| Link of the Week An unbylined BBC story profiles Wang Bingzhang, arrested while meeting Chinese labor dissidents in Vietnam last summer. A veteran of the dissident movement for over thirty-five years, Wang was jailed twice during the Cultural Revolution. After leaving the PRC in the 1970, Wang �has refused to take (U.S.) citizenship himself, arguing that it is easier to fight for democracy in China as a Chinese citizen.� Wang made a dramatic show of his determination in 1998, when he went back into the PRC to help found the China Democracy Party. This past summer, he was in Vietnam meeting with Chinese labor dissidents when he disappeared. More on Communist Chin and Human Freedoms Katherine Mangu-Ward, of the Weekly Standard, finds that Communist China has become �smarter and more efficient� in its battle against the world wide web. On Communist China and North Korea According to Matthew Forney (Time Asia), the PRC is �growing antsy� about the antics of its Stalinist ally. However, anyone hoping that Communist China will help �isolate� North Korea should remember, �the (PRC�s) greatest fear is of a destabilized North Korea,� and that �regime change� is a non-starter with the Communists. Thus, they will be �probably unwilling to make any major policy changes.� Sign up now for the next North Korea Report, sent out every Monday. On the Future of Communist China John Derbyshire, member since 2002 and Contributing Editor for National Review, says takes a pessimistic look at the Communist Chinese economy, but sees the PRC as too weak to be a threat to the United States �until she abandons her imperial pretensions and embraces rational, constitutional government under a firm rule of law.� More on the Communist Chinese Economy Christian Wade (UPI, via Washington Times) finds that Communist China�s endless stream of exports is spreading fear of a serious economic damage in Asia due to the PRC�s low labor costs. How much of that is due to the Communist ban on non-Communist independent unions and the PRC�s use of prison labor was not explored. On Communist China and Russia Alexander Nemets, in Newsmax.com, lists the components of the arms deals between Communist China and Russia, and sees from it and other events ominous developments in the years to come. On the Three Gorges Dam Tony Cheng, BBC, visits the city of Fengdu, one of the many towns and cities that �will disappear underwater� thanks to the monstrous Three Gorges Dam. On Missile Defense Charles R. Smith, Newsmax.com, calls of President Bush to extend America�s missile defense � planned for deployment in 2004 � to Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea for protection against Communist China and Stalinist North Korea. Check out the latest on Communist China and the Terrorist War. Miss an Update, Weekly Links, or a North Korea Report? Find it on 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]. Please feel free to send any news on Communist China or North Korea that you happen to find to the same address. |