| Link of the Week Edward Timperlake and William C. Triplett, II, take note of Communist China�s role as ally and weapons supplier to Pakistan and North Korea, and the possible role the PRC had in the Pakistan-NK trade that made the Stalinists a probable nuclear power, in the Washington Times. More On Communist China and Stalinist North Korea John Tkacik, in the Washington Times, examines the statement Russia and Communist China signed, and its section on nuclear North Korea, and finds it little more than boilerplate, as well as �weaker even than if they had made no statement at all.� Sign up now for the next North Korea Report, sent out every Monday. On Communist China and Taiwan Willy Wo-Lap Lam, CNN, examines the results of the mayoral elections in Taiwan, from which both the opposition Nationalists and the ruling pro-independence Democratic Progressives won boosts. Lam also looks at the more bellicose membership of the PRC�s all-powerful Central Military Commission, led by Jiang Zemin. On Communist China and George Orwell John Pomfret, in the Washington Post, finds that a made-in-Beijing version of George Orwell�s Animal Farm reveals quite a bit about modern Communist China � little of it good. Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, of the BBC, had this reaction. On Communist China and Latin America Constantine Menges, in the Washington Times, finds a very strong possibility of a new friend for Communist China in the incoming Brazilian President, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva. On Communist China and the WTO Alex Ritson, BBC, finds that membership in the World Trade Organization for Communist China has led to angry workers and farmers, while frustrated foreign firms have found it less than it was cracked up to be. On Pollution in Communist China Thanks to Communist China�s push for massive development that no free market would sustain, a slew of cities in the PRC are dealing with pollution so bad it causes �nearly 170,000 deaths nationwide every year,� according to Jaime FlorCuz, CNN. Check out the latest on Communist China and the Terrorist War. 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. |