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CHINA E-LOBBY UPDATE: OCTOBER 17, 2001 TOP STORY: U.S. MAY WAIVE MILITARY SALE RESTRICTIONS TO COMMUNIST CHINA IN ATTEMPT TO WIN COOPERATION, BUSH MAY NIX POST-TIANANMEN ARMS BAN The Washington Post reports today that the Bush Administration is considering dropping a long-held ban on the sale of military or military-related equipment to Communist China. The move would be an attempt to win more cooperation with the People�s Republic, particularly regarding intelligence, in the terrorist war. The Post reports that Communist China has been far less helpful than it claims to be. Link: Washington Post OTHER WAR NEWS U.S. �UNLIKELY� TO SUPPORT CRACKDOWNS IN TIBET AND EAST TURKESTAN CNN�s Willy Wo-Lap Lam reported that the Communists is desperate to use this weekend�s Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit to �make up for diplomatic setbacks Beijing has incurred since the September 11 events.� In particular, the PRC is deeply upset at the growing American presence in Central Asia, and its warming ties with Russia. From the above story, the plan may already be working. Link: CNN: Lam Still, one of Beijing�s big demands that the U.S. block efforts of Tibetans and Uighur Muslims from East Turkestan (called Xinjiang by the PRC) �to raise funds or stage anti-Chinese protests on U.S. soil.� Tibet was an expected non-starter, but the U.S. has �kept mum� on East Turkestan, too, despite soothing words to the Russians on Chechnya, and any concession to the PRC on the issue is �most unlikely.� MUSLIM EAST TURKESTAN HEAVILY BACKS AMERICA AND THE WAR ON TERRORISM Meanwhile, in East Turkestan itself, support for the U.S and its war on terrorism is very strong � the Washington Post reports scarves patterned after the American flag are sold in the deeply conservative Muslim cities of Kashgar and Hetian. Almost none of it is well known, however, due to the crushing Communist crackdown on the Uighurs. Link: Washington Post The Uighurs make up the majority population in the region, and the Communist crackdown has led many to support an independent East Turkestan. The Post noted that Beijing�s crackdown was so severe before September 11 that the PRC was unable to make it worse since then. This has led to very strong support for the U.S. � perceived as anti-PRC here � including support for the terrorist war. (See above link) EAST TURKESTANIS HOPES U.S., WHICH THEY CONSIDER A FRIEND, WILL NOT FORGET THEM The major concern among Uighur activists here is that they will be forgotten � or worse, lumped in with the terrorists � by Americans. There has been some violence from independence supporters, but most pained to tell the Post that �We are not terrorists.� The story also mentions the plight Rebiya Kadeer � a Uighur human rights activist jailed last year for spreading the word about PRC abuses in the region. HELMS DETAILS PRC LINKS TO TALIBAN, COMMUNISTS� �WAR WITH ALL OF ISLAM� Senator Jesse Helms (R-North Carolina), former chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, took note of Communist China�s links to the Taliban � including a defense pact in 1998 and the economic agreement of September 11 � in the Washington Times. He also warned against getting too cozy with the Communists in light of their crackdown in East Turkestan, which he called a �war with all of Islam.� Link: Washington Times COMMUNISTS REPEATS ITS OPPOSITION TO WIDENING TERRORIST WAR Communist China again told the U.S. it would not support any operations outside Afghanistan. CNN�s Willy Wo-Lap Lam also noted PRC concerns over a �pro-American� regime in Kabul despite the BBC reporting that a �coalition government� was acceptable. It should be noted that the other leading state sponsors of terrorism � Libya, Iraq, Iran, and Syria, have all been clients of the Communist military. Link: CNN: Lam OTHER EAST TURKESTAN (�XINJIANG�) NEWS COMMUNIST RAZE MOSQUE, ARREST PROTESTERS, AND DEMAND WORLD SUPPORT FOR IT Also in East Turkestan, The Communists demolished a mosque in Hotan � the third this year � and arresting 180 people protesting its destruction, according to the East Turkestan Information Center. Amnesty International called the Communist crackdown did �not distinguish between �terrorism� and �separatism,�� and that most Uighurs were arrested merely for �peaceful opposition or dissent.� Link: CNN Meanwhile, the Communists are trying to milk what little support they have given to the terrorist war for all it�s worth. PRC Foreign Ministry spokesman Sun Yuxi angrily denounced �East Turkestan terrorists� and demanded �support and understanding� for the Communists as part of the �international effort.� The reference was obvious. Link: Washington Times OTHER AMERICAN-RELATED NEWS U.S. CITIZEN INDICTED FOR �GATHERING STATE SECRETS� Communist China indicted Fong Fuming, an American citizen and consultant for an engineering company, for �bribery and obtaining commercial documents considered state secrets for a foreign company.� Fong�s family denied the charges. The Communists have a habit of reclassifying embarrassing information as �state secrets� to go after those who revealed it to the outside world. Link: Washington Post, CNN HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS NEWS JAILED REPORTER WHO EXPOSED CORRUPTION IN LIAONING WINS JOURNALISM AWARD The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) announced that Jiang Weiping was one of four winners of its International Press Freedom Award in recognition for exposing corruption in Liaoning province. The Communists arrested Jiang because of his articles � which included incidents of by Governor Bo Xilai. Link: BBC FROM THE FALUN GONG WAR: RELEASE OF DR. CHUNYAN TENG SOUGHT Congressman Benjamin Gilman (R-New York) sent a letter to President Bush calling on him to push for the release of Dr. Chunyan Teng. Dr. Teng, an American citizen, exposed the imprisonment and abuse of Falun Gong practitioners in mental hospitals; similar to what the Soviets did to dissidents for years. The Communists arrested her for it. Link: Cybercast News Service FALUN GONG FOLLOWERS SUE POLICE OFFICIAL FOR KILLING TWO PRACTITIONERS Meanwhile, Falun Gong followers in the U.S. filed a lawsuit against Zhao Zhifei, deputy head of police in the central province of Hubei, for the death of two of their fellow practitioners in police custody. The Communists have been mum about one of the victims, but claimed the other one committed suicide by banging his head into its cell bars; in effect, they�re saying, �he beat himself to death.� (See above link) OTHER MAINLAND NEWS COMMUNISTS SUSPEND DEATH SENTENCE FOR EX-MAYOR OF SHENYANG Mu Suixin, former Communist mayor of the mob-infested city of Shenyang, received a suspended death sentence for taking nearly $800,000 in bribes. Three other officials were also given suspended death sentences. Former Vice-Mayor Ma Xiangdong, however, was not so lucky; he was simply sentenced to death. Links: BBC, Los Angeles Times ARCHITECT OF 1930s COMMUNIST-NATIONALIST ALLIANCE DIES Zhang Xueliang, the Chinese general who forced Chiang Kai-shek into an alliance with the Communists against the Japanese, died this week at age 100. Zhang placed Chiang under house arrest to force the deal. Link: BBC INTERNATIONAL NEWS INDIA GETS EDGY ABOUT U.S. WARMING TO PAKISTAN The continuing coziness between the U.S. and Pakistan is making India nervous. After opening up Indian bases to the U.S. military for the terrorist war � an unprecedented move � India has seethed quietly as little is made of Pakistan�s �moral support� for Muslim fanatics in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir. Muslim terrorists killed over 40 in an attack on the state capital a few weeks ago. Link: Washington Times Pakistan�s close relationship with Communist China has worried India for years, so much so that the current government considers the PRC, not its Muslim neighbor, its biggest threat. India has also been growing closer to the U.S. over the last few years, in part due to shared wariness over the PRC. REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN) NEWS COMMUNISTS REJECT TAIWAN ENVOY TO APEC CONFERENCE Communist China is objecting to the selection of ROC former Vice President Li Yuan-zu as Taiwan�s envoy to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit scheduled for this weekend. Communist China, the host of this year�s gathering, considers Li too political a figure. The PRC repeatedly refuses to grant any political credibility for the island democracy. Links: BBC, Washington Times No news from Tibet or Hong Kong this week. |