| Home page To receive this publication via e-mail, click here. The Week�s Links: Feature and Opinion Pieces on Communist China June 27, 2003 Link of the Week Al Santoli, senior vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council (and Member since 2003) details Communist China�s ties to the military regimes in Burma and other anti-American dictatorships, and why the U.S. must take action against the PRC, in the Washington Times. On the Communist Media Crackdown The editors of the Washington Post just missed top billing with this rip the Communists for their latest media crackdown (see last Update), and lament the fate of the reporters, who �represent only a fraction of the victims of the Chinese government's ongoing oppression of its own people.� On India Paul Weyrich, who remembers India�s pro-Soviet past, now says, �we ought to seriously explore the possibility that India can be a strategic ally,� based on its record as an opponent and victim of terror. His Washington Times piece, despite not mentioning India�s long rivalry with Communist China, is quite good. On the Ecology in Communist China John Pomfret, Washington Post, interviews Wu Dengming, and ex-Communist army officer who now fights the good, and lonely, fight against the Communists� destruction of the environment � and the PRC�s attempts to silence him and others in this work. On SARS and Communist China Ceci Connolly, Washington Post, tells how medical officials worked around the Communist cover-up to identify SARS, and just how far the disease spread during that time. Dexter Roberts, Business Week, sees the Party�s �most retro elements� as �rejuvenated� by the fight against SARS. As such, he doesn�t see much chance for reform (link courtesy Randall Parker, founder of Parapundit and Member since 2003). On Hong Kong The editors of the Weekly Standard praise the Bush Administration � somewhat � for coming to democracy�s defense in Hong Kong. While they wonder, and rightly so, why the Administration has waited until now, �better late than never.� Indeed. On Taiwan and Referenda Gary Schmitt, of the Project for the New American Century, blasts the Bush Administration for pressuring Taiwan against holding referenda (see last Update) and laments the growing American weakness on defending the island democracy in general. On �Lula� Constantine C. Menges, in the Washington Times, has a stern warning for the Bush Administration, watch Brazilian President Lula da Silva�s close ties to Communist China. Sign the petition for an American boycott of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Check out the Communist China and the Terrorist War page. Sign up for the North Korea Report before the next edition is sent on Monday. 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. |