In a message dated 3/23/2007 6:00:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
herbs@surfvi.com writes:
First one key to getting attention from the PRC is the NA trade agreement
issue. Letters to Susan Schwab U.S. Trade Representative (www.ustr.gov)
should begin to flow like the waters of the Yangtze River! Also gather
information as to which major US manufacturer rely on PRC components
(especially electronic and computers) and sub assemblies and began to
mobilize a boycott of all these companies devices unless PRC shuts down the
Dragon.
China has military ties with over 150 countries and Military Attaches in 107
others. At least one of these is run by a licensed amateur!
There's a couple practice issues however with this. One is the Chinese
government isn't as well organized or stratified as others -- the military, in
particular, is a government onto itself and has very strong commercial
interests as welll - controlling companie's and even RF spectrum. They can
and do
act unilaterally at times without asking permission from "the party" -- and we
all know the "party" is not exactly a fun bunch of people (and it's a large
bunch). Also, the number of hams who would write, let alone 160 hams, would
be very small.
A better approach would be to find some ham interested Chinese official if
they exist. A Barry Goldwater of China so to speak (now that's scary!). Even
just opening up a dialog with Chinese ham clubs (is there the equiv. of ARRL
there?) ..
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