| This week�s update includes an attempt to work the hyperlink feature into the stories, to cut back on length without losing content. The links should go straight to the relevant, sourced story. Link of the Week Senator Jesse Helms (R-North Carolina), former chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, takes note of Beijing�s links to the Taliban and its ruthless crackdown in East Turkestan in the Washington Times. On Communist China and the Terrorist War Both Washington newspapers editorialized against the possibility of President Bush cozying up to Communist China on Thursday. However, the Washington Post was surprisingly more pointed and detailed in its opposition than the usually more conservative Washington Times, especially regarding the deeply pro-American Uighur Muslims and the Communist crackdown under which they suffer. From a different angle, John Derbyshire, in National Review Online, looks at the psychological similarities between Osama bin Laden�s rage at the U.S. and Communist China�s desire to swallow Taiwan. On the APEC Conference (still ongoing) CNN�s Willy Wo-Lap Lam says Beijing hasn�t won any concessions from Bush yet. Bao Tong, in the Washington Post, tells President Bush he needs to push Communist China on human rights during the conference. Boa was the top political aide to Zhao Ziyang, Communist Party chief during the Tiananmen Square protests who backed the demonstrators and was fired for it after the massacre. On General Foreign Policy The Washington Post looks at the rise of Communist China�s power and ambitions in Asia, and the reaction of other Asian nations, which are looking to the U.S. to counter the People�s Republic. Web Site Feature � �Communist China, the Taliban, and the Terrorist War�: From China e-Lobby Updates and �Week�s Links,� a chronicle of Communist China�s actions after the terrorist attack. Access it via our web site. 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]. |