| Home page To receive this publication via e-mail, click here. U.S. and India in talks on �Asian NATO� against Communist China and Pakistan. Check it out on the Communist China and the Terrorist War page. The Week�s Links: Feature and Opinion Pieces on Communist China May 30, 2003 Link of the Week Gary Schmitt, of the Project for the New American Century, reprints a remarkable column from the Heritage Foundation�s John Tkacik in the Asian Wall Street Journal on Norinco (see last Update), and how it reveals the complete failure of the �engagement� policy with Communist China. Two and a Half Cheers for Congress An attempt to ease supercomputer export rules � one backed by the Bush Administration, went down to narrow defeat (217-201). Gary Schmitt, of the Project for the New American Century, has high praise for the House of Representatives, but warns them that this issue is not about to go away, and calling for newer, tighter, controls on computer exports. The Congressional Record has the roll call of the vote. On the G-8 Plus Communist China Summit Ellen Bork, of the Project for the New American Century, lists some recommended discussion points for President Bush as he meets PRC President Hu Jintao at the G-8 summit this weekend, and advises Bush that he can �do a lot worse than to have an unpleasant meeting with Hu.� Indeed. On Communist China and Space Former Congressman Robert Walker warns about the PRC�s space ambitions in the Washington Times. On Communist China and Russia Willy Wo-Lap Lam, CNN, gives a quick summary and analysis of PRC President Hu Jintao�s upcoming visits to Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Evian, France for the �G-8� summit. On Katrina Leung Fred Hyatt, Washington Post, would like to know why so many of the voices against Johnny Chung et al are silent on �Parlor Maid� Katrina Leung, and also why so few are willing to recognize Communist China as the horrifying regime it is (and all of this from a supporter of �engagement.�). On Taiwan, the World Health Organization, and SARS Tkacik (see Link of the Week) also rips the U.S. for being unwilling to stand by Taiwan during its latest failed effort to join the World Health Organization, in the Weekly Standard. Meanwhile, Andrew Perrin, Time Asia, looks at the �increasingly devastating trail� of the disease in Taiwan. Douglas Burton also reports on the effects of SARS in the ROC to the Washington Times. Responding to Communist China�s anti-Taiwan stance (best seen in a letter cited in the last Week�s Links), the co-Chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Taiwan � Representative Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) � stick up for the island democracy in this letter to the Washington Post. On Communist China and SARS Mary Hennock, BBC, examines the effect of the disease on the PRC�s aviation and airline markets. 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. 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 or North Korea that you happen to find to the same address. |