| Home page To receive this publication via e-mail, click here. The Week�s Links: Feature and Opinion Pieces on Communist China October 24, 2003 Link of the Week Lev Navrozov, Newsmax, meets and talks to John Kusumi, head of the China Support Network, and wonders why dissidents in and opponents of Communist China do not get the same treatment Soviet dissidents and opponents received during Cold War I. On Communist China and the United States William Hawkins, of the U.S. Business and Industry Council, lays out in the Washington Times why Communist China�s undervalued currency � and its resultant, massive trade surplus with the U.S. � is very dangerous for American national security, a problem non-existent in our trade status with Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and other Asian allies. Robert Samuelson, Washington Post, examines Communist China�s trade imbalance with the U.S., and what it could mean for the world economy. While he does not discuss the PRC�s geopolitical anti-Americanism � a critical factor in considering trade with the Communists � he does present a decent case for why the imbalance is economically troubling. Notra Trulock, in Newsmax, gives his opinion why battling Communist Chinese espionage in this country has been so difficult. One of the cases he cites, but does not name, is the Katrina Leung �Parlor Maid� scandal (see 4/11, 4/18, 5/2, 5/16, and 5/30 Week�s Links). On Communist China and Terrorism William Triplett II, in the Washington Times, gives a detailed account of military ties between Communist Chinese General Cao Gangchuan and terrorist sponsors in the 1990s. General Cao, it should be noted, is now the Communist Defense Minister. Check out this story and more on the Communist China and the Terrorist War page. On Communist China and North Korea The editors of the National Post (Cdn.) call on the PRC to cut off its support for North Korea. Pat Buchanan, in World Net Daily, examines the question of Communist China�s true intentions for the United States, and says the answer will be found in North Korea: �If she will not (help us), we should take another look at the regime we are helping build into a Great Power.� Of course, the U.S. has already largely thrown in the towel on North Korea, but subscribers to the North Korea Report already know that. Those who don�t receive the North Korea Report can sign up here to get the next edition on Monday. On Communist China�s Future Andrew Roberts, a British historian, predicts Communist China as the next superpower in the London Telegraph (courtesy Andrew Stuttaford, National Review Online, and Member since 2002). While Roberts does not take into account the possibility of American resistance to the PRC�s rise, his piece is still an excellent wake-up call on the Communists� intentions. More On Communist China�s Space Program The editors of Le Figaro note that Communist China�s space mission �was primarily . . . for military use� and not �to help the progress of humanity.� This pearl of wisdom from Paris was transmitted via the Washington Times (second item). Martin Sieff, United Press International via the Washington Times, explains why Communist China can �actually beat America in manned space exploration over the next decade and more.� Meanwhile, R. Thomas Berner, a professor emeritus at Penn State, sees much hope in the Communist space program, and reveals a Pollyanish view of Communist China in general, in the Washington Times. Edward Hudgins, of the CATO Institute, does recognize Communist China�s potential space threat, and presents some ideas on staying ahead of the PRC. Unfortunately, his comments on export licenses near the end of his Washington Times column reveals a bad memory block. On �Intra-party democracy� Matthew Forney, in Time Asia, gives Hu Jintao some praise for his supposed call for reform during the last Central Committee plenum (see 10/15 Update). Forney seems to ignore Hu�s old calls for �intra-party democracy,� and the critical issue of Hu�s factional battles within the Party � particularly against Central Military Commission Chairman Jiang Zemin. On Communist China and AIDS Julie Chao, Cox News Service, examines the AIDS epidemic in Communist China, through an interview with American health official Ray Yip and a general analysis piece, both in the Washington Times. On Madame Chiang and Taiwan David Frum, National Review Online (and Member since 2003), notes the passing of Madame Chiang in the second item of his Oct. 24 diary entry, and reminds his readers that the government she represented �saved a remnant of China for democracy.� Sign the petition for an American boycott of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. 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