| Link of the Week For Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, the BBC correspondent in Beijing, a Falun Gong protest two weeks ago � on which he was merely reporting � turned into a daylong ordeal of harassment and violence at the hands of Communist police. As horrifying as it was, he reminds us in his report that his harrowing ordeal was nothing compared to what Communist China can, and does, inflict upon its own people every day. On Communist China, Pakistan, and Weapons Proliferation William Triplett II, in the Washington Times, examines the record of PRC General Xiong Guangkai, who signed a couple of defense agreements with Pakistan, and the Communist history of arms deals, including parts for weapons of mass destruction, to regimes like Iran and North Korea. On Taiwan CNN�s Willy Wo-Lap Lam examines what he calls a �paradigm shift� in U.S.-ROC relations, and how the �sudden leap forward� in ties between the two democracies is having a �ripple effect� on how the rest of the world views Taiwan. CNN�s Mike Chinoy looks at the latest flap between Taiwan and the PRC � over Communist complaints about including the name �Taiwan� in passports and the titles of its international representative offices. On the �Phony War� in East Turkestan Matthew Forney Kashgar, in Time Asia, goes to East Turkestan to witness the repression of the Uighur people by Communist China, including the execution of political dissidents and the banning of Islam in Xinjiang University. On Matters Within Communist China Arthur Waldron, of the American Enterprise Institute, debunks the illusion of the rapidly growing PRC economy in the Washington Post. John Pomfret, of the Washington Post, looks at the new rich in Communist China, and finds one common thread in the PRC�s newly wealthy: ties to the Communist Party. There�s still time to contact the President and tell him not to appoint pro-PRC Doug Paal as de facto ambassador to Taiwan. 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. |