| Link of the (Very Busy) Week David Tell, in the Weekly Standard, calls on the U.S. to change policy on the PRC and openly advocate bringing Chinese Communism down. A great piece. On Communist China�s �Constitution� Li Shaomin, arrested last year by the Communists for research with money from a Taiwan foundation, examines latest (of four) constitutions in Communist China, and exposes how its pledges on property and rights are overridden by the �cardinal principle� of Communist Party dominance, in the Washington Times. On Bush�s visit to China CNN�s Willy Wo-Lap Lam examines the reaction to the summit in Communist China. Also examining the summit, though from a bit of a rose-colored perspective, were Matthew Forney of Time (1 and 2), Robin Wright (Los Angeles Times), and John Pomfret and Philip P. Pan (Washington Post). On Taiwan Don Feder, in the Washington Times, compares the democratic ROC to the tyrannical PRC. On Communist China the Terrorist War Joseph Bosco, Georgetown University, calls on President Bush to demand that the PRC �finally stop allowing Chinese companies to sell dangerous technology to states that engage in or sponsor terrorism,� in the Los Angeles Times. The editors of the Washington Post call on President Bush to make up his mind between hawkish rhetoric and dovish policies on PRC ally North Korea. On the Activist Rebiya Kadeer and the Phony War in East Turkestan (�Xinjiang�) Sidik Rouzi, whose wife Rebiya Kadeer was arrested for trying to send newspaper articles to him, asks President Bush to push for his wife�s release in the Washington Post. Nora Boustany, also in the Post, looks at Kadeer�s life and how her imprisonment has affected her family. On the Religious Persecution in Communist China The editors of the Washington Times recap Communist China�s religious persecution of �Christian, Roman Catholic, Tibetan Buddhist, Uighar Muslim (sic), or any other group the Chinese government decides to ban or refuses to register.� Alexander Rostron, an 18-year-old UK student who took part in the Falun Gong protest last week, gives an account of how he was �roughed up� by Communist police to the BBC. Other Links The BBC looks at the several faces of Hu Jintao, the supposed �reformer� and heir apparent to Jiang Zemin. Hu was Tibet party chief from 1988 to 1992, during which time he oversaw a brutal crackdown. John Pomfret (Washington Post) looks at the rise and fall of Wang Xuebing, former head of the corruption-plagued Bank of China. John Derbyshire (National Review Online), in response to requests from his readers, has compiled a book list on China (pre-Communist and Communist). As Communist China�s allies and weapons customers enter the crosshairs, check out the latest on �Communist China and the Terrorist War,� either directly or via our main page. 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 you happen to find to the same address. |