| Home page To receive this publication via e-mail, click here. The Week�s Links: Feature and Opinion Pieces on Communist China December 17, 2004 Dragon in the Dark: How and Why Communist China Helps Our Enemies in the War on Terror is now available here (or call 1-888-280-7715). The next Summer Olympics, in 2008, will take place in Beijing. Will the U.S. take part in a Communist Chinese version of the Munich Nazi propaganda event of 1936? Sign the petition for an American boycott of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Link(s) of the Week The Epoch Times� Nine Commentaries on the Chinese Communist Party continues with Part III, Part IV, and Part V (see the 12/3 and last Week�s Links for the previous commentaries). On Communist China and Stalinist-controlled northern Korea Sign up for the next Northern Korea Report (out on Monday). Jason Lim, in the Washington Times, makes a compelling and comprehensive case against outsourcing the future of northern Korea to Communist China. On the Taiwanese Elections There are several analyses of the �pan-blue� upset victory. The best one comes from Daniel Blumenthal, American Enterprise Institute, in the Daily Standard (Weekly Standard website). Also weighing in are Neil Gough (Time Asia), Chris Hogg (BBC), John Kusumi (China Support Network), and yours truly (full disclosure: yours truly endorsed the defeated �pan-greens�). On the European Arms Embargo Ellen Bork, of the Project for the New American Century, highlights the opposition to Communist China in the Czech Republic, and in her New York Sun (via PNAC) column calls for �explaining the strategic threat from China to the European public� and more support for anti-PRC nations within the European Union. On Communist China, the United States, and the Global Economy Matthew Forney, Time Asia, examines the new Lenovo�s financial future. Peter S. Goodman, Washington Post, examines the broader issue of Communist firms� worldwide buying spree. The Post�s editors make a weak case against tough restrictions on Communist textile imports, as do the Washington Times editors. None focus on the issue of national security. Karen A. Tramontano, president of Global Fairness Initiative, calls for U.S. consumers to make buying decisions �strengthening labor standards for textile and garment workers worldwide� � in particular, steering clear of imports from Communist China � in the Washington Post. On the Kidnappings Unleashed by �One Child� Louisa Lim, BBC, follows Li Qifang as he tries to find his kidnapped son, and finds the cadres� efforts wanting: �Time and time again, the [police] have told us they're investigating . . . After two years with no information or leads at all, how can we believe them?� On Human Rights in Communist China Ming Bao, News Net (via Epoch Times), interviews dissident and recently released political prisoner Liu Jingsheng (see 12/1 Update). Check out the Communist China and the Terrorist War page. Miss an Update, Week's Links, or Northern 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. |