In a message dated 03/27/2000 6:21:17 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << |__/_|'.//'|_|\_|___|\_n_/|__/ OSINT newsletter and discussion list Monday, March 27, 2000 Motorola's pledge of allegiance -- to China? Corporate giant proud of strategic alliance with Beijing By Terence P. Jeffrey C 2000, Human Events WorldNetDaily When consumer advocate Ralph Nader a few years ago asked the managers of Motorola if they would please say the Pledge of Allegiance at their annual shareholders meetings, the company responded with indignation. "Motorola will not be adopting Mr. Nader's suggestion," said senior corporate counsel Carol Forsyte. "We believe that by doing so we would be introducing political and nationalistic overtones which have nothing to do [with] the true purpose of a stockholders meeting." This begged an obvious question: If Motorola will not pledge allegiance to the American republic -- "one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all" -- to what will it pledge allegiance? One answer to that question can be found today on a website the company has posted in the People's Republic of China, which is linked to its U.S. website. A page on this Chinese site -- subtitled "China and Motorola reach for the sky" -- lists the company's achievements in the PRC under the following categories: "Investments and technology transfer" "Management localization and training" "Local sourcing" "Joint development: joint ventures and cooperative projects" "Cooperative projects: joint technology development" "Corporate citizenship" This is the sort of language one would expect from a nationalist corporation -- looking out for the interests of China. Just as General Motors could boast half a century ago, "What's good for General Motors is good for America," Motorola seems to be boasting today, "What's good for Motorola is good for China." On this Chinese website, the company brags that its policy of providing Chinese "suppliers with designs and new technology" helped those firms "export U.S. $480 million worth of products in 1999" and is "an initiative that dovetails with the China government's own strategy for upgrading state-owned enterprises." "Motorola has enjoyed solid support from the Chinese government at all levels" it says. "Motorola has received accolades and awards from the Chinese government for its responsible corporate citizenship," it adds. And no wonder. The company boasts that, in China, it has: "committed more than U.S. $1.5 billion" "reinvest[ed] all profits ... back into the country" "committed to localizing the staff of its operations" "spent U.S. $1.02 billion ... last year on locally sourced materials, components and services" "accomplished this by forming partnerships with Chinese suppliers and helping them ... with designs and new technology" "established 6 joint ventures and 10 cooperative projects with some of China's best enterprises and research facilities" "erected [an 18-story building] in Beijing's business hub" "set up 18 research and development centers in China with 650 researchers" "established three micro-processor/ micro-controller laboratories at universities in China, and will expand this program to 20 additional universities over the next five years." Topping the list of "Motorola Cooperative Projects in China" is the National Research Center for Intelligent Computing Systems in Beijing, which is dedicated to "[r]esearch and development of advanced computer technologies." What we have here is a strategic alliance. The managers of China's Communist regime and the managers of Motorola's for-profit corporation have formed a bond based on a broadening web of common financial interests. Their entente is further entrenched with each new economic fact on the ground: new factories, new products, new markets. They are co-combatants on the fields of global commerce where the destiny of nations is now decided. It is fair to ask, then, just what is the nature of this Motorola ally? On the military front, we know it has threatened to use force against Taiwan if it declares independence, and that it has intimated it would fire nuclear missiles at Los Angeles to punish the United States for interfering in such a conflict. But what about the domestic Chinese society, where Motorola is now embedded? The 1999 State Department "Country Report on Human Rights Practices in China," released February 25, answers some basic questions: Is there freedom of religion? "Police closed many 'underground' mosques, temples, seminaries, Catholic churches and Protestant 'house churches,' many with significant memberships, properties, financial resources, and networks. Some were destroyed. Leaders of unauthorized groups are often targets of harassment, interrogations, detention and physical abuse. ... [M]ost influential positions in government are reserved for party members, and Communist Party officials state that party membership and religious belief are incompatible. Party membership also is required for almost all high-level positions in government and in state-owned businesses and organizations." Is there freedom of speech? "The government does not permit citizens to publish or broadcast criticisms of senior leaders or opinions that directly challenge Communist Party rule. The party and government continue to control many -- and, on occasion, all -- print and broadcast media tightly and use them to propagate the current ideological line." Is there freedom of association? "Communist Party policy and government regulations require that all professional, social and economic organizations officially register with, and be approved by, the government. Ostensibly aimed at restricting secret societies and criminal gangs, these regulations also prevent the formation of truly autonomous political, human rights, religious, labor and youth organizations that directly challenge government authority." Is there a right to life? "Fines for giving birth without authorization vary. ... In Quanzhou, Fujian province, the fine for violating the birth quotas is three times a couple's annual salary. ... Local authorities in a Fujian town systematically used coercive measures such as force abortion, sterilization, detention and destruction of property to enforce birth quotas." Are there free elections? "The CCP [Chinese Communist Party] retains a tight rein on political decision-making and forbids the creation of new political parties. The government intensified efforts to suppress the China Democratic Party. ... Public security organs arrested nearly all of its most important leaders." Is there due process of law? "Arbitrary arrest and detention remain serious problems. ... At both the central and local levels, the government and the CCP frequently interfere in the findings of the judicial system and dictate court decisions." This is only the tip of the iceberg of Chinese tyranny. To read more about the 230,000 dissidents in "re-education through labor" camps, the scores of monks, priests, nuns and ministers murdered or imprisoned, and the reign of terror visited on China's little girls, see the entire report online. But it is enough to show that Motorola now maintains two distinct wings to its corporate work force: In the United States, it employs free people. In China, it employs unfree people. This could explain why the company objects to the "political and nationalistic overtones" of saying the Pledge of Allegiance at shareholders meetings. If a Chinese Motorola employee stood up at a Motorola factory in China and suggested that workers there pledge allegiance to making China "one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all," he might very well be arrested. If his coworkers joined him, they, too, might be arrested. If all of Motorola's Chinese workers risked their lives to pledge allegiance to making China "one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all," Motorola's $1.5-billion investment in China would be at risk. It would no longer "dovetail with the China government's strategy for upgrading state-owned enterprises." It likely would lose its "solid support from the Chinese government at all levels." It could forget about "accolades and awards from the Chinese government for its responsible corporate citizenship." A Lech Walesa in China today would have to strike against Motorola. So, what is Motorola doing now to alter China's political status? It has launched an all-out lobbying effort in Washington to give the Chinese regime Permanent Normal Trade Relations with the United States and membership in the World Trade Organization, where it would have a vote equal to that of the United States. 0000000000000000000000000000000000000 *** NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to SPYNEWS eGroup members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Mario Profaca, SPY NEWS eGroup list owner, editor & moderator mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>
Mario's Cyberspace Station http://mprofaca.cro.net/mainmenu.html -__ ___ _ ___ __ ___ _ _ _ __ /'_|'0 \'V'/'\|'|'__|'|'|'/'_| \_'\''_/\'/|'\\'|'_||'V'V'\_'\ |__/_|'.//'|_|\_|___|\_n_/|__/ OSINT newsletter and discussion list Monday, March 27, 2000 Motorola's pledge of allegiance -- to China? Corporate giant proud of strategic alliance with Beijing By Terence P. Jeffrey C 2000, Human Events WorldNetDaily When consumer advocate Ralph Nader a few years ago asked the managers of Motorola if they would please say the Pledge of Allegiance at their annual shareholders meetings, the company responded with indignation. "Motorola will not be adopting Mr. Nader's suggestion," said senior corporate counsel Carol Forsyte. "We believe that by doing so we would be introducing political and nationalistic overtones which have nothing to do [with] the true purpose of a stockholders meeting." This begged an obvious question: If Motorola will not pledge allegiance to the American republic -- "one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all" -- to what will it pledge allegiance? One answer to that question can be found today on a website the company has posted in the People's Republic of China, which is linked to its U.S. website. A page on this Chinese site -- subtitled "China and Motorola reach for the sky" -- lists the company's achievements in the PRC under the following categories: "Investments and technology transfer" "Management localization and training" "Local sourcing" "Joint development: joint ventures and cooperative projects" "Cooperative projects: joint technology development" "Corporate citizenship" This is the sort of language one would expect from a nationalist corporation -- looking out for the interests of China. Just as General Motors could boast half a century ago, "What's good for General Motors is good for America," Motorola seems to be boasting today, "What's good for Motorola is good for China." On this Chinese website, the company brags that its policy of providing Chinese "suppliers with designs and new technology" helped those firms "export U.S. $480 million worth of products in 1999" and is "an initiative that dovetails with the China government's own strategy for upgrading state-owned enterprises." "Motorola has enjoyed solid support from the Chinese government at all levels" it says. "Motorola has received accolades and awards from the Chinese government for its responsible corporate citizenship," it adds. And no wonder. The company boasts that, in China, it has: "committed more than U.S. $1.5 billion" "reinvest[ed] all profits ... back into the country" "committed to localizing the staff of its operations" "spent U.S. $1.02 billion ... last year on locally sourced materials, components and services" "accomplished this by forming partnerships with Chinese suppliers and helping them ... with designs and new technology" "established 6 joint ventures and 10 cooperative projects with some of China's best enterprises and research facilities" "erected [an 18-story building] in Beijing's business hub" "set up 18 research and development centers in China with 650 researchers" "established three micro-processor/ micro-controller laboratories at universities in China, and will expand this program to 20 additional universities over the next five years." Topping the list of "Motorola Cooperative Projects in China" is the National Research Center for Intelligent Computing Systems in Beijing, which is dedicated to "[r]esearch and development of advanced computer technologies." What we have here is a strategic alliance. The managers of China's Communist regime and the managers of Motorola's for-profit corporation have formed a bond based on a broadening web of common financial interests. Their entente is further entrenched with each new economic fact on the ground: new factories, new products, new markets. They are co-combatants on the fields of global commerce where the destiny of nations is now decided. It is fair to ask, then, just what is the nature of this Motorola ally? On the military front, we know it has threatened to use force against Taiwan if it declares independence, and that it has intimated it would fire nuclear missiles at Los Angeles to punish the United States for interfering in such a conflict. But what about the domestic Chinese society, where Motorola is now embedded? The 1999 State Department "Country Report on Human Rights Practices in China," released February 25, answers some basic questions: Is there freedom of religion? "Police closed many 'underground' mosques, temples, seminaries, Catholic churches and Protestant 'house churches,' many with significant memberships, properties, financial resources, and networks. Some were destroyed. Leaders of unauthorized groups are often targets of harassment, interrogations, detention and physical abuse. ... [M]ost influential positions in government are reserved for party members, and Communist Party officials state that party membership and religious belief are incompatible. Party membership also is required for almost all high-level positions in government and in state-owned businesses and organizations." Is there freedom of speech? "The government does not permit citizens to publish or broadcast criticisms of senior leaders or opinions that directly challenge Communist Party rule. The party and government continue to control many -- and, on occasion, all -- print and broadcast media tightly and use them to propagate the current ideological line." Is there freedom of association? "Communist Party policy and government regulations require that all professional, social and economic organizations officially register with, and be approved by, the government. Ostensibly aimed at restricting secret societies and criminal gangs, these regulations also prevent the formation of truly autonomous political, human rights, religious, labor and youth organizations that directly challenge government authority." Is there a right to life? "Fines for giving birth without authorization vary. ... In Quanzhou, Fujian province, the fine for violating the birth quotas is three times a couple's annual salary. ... Local authorities in a Fujian town systematically used coercive measures such as force abortion, sterilization, detention and destruction of property to enforce birth quotas." Are there free elections? "The CCP [Chinese Communist Party] retains a tight rein on political decision-making and forbids the creation of new political parties. The government intensified efforts to suppress the China Democratic Party. ... Public security organs arrested nearly all of its most important leaders." Is there due process of law? "Arbitrary arrest and detention remain serious problems. ... At both the central and local levels, the government and the CCP frequently interfere in the findings of the judicial system and dictate court decisions." This is only the tip of the iceberg of Chinese tyranny. To read more about the 230,000 dissidents in "re-education through labor" camps, the scores of monks, priests, nuns and ministers murdered or imprisoned, and the reign of terror visited on China's little girls, see the entire report online. But it is enough to show that Motorola now maintains two distinct wings to its corporate work force: In the United States, it employs free people. In China, it employs unfree people. This could explain why the company objects to the "political and nationalistic overtones" of saying the Pledge of Allegiance at shareholders meetings. If a Chinese Motorola employee stood up at a Motorola factory in China and suggested that workers there pledge allegiance to making China "one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all," he might very well be arrested. If his coworkers joined him, they, too, might be arrested. If all of Motorola's Chinese workers risked their lives to pledge allegiance to making China "one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all," Motorola's $1.5-billion investment in China would be at risk. It would no longer "dovetail with the China government's strategy for upgrading state-owned enterprises." It likely would lose its "solid support from the Chinese government at all levels." It could forget about "accolades and awards from the Chinese government for its responsible corporate citizenship." A Lech Walesa in China today would have to strike against Motorola. So, what is Motorola doing now to alter China's political status? It has launched an all-out lobbying effort in Washington to give the Chinese regime Permanent Normal Trade Relations with the United States and membership in the World Trade Organization, where it would have a vote equal to that of the United States. 0000000000000000000000000000000000000 *** NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to SPYNEWS eGroup members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. 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