| As happens with major events such as Tuesday�s outrage, news comes to the fore that would be rather old come Wednesday. Thus today�s Week�s Links contains not just feature links, but also the following news. COMMUNIST CHINA SIGNED ECONOMIC DEAL WITH TALIBAN Something very disturbing came to light last week: a recent �memorandum on economic and technical cooperation� between the PRC and Taliban-run Afghanistan. The deal was signed on the same day the World Trade Center was destroyed. They both share a friend and ally in Pakistan. It is one of the Taliban�s few allies in the world, and a big recipient of Beijing missile parts and weapons technology. Links: International Herald Triubune, courtesy Ron Vogel, member since 2000, UPI, via Washington Times Communist China later asked for NATO to �consult countries outside Europe� before retaliating against whomever is responsible for the outrage of September 11. Link: BBC COMMUNIST WEAPONS SENT TO PAKISTAN MAY BE IN TALIBAN HANDS Speaking of Communist Chinese military aid to Pakistan, the PRC is currently �trying to ensure that weapons and related technology it has supplied Pakistan will not be used by Kabul should war break out between the United States and Afghanistan.� The Communists �could not rule out the possibility that Islamabad had provided the Taliban with weapons, including missiles, that were made with Chinese help.� Link: CNN We must deal with whoever committed this attack, but that does not make Chinese Communism any less evil, or less of a threat, as the above stories shockingly indicate. We must still watch and oppose them, and so the China e-Lobby goes on. Now to the Links (all found prior to Tuesday�s outrage): On Events Within Communist China Jay Mathews (Washington Post) writes about the life of Xu Wenli, one of the imprisoned founders of the China Democracy Party. Phillip Pan (Washington Post) reveals the awful plight of miners in Communist China, left to die in slew of accidents thanks to the cruel indifference of state supposedly built in their name. Rupert Wingfield-Hayes (BBC) examines the strength of the Mao cult of personality in Communist China. He finds as one reason: �China's young people know little of the appalling suffering Mao caused.� On Defense and Foreign Policy Martin Abramowitz laments the Bush Administration's rudderless foreign policy in the Washington Post. His commentary on policy toward Communist China, in the third paragraph, has Bush dead to rights. Michael Holmes and Andrew Demaria (both CNN) look into Australia�s alliance with the U.S., and how it conflicts with its growing relationship with Communist China. Willy Wo-Lap Lam (CNN) looks ahead to the Bush-Jiang October summit. On Economic Issues Richard Ernsberger, Jr., (Newsweek) writes on the rise of �China, Inc.� Unlike other multinational companies, the PRC-based firms are �quasi-private,� i.e., the state owns or owns pieces of them. Link: Via MSNBC, Courtesy of Ron Vogel, Member since 2000 Feel free to forward this to anyone you think might be interested in receiving this. Anyone who wishes to join can send his/her name and e-mail address to [email protected]. Please visit our web site. |