up a pro-U.S. regime in Afghanistan� or �establishing footholds in countries including Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.� Link: CNN - Lam Meanwhile, CNN�s Lam reports that the political leadership in the People�s Republic is still unsure what the �real objective is� for the U.S. That combined with the military�s edginess over a �pro-U.S. regime� in Afghanistan may explain why the PRC has been �unusually quiet� about war in what it calls its �backyard.� Link: CNN OTHER WAR NEWS COMMUNIST CHINA OPPOSES WIDENING OF TERRORIST WAR Communist China announced they would not support the terrorist war going beyond Afghanistan. Ther has been talk of the U.S. attacking other regimes that harbor terrorists, particularly Iraq. Link: Washington Post PRC TO PUSH FOR U.S. SOFTENING ON TAIWAN AND TIBET FOR �SUPPORT� Meanwhile, Communist China is trying, again, to leverage its halfway support for the terrorist war (see the quote in the story above) into U.S. concessions on democratic Taiwan, Tibet, and East Turkestan. Communist President Jiang Zemin is now looking to this month�s summit with Bush to get softer American policies on his maneuvering against Taiwan, and crackdowns on the Communist-controlled regions. Link: CNN OTHER AMERICAN-RELATED NEWS HOUSE DEMOCRATS ELECT ANTI-COMMUNIST NANCY PELOSI AS CAUCUS WHIP Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi � a California liberal Democrat and one of the most vocal anti-Communist politicians in Washington � defeated Maryland�s Steny Hoyer in the race to succeed Michigan David Bonior as House Minority Whip. Nearly every new source reporting on this race � including Fox News, who reported the result � has ignored Pelosi�s career as a vociferous critic of the PRC on many fronts. Link: Fox News OTHER MAINLAND NEWS COMMUNISTS GOING TO THE MOON No, sadly, the CCP is not leaving for the lunar satellite en masse, but they are sending an unmanned probe there, with the hope of a manned expedition in 10 years time. Link: BBC COMMUNIST CHINA QUALIFIES FOR WORLD CUP SOCCER; COULD PLAY U.S. Communist China defeated Oman 1-0 in the World Cup qualifying round to reach the field of 32 for the first time ever. The United States also made the field on Sunday. The divisions for soccer�s World Cup Final � known as groups � will be decided by random draw later this year. The U.S. and the PRC would play each other if they were in the same group. Link: Washington Post INTERNATIONAL NEWS JAPANESE PM VISITS BEIJING Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi met with Zhu Rongji � his Communist counterpart � and PRC President Jiang Zemin this week. While he was there he issued a �heartfelt apology� for Japan�s occupation of China during and prior to World War II. He also tried to ease fears of Japanese militarism as his country seeks to expand the role of its armed forces in reaction to September 11. Links: BBC, Los Angeles Times REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN) NEWS HIGH-TECH DONWTURN IN ROC MAY BE OVER AS CHIP MAKERS MEET REVENUE TARGETS Two major microchip manufacturers in Taiwan � Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corp (UMC) � have met revenue projections for the third quarter. The two firms hitting their revenue targets could be a sign that the ROC�s high-tech downturn � the worst ever � may finally be over. Link: CNN XINJIANG/EAST TURKESTAN NEWS (See Also Top Story) HONG KONG AND MACAO NEWS PAKISTANI RESIDENTS BANNED FROM MAINLAND Communist China has banned Pakistani residents of Hong Kong from traveling to the mainland, angering many of the 25,000 Hong Kong residents of Pakistani nationality. Pakistan has long been a PRC ally. As such, Pakistani residents are confused and hurt by the decision of the Communists. Link: CNN |