| Home page To receive this publication via e-mail, click here. The Week�s Links: Feature and Opinion Pieces on Communist China January 16, 2004 Dragon in the Dark: How and Why Communist China Helps Our Enemies in the War on Terror is now available! My book detailing Communist China�s history of aiding terrorist states, Saddam Hussein, the Taliban, and al Qaeda can be ordered here, at Barnes and Noble, or at Amazon. � D.J. McGuire Link of the Week Zhang Tianliang, Epoch Times (HK), concludes a two-part eulogy to Liu Chengjun, the Falun Gong practitioner killed in prison by the Communists (for Part I, see last Week�s Links). On Communist China and the United States It takes William Gross, of Pacific Management Investment, a little while to get there, but he does highlight the danger of the massive U.S. trade deficit with Communist China in the Washington Post. Unfortunately, he, like those who belittle the imbalance, did not discuss national security issues. Newsmax�s Lev Navrozov separates the criminal Communist dictatorship in China from its greatest victims � the Chinese people. Stanley Kurtz, National Review Online, discusses the Bush Administration�s space initiative, and Communist China�s plans. On Hong Kong Philip Pan, Washington Post, witnesses Communist China stepping into the spotlight in Hong Kong and sending this clear, chilling message: �Beijing is making key decisions in Hong Kong now, despite its promise of maximum autonomy for the former British colony.� Meanwhile, the editors of the Post call on President Bush �to tell Mr. Hu, in private and in public, that yielding to democracy (in Hong Kong) is in his own best interest.� On Tibet and Harvard Megan Howard, the Harvard student who interrupted PRC Premier Wen Jiabao�s speech to highlight the cause of Tibet, faced a hearing on Wednesday (see 12/17/03 and last Updates). Jay Nordlinger, National Review Online (fifth item), reacts to the news. Howard herself defends her actions in the Harvard Crimson and gets support in same from Duncan Currie. On the Rural Interior in Communist China Xiang Ling, Huaxia Electronic News (via Epoch Times), reveals the plight of farmers in Communist China, many of whom are thrown into poverty after being �forced to sell their land to governments at unreasonably low prices or for little compensation.� On Press Freedom in Communist China Tim Luard, BBC, notes the Guangdong crackdown (see 1/7 and last Updates), and laments the continuing lack of press freedom in Communist China. On Corruption in Communist China Radio Free Asia (via Epoch Times) talks to dissidents Bao Tong and Miao Xike on the Communist Party�s anti-corruption efforts; neither were optimistic. On SARS The Freedom Times examines how New Year�s travelers could spread the disease. On the Communist Chinese Economy Bruce Einhorn, BusinessWeek Online, ponders the effect of a PRC slowdown on the world economy, although his reliance on Communist economic figures taints the analysis somewhat. On India Aravind Adiga, Time Asia, considers longtime PRC rival India to be at �a critical period in which it could achieve a China-like breakout or stall once again.� Unspoken is the effect of a stronger India on Communist China�s goal of Asian domination. Check out the Communist China and the Terrorist War page. Sign up for the North Korea Report to get the next edition on Monday. Sign the petition for an American boycott of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Miss an Update, Weekly Links, or a North Korea Report? Find it on our home page. 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. |