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CHINA E-LOBBY UPDATE: AUGUST 20, 2003
TOP STORY: COMMUNIST CHINA TO BECOME �GREATEST INTELLIGENCE THREAT�
PRC HAS 3,000 FRONT COMPANIES IN U.S. FOR ESPIONAGE, PLUS HUNDREDS IN CANADA
Communist China has over 3,000 firms used as �fronts� for espionage against the U.S., according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The �fronts� will allow the so-called People�s Republic of China to �become the United States' greatest intelligence threat in the next decade� (World Net Daily).
FBI Director Robert Mueller told Congress that the Communist espionage �could greatly undermine U.S. national security and U.S. military and economic advantage [in the Pacific region]� if �left unchecked.� According to the Asia-Pacific Post, the PRC also have over 300 front companies in Canada.
Don�t expect much help from Ottowa. According to one Canadian intelligence official, �Virtually all the recent prime ministers and Paul Martin � who is likely to be the next prime minister � have strong connections to China on personal, business and political fronts . . . They find it difficult to understand this threat . . . some just deny it.� Wonderful.
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NORTH KOREA NEWS
COMMUNISTS CONFIRM NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR TALKS SET FOR AUGUST 27-29
Communist China �confirmed that six-way talks to try to defuse a crisis over North Korea's nuclear ambitions would be held in Beijing on 27-29 August� (BBC).
GERMANS CHARGED WITH TRYING TO SEND ALUMINUM TUBES TO NORTH KOREA VIA PRC
Three Germans face charges of plotting �to export more than 200 aluminum tubes to North Korea, via China� (BBC). The North tried to import the tubes � a critical component in weaponizing uranium � this past spring (Washington Post).
AUSTRALIAN PM DE-EMPHASIZES UPCOMING PSI EXERCISES DUE TO PRC ACTIONS
Australian Prime Minister John Howard called naval exercises planned for early September to strengthen the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) �in the background, on the backburner,� (The Australian). Howard�s comments were made �to protect China's diplomatic efforts to solve the nuclear crisis with Pyongyang.�
Communist Chinese Vice Minister Zhou Wengzhong ripped the PSI, saying it would �exacerbate the problem rather than achieve a result� (Cybercast News). The PSI is the international group working to stop the selling of arms to terrorists (CNN); Australia and the U.S. are two of the founding members. The chief target for the PSI is North Korea.
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HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS NEWS
AIDS VICTIMS GET BEATEN BY POLICE AFTER PROTEST
In the village of Xiongqiao, at least 1 in 6 suffer from AIDS, thanks to a badly unhygienic blood donation scheme by the Communists in the 1980s. Some of the infected residents staged a protest demanding better medical care. The Communists responded with the police, beating and arresting several victims. Report: Washington Post
Xiongqiao is in Henan province, which has roughly one million AIDS victims from the blood drive, and has been trying to cover up any mention of the disease, despite towns such as Wenlou, where 2/3 of the residents are AIDS victims (see 5/30/01 and 12/20/01 Updates).
OTHER MAINLAND NEWS
HU JINTAO ALLY PLEDGES TO GO AFTER �SENIOR CADRES�
Wu Guanzheng, the top anti-corruption Communist and ally of PRC President Hu Jintao, vowed to go after �leading cadres who have a cavalier attitude toward discipline� (Willy Wo-Lap Lam, CNN). That is code for the patrons of corrupt �private� businessman Zhou Zhengyi. They just happen to be in the faction controlled by CMC Chairman Jiang Zemin.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
COMMUNISTS LOOKING TO PUT TARRIFS ON CARS WITH FOREIGN PARTS
Communist China is considering to tax cars made with foreign parts �as foreign-made vehicles� (BBC) to favor its own auto part industries. Foreign auto part makers � among the many bedazzled by the �one billion customers� myth � are �expressing concern� at the latest Communist plan to leave them high and dry.
REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN) NEWS
PRESIDENT CHEN TO GO AHEAD WITH REFERENDA ON THREE ISSUES
ROC President Chen Shui-bian �is pressing ahead with plans to hold a multiple referendum the same day as presidential polls next March� (Willy Wo-Lap Lam, CNN). The plebiscite would cover �whether to build a nuclear plant, to cut the number of legislators by half, and to mobilize more resources to gain representation on the World Health Organization.�
The referenda have infuriated Communist China, which is unhappy any time the Taiwanese establishment consults the people. Sadly, the U.S. has also whispered objections to the idea (see 6/25 Update). However, this issue has helped Chen nearly pull even with Lien Chan � his Nationalist, and far less anti-Communist, opponent in his bid for re-election.
No news was reported from Hong Kong or Tibet this week.
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