| Links of the Week Time Asia devoted its cover this week to the heroes of Asia. Three of the profiled are indeed heroes. The Karmapa Lama�s escape from the Communist China in 1999 was �like a reviving gust of fresh air� for the Tibetan community, both inside and outside the PRC. Gao Yaojie is the grandmother-turned-crusader for AIDS victims infected because of a PRC blood drive in which donors� blood was mixed and re-injected. The final of the three is the one who sacrificed the most: Zhao Ziyang. The former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party was the last true reformer within the CCP. His fall from grace came during the 1989 Tiananmen protests, when he pleaded with the protestors to leave the square before Li Peng could order the troops to massacre them. Zhao has been under house arrest ever since. On International Affairs CNN�s Willy Wo-Lap Lam examines Communist heir apparent Hu Jintao�s trip upcoming trip to the United States, and what it could mean for him, Communist China, and the U.S. Paul Craig Roberts, in the Washington Times, warns about the dangers of economic �engagement� with Communist China � some good points, although the rhetoric seems a little over the top. Yomiuri Shimbun, in an editorial relayed by the Washington Times (last paragraph), calls on Japan to end all aid to Communist China if it continues its �nuclear arms buildup.� New to the China e-Lobby! The North Korea Report (Sign up) 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. |