| Quite a bit this week: FROM TIME ASIA Interview with Chen Shui-bian, President of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Interview with Annette Lu, Taiwan�s tough-talking Vice President. Carl Taro Greenfield, story on Chen�s life and what he faces as leader of the island democracy. Matthew Forney, on the disturbing capital and entrepreneurial flight from Taiwan to the PRC (and a timely, if perhaps unintentional, warning to the folks looking at economic "engagement" with Communist China as a boon). OTHER LINKS The Washington Times responds to a devastating article on the Heritage Foundation, Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, and her husband, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) from last month�s The New Republic. The Times, unhappy at TNR�s whacking of Heritage�s growing ambiguity on Communist China, cited several instances where that ambiguity does not yet hold. Still, Heritage backed PNTR with the PRC, and the Times, which also backed PNTR, makes no mention of TNR�s damning findings on Chao and McConnell. The TNR story was included in April 20�s Weekly Links. For those members who don�t have it, or who joined after that day, here is the disheartening tale. Willy Wo-Lap Lam (CNN), on Communist China�s U.S. policy. CNN is highlighting the "Falun Gong war" (our term) again this week In the Washington Post, Ezra Vogel spends 12 paragraphs talking about why he feels "cooperation" with Communist China is important, rather than trying to help the people of China liberate themselves and contain the Communists� ambitions. Four days later, Jonathan Mirsky, East Asia Editor of the Times of London from 1991 to 1998, whacks Vogel for his revisionist reading of Communist Chinese history. Feel free to forward this to anyone you think might be interested in receiving this. Anyone who wishes to join can send his/her name and e-mail address to [email protected]. |