| Home page To receive this publication via e-mail, click here. The Week�s Links: Feature and Opinion Pieces on Communist China September 12, 2003 Link of the Week A.M. Rosenthal, formerly of the New York Tim es, laments the horrible abuses of human rights in Communist China in the New York Daily News. On Communist China and Trade The editors of the Washington Post take issue with the growing concern over Communist China�s currency machinations. Sadly, like many others, they ignore the national security implications of the issue. Meanwhile, William Norman Grigg examines the effect of the PRC machinations on a North Carolina town in The New American. On Communist China and Space Erin Montgomery, of the Weekly Standard, talks to former Congressman Robert Walker, who is keeping a nervous eye on Communist China�s space program (see 5/30 Week�s Links). On the Communist Chinese Military and Weapons Tim Luard, BBC, examines the motives behind the troop reduction in Communist China�s military (hint: it�s not because of any peaceful intentions). Meanwhile, Lev Nazorov, Newsmax, details the dangers of nanotechnology if Communist China gets to it first. On North Korea Parapundit founder Randall Parker, Member since 2003, examines the �two main obstacles� to U.S. policy on North Korea: Communist China and dovish South Korea. Sign up for the North Korea Report before the next edition is sent on Monday. On Taiwan What�s in a name? On the island democracy of Taiwan, plenty, as Tim Luard of BBC notes. On Tibet Gregory Craig, the Clinton Administration�s top Tibet official, finds hope in recent talks between the Dalai Lama�s aides and Communist China. However, his Washington Post piece neglects to mention the Communists� howling rage at the Dalai Lama�s ongoing trip to the United States (see last Update). Phillip Pan examines the rapid changes in Tibet over the last few years. His Washington Post piece finds that most of the benefits of the Communist-led development in Tibet go not to Tibetans, but ethnic Chinese migrants � who are now conveniently dependent on the Party. Meanwhile, Tibet�s culture and its Buddhist faith continue to fade away. Ellen Bork, Deputy Director of the Project for the New American Century, calls on the U.S. to �exert pressure on China to allow true autonomy and self-rule for Tibetans,� and move beyond �photo-op diplomacy� on the occupied nation. Check out the Communist China and the Terrorist War page. Sign the petition for an American boycott of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Miss an Update, Weekly Links, or a North Korea Report? Find it on our home page. 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. |