| Link of the Week Mark Snelling, BBC, writes a profile on Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa � who said he would take an almost certain appointment to a second term by a Communist-vetted committee of 800. Snelling details Tung�s tenure � �during which he urged democrats to forget the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre� � and notes the widely held belief the Communists bailed out Tung�s firm in the 1980s. The Next Communist Chinese Massacre? Elisabeth Rosenthal, of The New York Times highlights the Communist-created AIDS epidemic in Henan province, and the battle victims are fighting with rural Communists � who profited handsomely from the unsanitary blood drive that caused the epidemic � just for recognition, let alone medical care. The Communists deny everything, and detain any victims who try to tell the outside world. (Part 1, Part 2). The web site for The New York Times does not require a fee, but one does have to register with them. Other Links Jay Nordlinger, National Review Online, has another installment (third bullet from the last) in what his series on avoiding �Made in (Communist) China� products. Also in National Review Online, H. Sterling Burnett & Wess Mitchell call for stronger ties with India, a leading ally in the war on terrorism and Communist China�s largest regional threat. Communist China, the Taliban, and the Terrorist War: a chronicle of Communist China�s actions after the terrorist attack. Access it on our web site, either directly or via our main page. 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]. |