| Link of the Week Charles R. Smith, in Newsmax.com, details the extensive trade ties, including weapons transaction, between Communist China and Iraq. On Communist China and North Korea James Hackett, in the Washington Times, details Communist China�s ties to North Korea, and explains why trying to get the PRC to sanction its ally will likely fail. Unfortunately, he is not willing to support, or even mention, working to liberate the people of northern Korea from the Stalinist regime that continues to starve and enslave them. James Lilley, former Ambassador to South Korea, gave his views on North Korea�s nuclear ambitions to CNN. In his interview he included Communist China with Japan and South Korea as �friends and allies� of the U.S. Jim Hoagland, Washington Post, sees the PRC�s complete non-action on its Stalinist ally as a need for �a workable regional strategy.� However, he himself does not provide such a strategy. The editors of the Post are particularly annoyed at the reactions of Communist China and Russia on North Korea�s nuclear weapons, calling their repeated demands that the U.S. give the Stalinists what they want �the easy way out of confronting a dictator.� Dr. Alexandr Nemets, in Newsmax.com, finds more sinister motives behind Communist China�s treatment of its five-decade ally. Sign up now for the next North Korea Report, sent out every Monday. On the State of Workers in the Workers� State Philip P. Pan, Washington Post, chronicles the travails of Yao Xinde and Xiong, two crew foremen who were never paid for months of construction work until they threatened suicide. While Pan did not mention if the firm involved was a state-run firm � and give its name, Huangpu No. 2 Construction Co., it�s quite likely � it was certainly wired into the local Communist power network. Pan also noted the Communist-run Xinhua survey in which �nearly three in four migrant workers have trouble collecting their pay� first reported in the 1/22 Update. The increase in attempted suicides is in large part is due to the fact that the only labor union allowed by law is the one run by the Communist Party � the very folks who control the political officials and state-run firms. Check out these stories and more on the Communist China and the Terrorist War page. 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. |