| 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. Miss an Update, Weekly Links, or a North Korea Report? Find it on our web site. CHINA E-LOBBY UPDATE: OCTOBER 23, 2002 TOP STORY: NORTH KOREA NUKES LIKELY DISCUSSION TOPIC AT JIANG-BUSH SUMMIT JIANG WANTS STATEMENT OF �COOPERATION�AND MILITARY TIES AT CRAWFORD; PRC MOVEMENT ON NORTH KOREA DEPENDENT UPON TAIWAN; FALUN GONG SUES JIANG Communist Chinese President Jiang Zemin will have his last �official� summit to President George Bush at the latter�s Crawford ranch on Friday. Among the items for discussion, according to Willy Wo-Lap Lam (CNN): a �constructive, cooperative relationship� between the two People�s Republic and the U.S. based on �fighting terrorism,� and, of course, North Korea�s nuclear weapons program. Of course, the Communists were �cautious regarding the extent of Beijing's willingness to stop Pyongyang's nuclear program,� according to Lam. Meanwhile, the PRC repeated its old line about �de-nuclearization of the Korean Peninsula� through �dialogue and consultation� with its 50-plus-year ally. The PRC denied that it had anything to do with the North�s nuclear ambitions (Cybercast News). Of course, that doesn�t mean the Communists won�t play the North�s nuclear ambitions � fueled by PRC ally Pakistan (Bill Gertz, Washington Times) � as a card at the summit. Diplomatic sources told Lam that winning the Communists� aid in pushing the Stalinists to end their nuclear ambitions � get this � �could depend on the outcome of his discussion with Bush on issues including Taiwan.� Jiang landed in Chicago yesterday and was greeted by a lawsuit from Falun Gong. The spiritual movement, which has lost hundreds to a three-year Communist crackdown, sued Jiang for �committing torture and genocide� (CNN). Also reporting: Washington Times For more North Korea�s admission of its nuclear weapons program, Sign up for the North Korea Report today and get last Monday�s special edition, along with new Reports every Monday. NEWS ON COMMUNIST CHINA, EAST TURKESTAN, AND THE TERRORIST WAR CLAIMS OF EAST TURKESTANIS AS ISLAMIC TERRORISTS EXPOSED, AGAIN, AS BUNK Now, it�s the Washington Times that went to East Turkestan (called �Xinjiang� by the Communists) looking for al Qaeda-linked terrorists and instead finding a group �among the most liberal and pro-U.S. Muslims in the world.� The Times also noted that Human Rights Watch also found links between the Uighur Muslims in East Turkestan and al Qaeda �spurious.� The Times further noted that the East Turkestan National Congress, the �leading Uighur independence group� in the formerly independent republic �condemned the September 11 attacks, and (called) for a secular and democratic independent state.� East Turkestan won independence briefly during the 1940s; her people have suffered brutally under Communist rule. All of this is yet another account exposing the Communist line on the Uighur independence movement (they�re all linked to al Qaeda according to the PRC) as complete bunk (see also 10/17/01 and 12/12/01 updates). Sadly, the U.S. bought at least part of it when it listed the likely defunct East Turkestan Islamic Movement as a terrorist group (see 8/28/02, 9/4/02, 9/11/02, and 9/18/02 updates). Check out these stories and more on the Communist China and the Terrorist War page. OTHER AMERICAN-RELATED NEWS AMERICAN UNIONS DIVIDING OVER COMMUNIST CHINESE �UNION� The New York Sun reported an ominous development: Communist China is starting to win friends in the American labor movement. Two labor unions sent leaders to the PRC for talks with Wei Jianxing head of the Communist-run �union� � and its head of discipline. All other unions in the PRC are banned. The AFL-CIO adamantly insisted the two unions � the Service Employees International Union and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees � did this on their own. Organized labor has been one of the longest and largest anti-Communist interest groups in America; it was one of the leading opponents of Permanent Normal Trade Relations with Communist China in 2000. COMMUNIST CHINESE ADHERENCE TO WTO RULES �PRETTY DICEY� Remember when the World Trade Organization agreement with the PRC would lead to a bonanza for American business? Well, that was assuming the Communists would follow the rules. Instead, as Phillip Laney, of the American Soybean Association, put it in Newsmax.com, �China�s adherence to the deal has been pretty dicey.� The PRC�s �dicey� adherence has cost �about $200 million� in lost business. THE FALUN GONG WAR IN AMERICA: GROUP SAYS PRC IS SPYING ON THEM As PRC President Jiang Zemin visits the U.S. � he�ll be at President Bush�s ranch on Friday � Falun Gong practitioners told the Washington Times that �they are being spied upon and intimidated by Chinese officials in an attempt to foil plans to protest� the visit. Jiang, who rose to power backed by those who authored the Tiananmen Square massacre, has a legendary thin skin regarding protesters of any kind. HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS NEWS TIANANMEN PROTEST LEADER FREED FROM HOUSE ARREST, STILL UNDER SURVEILLANCE As the Jiang-Bush summit approaches, the usual dissident releases have begun anew. In addition to a Tibetan nun (see Tibet News), the Communists released Chen Zeming, one of the organizers of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest. Chen, sent to jail in 1989 for �counterrevolutionary� actions, had his jail term shifted to house arrest in the 1990s. He is still �under tight surveillance� in the PRC. Report: BBC OTHER MAINLAND NEWS COMMUNISTS START A NEW CRACKDOWN IN RUNUP TO PARTY CONGRESS As the Communist Party prepares for its 16th Party Congress, which includes the upcoming major reshuffle, the cadres are demanding the police �to raise their guard against anti-government activities and other mishaps,� according to Willy Wo-Lap Lam (CNN). Lam also noted that the media has been told to lay off �socially destabilizing� news events. JIANG PROTEGES GET A LEG UP IN PRE-RESHUFFLE MOVES Willy Wo Lap Lam (CNN) reports that two Jiang prot�g�s � Jia Qinglin and Huang Ju � �are now well positioned to be inducted into the elite Politburo Standing Committee at the upcoming 16th party congress� next month, giving Jiang an even larger hand in running Communist China despite his plans to drop the post of party chief during November�s reshuffle and the PRC presidency next year. Meanwhile, Jon Pomfret (Washington Post) �reports� on something long since known to China e-Lobby members: Jiang�s intention to give up his posts as head of the party and head of state to hang on to the Central Military Commission Chairmanship. INTERNATIONAL NEWS COMMUNISTS ANNOUNCE �NEW RESTRICTIONS� ON ARMS SALES Communist China publicly announced the �new� arms restrictions first reported in the 8/28/02 update. The most well publicized regulation is the one that forces all arms sales to win the approval of the Communist Chinese cabinet � not just the Central Military Commission. Given the power the CMC holds over the rest of the party, it�s hard to see just how dramatic that change is. Report: BBC HUAWEI LOOKING FOR JAPAN DEALS Huawei Technologies � the folks who built a fiber optic system for Saddam Hussein to integrate his air defense system (see 2/21/01, 2/28/01, 3/7/01, 3/14/01, and 3/21/01 updates) is looking �to break into the Japanese market� (CNN), thanks to a �partnership� with Kanematsu Corporation. OTHER FIRM NEWS German insurance firm Allianz became the latest bedazzled foreign firm last week, forming a new partnership with Guotai Junan Securities. Allianz will only have 33% of the new venture, ensuring the power remains within the PRC (BBC 10/17). Meanwhile, Exxon-Mobil wedded itself closer to the PRC-owned Sinopec (CNN), and PRC-owned Unicom announced deals with U.S. telecom firms (BBC 10/22). REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN) NEWS COMMUNIST CHINA BRINGS TRAVEL LINKS BACK FROM THE DEAD Communist Chinese Vice Premier Qian Qichen suggested that travel links across the Taiwan Strait could be done as �cross-strait� rather than �domestic� links. The ROC government balked at the �domestic� nature of an earlier PRC proposal, since it attempted to justify the Communists� decades-old claim to Taiwan. The Communists have never ruled over the island democracy at any time. Report: BBC ROC SHIFTS POLICIES TO ENCOURAGE MORE CHILD BIRTHS, HEAD OFF PEOPLE SHORTAGE Facing a declining population that could wreak havoc on its economic and defense capability, Taiwan is introducing new incentives to families having more than two children. None of the policies involve coercion of any kind, a marked contrast to Communist China, where forced abortions and sterilizations are part of the hideous �one child� policy. Report: Cybercast News HONG KONG NEWS BANKRUPTCIES �AT RECORD LEVELS� Hong Kong bankruptcies for the first three quarters of 2002 went past 17,000, reaching �record levels� according to the BBC, as the post-Communist takeover HK economy limps on. TIBET NEWS TIBETAN NUN FREED BY COMMUNIST CHINA As the Jiang-Bush summit approaches, the usual dissident releases have begun anew. Communist China released Ngawang Sangdrol, a Tibetan nun imprisoned at age 15 for �counterrevolution,� last week (BBC). Feel free to forward this to anyone you think might be interested in receiving it Anyonewho 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.. |