| Home page To receive this publication via e-mail, click here. The Week�s Links: Feature and Opinion Pieces on Communist China February 27, 2004 Listen to the Chinascope, hosted by D.J. McGuire: Tuesday midnight EST or Wednesday 2PM EST (tape delay), on WXEI 95.3 FM in Crestview, FL, or here. Dragon in the Dark: How and Why Communist China Helps Our Enemies in the War on Terror is now available: here, at Amazon, or call 1-888-280-7715. Link of the Week The prize goes to Hannah Beech of Time Asia, for her column on the plight of the �petitioners�: those who travel to Beijing seeking justice from the Communist regime for wrong committed in their home towns. Most get nothing for stints in jail, and torture to boot. On Communist China and Nuclear Weapons The editors of the Sydney Morning Herald, takes note of Communist China�s role as �a key link in a global trading chain that provided nuclear secrets to Pakistan, which sold them to Libya and, possibly, beyond,� and notes that �Beijing's standing as a responsible member of the global �nuclear club� has been seriously undermined� (via Washington Times). On Communist China and Nanotech Weapons Lev Navrozov, Newsmax, makes another clarion call for the U.S. to get in the nanotech race before Communist China wins by default, �with fatal consequences�. On Democracy (the lack thereof) in Communist China Willy Wo-Lap Lam, CNN, examines Communist Chinese President Hu Jintao�s focus on �scientific development,� and remains skeptical: �China can't go very far down the scientific path in the absence of democracy.� John Derbyshire of National Review Online (member since 2002) notes the anti-democratic �credentialism� of the Communist Party. On Hong Kong The editors of the Washington Times take the Communists to task for their anti-democracy interference in the city�s affairs. On Taiwan The Liberty Times (Taiwan) details the abuses Taiwanese businessmen face in Communist China: �improper execution of laws, official and civilian corruption, property theft, kidnapping and illegal detention� (via Epoch Times, HK). John Kusumi, Executive Director of the must-see China Support Network and member since 2003, sees no rational alternative to independence for Taiwan (also available via Epoch Times). Dr. Paul Risenhoover also defends Taiwan�s democracy in an address posted by CSN. Casting their votes �by foot in dictatorships� Liu Shui, Epoch Times, gives some badly needed exposure to the connection between the waves of Chinese escaping the PRC and the Communist repression that drives many to go. Check out the Communist China and the Terrorist War page. Sign up for the North Korea Report to get the next edition on Monday. Sign the petition for an American boycott of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Miss an Update, Weekly Links, or a North Korea Report? Find it on our home page. 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 or North Korea that you happen to find to the same address. |