| SPECIAL REPORT: COURT DELAYS HEARING ON GLOBAL CROSSING Wednesday�s bankruptcy court hearing on Global Crossing was pushed back a week �as creditors and lenders haggle over the procedures for accepting and reviewing buyout bids� for the firm. Said creditors and lenders �still have questions� about the bid from Hutchison Whampoa � the PRC-friendly firm � to buy out Global and its worldwide fiber-optic network. Report: Los Angeles Times Meanwhile, the editors of the Washington Times asked the bankruptcy judge to reject the �fire sale.� Link of the Week Richard Lowry, citing CIA official Robert Walpole, gives the frightening truth about the axis of evil�s progress toward nuclear and long-range missile capability, in National Review Online. Lowry neglected to mention what all three � Iran, Iraq, and North Korea � have in common: a history of military support or purchases from Communist China. On Protests in the Rural Interior Matthew Forney Lanshan, of Time Asia, examines the battle against Communist corruption in the rural county of Lanshan, in Hunan province. On Bush�s Recent Trip to Communist China Richard Starr, of the Weekly Standard, reveals what parts of President Bush�s speech to students at Tsinghau University were left out by the Communist media in its �reporting.� On Religion in the PRC Fred Hyatt, in the Washington Post, examines why Communist China continues to persecute religious followers, even in retirement homes. There�s still time to contact the President and tell him not to appoint pro-PRC Doug Paal as de facto ambassador to Taiwan. 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. |