| Links of the Week John Lenczowski, founder of the Institute of World Politics, examines Communist China�s recent advances in military technology, and reminds the nation of the PRC threat to American interests and world liberty, in the Washington Times.. On North Korea Lee Young Kuk, ex-bodyguard to Stalinist North Korea�s �Dear Leader� Kim Jong-Il, talks to Donald MacIntyre of Time Asia about his travels from bodyguard to defector. He bears witness to the Communist cruelty and propaganda, and dismisses any talk of reform within the regime and South Korea�s attempts at d�tente: �North Korea's not going to change. If it did, Kim Jong Il thinks the country would collapse.� Communist China�s oldest ally inspired a good deal of ink. Victor D. Cha, director of the American Alliances in Asia Project at Georgetown University, calls on the Administration to engage North Korea today to punish them tomorrow, in the Los Angeles Times. Morton Abramowitz and James Laney, of the Council on Foreign Relations, generally whine about Bush�s tough talk in the Washington Post. Other Links on the terrorist war Constantine C. Menges, of the Hudson Institute, examines Communist China�s links to terrorist states in the Washington Times. On Made in PRC Americana Larry Miller writes in the Weekly Standard of his moral dilemma upon discovering an American flag he is about to buy is made in the PRC. (Note: Half the reason this is included is that yours truly had a similar dilemma with an American flag pin; unlike Mr. Miller, I waited until I found a made in U.S.A. alternative. � D.J. McGuire) On Taiwan Daniel C. Lynch, an assistant professor at the School of International Relations at USC, warns President Bush against selling out Taiwan for better U.S.-PRC relations in the Los Angeles Times.. On the Falun Gong War Do the recent protests by foreigners for Falun Gong mean trouble the Communists? Rupert Wingfield-Hayes (BBC) says Yes, John Pomfret (Washington Post) is not so sure. On Communist China and the current Olympics Jay Nordlinger, in the last bullet of his National Review Online �Impromptus� column, praises a Salt Lake condominium complex for continuing to hang the Taiwanese flag on their balconies after PRC diplomats demanded they come down. As Communist China�s allies and weapons customers enter the crosshairs, check out the latest on �Communist China and the Terrorist War,� 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]. Please feel free to send any news on Communist China you happen to find to the same address. |