| Sign the Boycott Petition: In reaction to the 2008 Olympic Games being awarded to Beijing, the China e-Lobby has begun a petition for an American boycott of those games. As Communist China�s allies and customers enter the cross-hairs, check out the latest on �Communist China and the Terrorist War,� either directly or via our main page. CHINA E-LOBBY UPDATE: FEBRUARY 20, 2002 TOP STORY: AS BUSH VISITS ASIA, MEETING WITH PRC COMES TO THE FORE TAIWAN, PRC WEAPONS PROLIFERATION, AND HUMAN RIGHTS LIKELY TO BE KEY TOPICS As President Bush prepares to visit Beijing tomorrow, CNN�s Willy Wo-Lap Lam and the Washington Times look at the issues likely to be raised. Lam noted that the PRC would complain, again, about U.S. support for Taiwan, while Bush will bring up human rights. The Times also focused on the PRC�s history of selling weaponry and military technology to the three axis-of-evil states: Iran, Iraq, and N. Korea. In two other pieces, Lam (1, 2) noted that the Communists are already miffed at Bush over, among other things, continuing support for the island democracy (Cybercast News Service) and his growing focus on Jiang�s heir-apparent and rival, Hu Jintao. According to Lam, the Communists even believe the U.S. was behind protests by foreign supporters of Falun Gong (see Human Rights and Freedoms News). Still, the Washington Post reported that some were hopeful about a deal on weapons proliferation � although there are already several of those that the Communists have refused to follow. One PRC official said the Communist would certainly stop selling arms to terrorists and/or terrorist states, but only �if sanctions barring U.S. companies from launching satellites on Chinese rockets were lifted.� Ugh. Also possible, according to the Post, were the release prominent of prisoners, including China Democracy Party founder Xu Wenli and Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer. Kadeer�s husband asked the President to push for her release in an op-ed the Post published. Still, one of the paper�s anonymous sources made a stunning comment that cast doubt on the entire idea, saying Communist China was �trying to influence the bad guys' behavior . . . We saw it in Pakistan.� This will come as a great shock to those who followed the matter closely in numerous previous updates, in which reports from the PRC revealed deep anguish at Pakistan moving away from the PRC. This story included all news from Taiwan and East Turkestan (�Xinjiang�) this week. NEWS ON COMMUNIST CHINA AND THE TERRORIST WAR CONGRESSMEN WANT POWER PLANT DEAL WITH NORTH KOREA DROPPED Three Congressmen � Republicans Chris Cox (CA) and Benjamin Gilman (NY), and Democrat Ed Markey (MA) � called on President Bush to junk the 1994 deal with North Korea that pledged the U.S. to build two nuclear power plants for axis-of-evil state North Korea. The three noted in a letter to President Bush that the deal has led to $6 billion in aid to the Stalinist Regime (Cybercast News Service). BUSH CALLS NORTH KOREA �DESPOTIC,� BUT STICKS WITH �SUNSHINE� POLICY Trying to deflect opposition among some South Koreans (Los Angeles Times 1, CNN 1) and confusion in the rest of the world over the disconnect between his hard words and softer policies (Los Angeles Times 2, Washington Post Editorial), President Bush outlined his vision for the Korean peninsula. Bush called on the Stalinist North to open up to the rest of the world, and said, �no nation should be a prison� (CNN 2). Still, Bush maintained his previous support of South Korea President Kim Dae-Jung�s �sunshine� policy of �engagement� with the North (BBC, Washington Post). Bush also said he had �no intentions of invading� the fifty-year PRC ally, but also called the regime �despotic� and noted that his eight-month effort to start a dialogue with the North had been rejected (Washington Times, Los Angeles Times 3). RICE RIPS INTO NORTH KOREA AS �MERCHANT FOR BALLISTIC MISSILE TECHNOLOGY� In what CNN called �the toughest by the administration aimed at Pyongyang since President Bush called North Korea, along with Iraq and Iran, an �axis of evil,�� National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice called North Korea a �merchant for ballistic missile technology . . . to just about anybody who will buy.� Rice also whacked North Korea�s leadership as �secretive and repressive.� OTHER AMERICAN-RELATED NEWS EXILED DISSIDENT TELLS CLINTON NOT TO GO TO REUNIFICATION MEETING Wei Jingsheng, one of the most well known dissidents exiled from the PRC, blasted former President Bill Clinton for attending the Australian Council for the Promotion of the Peaceful Reunification of China. Wei called the conference, to which Clinton would speak Saturday, �un-American� and said the Communists were �spending $1 million on the conference, including a $300,000 fee for Clinton� (CNN). SUSPECTED WOULD-BE SPY FOR COMMUNIST CHINA PLEADS NOT GUILTY Brian P. Regan, indicted for trying to sell secrets to Communist China, Libya, and Iraq, pled not guilty (Los Angeles Times). According to the Washington Post, Regan had hoped to sell secrets gleaned for his career in the Air Force and with TRW, a private contractor, to the three governments. Communist China has sold military know-how to Libya, and built a fiber-optic network for Iraq to integrate its air defenses. PRC V.P. HU JINTAO HOPING TO RAISE HIS PROFILE AT SUMMIT, UPSET AT TIBET REPORTS Communist Vice President Hu Jintao is hoping to have his profile �as a reformer be boosted by his televised joint appearances with President George W. Bush during the latter's visit to Beijing.� However, CNN�s Willy Wo-Lap Lam notes one big obstacle in Hu�s way: the rest of the world is taking notice of Hu�s �harsh policies in Tibet when he was party boss of the region in the late 1980s.� No other news from Tibet was reported this week. HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS NEWS �CHINESE INTERNET� QUICKLY BECOMES A TOOL OF COMMUNIST REPRESSION As the Weekly Standard reported, Communist China is finding regulating the internet much easier than outsiders believed it would be. In part thanks to willingness on the part of Western internet providers to kowtow to Communist demands, and a lack of interest in the issue from the Bush Administration, the PRC is quickly gaining control of all political and news information on its version of the web. FROM THE FALUN GONG WAR: MORE FOREIGNERS ARRESTED, OTHERS DEPORTED Over 40 foreign protestors came to Beijing and demonstrated against the Communist persecution of Falun Gong last week (Los Angeles Times). The protest was about 15 minutes long, according to CNN. Witnesses reported Communist police �kicking and punching� some of the protestors. Meanwhile, the Communists kicked 53 foreigners out of Beijing for supporting Falun Gong (BBC 1). What this means for the spiritual movement persecuted by the Communist for nearly two and a half years is a matter of debate. The BBC 2 called the protest �a new twist to the Falun Gong saga � which will be unwelcome to the Chinese government.� The Washington Post was more skeptical, based an interviews with locals who, of course, still have to deal with the consequences of saying the wrong thing. OTHER MAINLAND NEWS COMMUNIST PRESIDENT NOW THINKS LI PENG BUGGED HIS PLANE, NOT U.S. INTELLIGENCE The Washington Times report that PRC President Jiang Zemin no longer blames the U.S. for the listening devices on what would have been his version of Air Force One. Jiang has now fingered Li Peng � head of the legislature and the man most responsible for the Tiananmen Square massacre � as the man behind the bugs. Li denied any role in or prior knowledge of the bugging of Jiang�s plane (CNN). DENG XIAOPING BIOGRAPHY SKIMS PAST TIANANMEN SQUARE MASSACRE A new PRC film reviewing Deng Xiaoping�s last 20 years (1978-1997), which were the one in which he held power, �gives a curt treatment� of Deng�s role in the 1989 slaughter in Tiananmen Square (CNN). Deng gave the final order for the military strike, weighing in behind then Prime Minister Li Peng, who pushed for the bloody action for weeks before the June 4 massacre. BANK OF CHINA COMING UNDER INCREASED SCRUTINY Communist China�s most well known and best-managed bank, the Bank of China, is coming under increasing scrutiny for bad loans and other corrupt practices, according to the Los Angeles Times. The Washington Post also took a look on the fall of the Bank of China. HONG KONG NEWS SURPRISE! TUNG CHEE-HWA GETS ANOTHER TERM FROM COMMUNIST APPOINTED PANEL The PRC-appointed panel tasked to select Hong Kong�s next chief executive overwhelmingly gave PRC-backed Tung Chee-hwa another term, despite his widespread unpopularity (CNN). Emily Lau, a pro-democracy member on the legislative council, blasted the decision, saying Tung �does not represent the people and his policies will continue to serve the interests of his friends and cronies� (BBC). Martin Lee, also a LegCo member and head of the Hong Kong Democratic Party, called the process that gave Tung a second term �a sham.� Audrey Eu, an independent in the LegCo, called it � a tragedy of our electoral system, and said, �it is unacceptable that the chief executive is elected by just 800 . . .This means he is not accountable to the public� (Los Angeles Times). Also reporting: Washington Times Feel free to forward this to anyone you think might be interested in receiving it. 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