Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!daemon Date: Sat, 2 Dec 89 11:54:37 EST Sender: From: chi@vlsi.uwaterloo.ca (Bo Chi) Message-ID: <8912022154.AA03464@vlsi.waterloo.edu> Original-To: china-distribution@cs.toronto.edu Subject: Dec. 2 (II), News Digest Newsgroups: ut.chinese Distribution: ut Sender: list-admin@csri.toronto.edu Approved: nobody@csri.toronto.edu | +---------I __L__ ___/ \ -------I +----+----+ | ___\_\_ | \./ | | -----+- | | | | | __ \/ | --+-- |--- | |---| | I----+----I | I__J/\ | __|__ | | | |---| | | | _____ \ | /| \ | | | L__-| | I I---------J / J \/ | | V | J * C h i n a N e w s D i g e s t * (ND Canada Service) -- Dec. 2 (II), 1989 Table of Contents # of Lines Headline News .................................................. 51 1) Presidents In Beijing Universities Called For Help To St ..... 50 2) Bruce Morrison Said Bush Yielded To Beijing Presssure In Vet.. 31 3) E. Germany Eliminate Constitutional Guarantee Of Com ........ 56 4) China Agriculture ........................................... 26 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Headline News --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) A Catholic organization in the U.S. reports that another catholic father has been arrested by Chinese government, for the father and his church in Hebe province refused to join the 'Patriotic Catholic Association'. The report says that in April this year, over a thousand armed policemen were send to the village church and arrested 30 church-goers. About 350 people in the village were injured in the conflict. The father fled away but was arrested in September in Beijing. From: simone@nyspi.bitnet. (J. Yang) Source: World Journal, 12/1/89 (2) About 10 Chinese students and aliens officially announced to derail any relationship with Chinese government. From: simone@nyspi.bitnet (J. Yang) Source: World Journal, 12/1/89 (3) While university priciples in the U.S. were signing the letter to Mr. Bush to protect Chinese students in the U.S., 10 university priciples in Beijing were also writing a joint letter to ask Mr. Bush not to sign HR2712, stating that the bill would cause difficulties and damages for students in China. Official radio station in Beijing reported that letter. From: simone@nyspi.bitnet. (J. Yang) Source: World Journal, 12/1/89 (4) Chinses district attorneys are authorized to strike and crakdown any antigovernment activities and mobs, according to China News Agency. From: simone@nyspi.bitnet (J. Yang) Source: World Journal, 12/1/89 (5) FDC's L.A. branch office will be announced on December 3rd. FDC has gradually set up its network in the U.S. Preparations are also made in other 16 states and/or cities such as Washington D.C., Boston, Huston, Seattle, Arizona, San Diego, ect. So far there have been 500 to 600 FDC members in the U.S. From: simone@NYSPI.bitnet. (J. Yang) Source: World Journal, 12/1/89 (6) Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci, who won affection of the world with her perfect 10 scores in the 1976 Montreal Olympics, has abandoned her apartment, car, and financial security in Romania and opted for the freedom in the West. She crossed into Hungary 3 days ago and arrived today in the U.S., where she has been granted refugee status. She is among the tens of thousands of Romanians who have fled the oppressive regime in Bucharest in the last several months. From: yawei@aqua.bacs.indiana.edu Source: NY Times/AP --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Presidents In Beijing Universities Called For Help To Stop The Legislation --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "J. Ding" Source: BEIJING (AP) November 30, 1989 Ten Beijing university presidents wrote an open letter to their American counterparts to help stop legislation allowing Chinese students in the United States to prolong their stay, Xinhua reported late Thursday. China's official news agency said the educators warned the Emergency Immigration Relief Act passed by Congress "would seriously hurt the feelings of the Chinese people and result in a strong reaction from the Chinese government." The letter said the legislation would create enormous difficulties for Chinese universities and jeopardize educational exchanges between the two countries, Xinhua added. President Bush said Thursday he will veto the measure, which is intended to help students who fear persecution in China. He said he will extend the same protections through administration means. Some congressional supporters of the bill said they will try to override the veto. The legislation would allow the nearly 40,000 Chinese students in the United States to change their visa status to stay for more than four years and then allow them to apply for permanent residency. Under Chinese-U.S. agreements, Chinese who study in the United States now have to return to China for two years once their studies end before applying to the United States for a change in visa status. The U.S. bill came after a crackdown on dissent in China. Thousands of Chinese in the United States joined demonstrations or criticized the Chinese government after troops suppressed the pro-democracy movement in Beijing in June. The Beijing presidents' letter said that 236 students from the 10 state-controlled universities returned from abroad since June and were "received warmly and are being well looked after." The presidents denied any persecution was going on in China. Signers included presidents from Beijing University, Qinghua University, Beijing Normal University, Science and Technology University and other institutions that were centers of student activism during the pro-democracy movement last spring. The Beijing government officially protested the legislation and threatened "strong response." It has not said if it might suspend student exchanges. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Bruce Morrison Said Bush Yielded To Beijing Presssure In Veto --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: yawei@rose.bacs.indiana.edu (CND Correspondence) Source: AP News WASHINGTON - President Bush Thursday said he was vetoing a bill to allow Chinese students to remain in the U.S. after their visas expire. He called the measure unnecessary and an infringement on his presidential authority. Bush said in a statement that the measure was unneeded in light of administrative steps he had taken to accomplish the same ends. The president said he was directing the attorney general ''to take the steps necessary to extend administratively to all Chinese students in the United States the same benefits'' that were in the rejected bill. However, a congressional sponsor of the legislation, Rep. Bruce Morrison, D-Conn., accused Bush of yielding to pressure from the Beijing government. China had strongly opposed the measure. Bush earlier criticized the measure, claiming it was unneeded because he already agreed to extend student visas in the aftermath of the government's bloody crackdown on protesters in Tianenmen Square in June. Congressional sponsors of the measure, however, said that Bush's gesture didn't go far enough. Sponsors also said many of the 40,000 Chinese students studying in the U.S. hadn't taken advantage of Bush's gesture. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. E. Germany Eliminate Constitutional Guarantee Of Communist Monopoly --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: yawei@rose.bacs.indiana.edu (CND Correspondence) Source: AP News EAST BERLIN - Parliament Friday voted overwhelmingly to change the constitution and eliminate the Commu- nist Party's guaranteed monopoly on power. This reform was demanded by the mass movement for democratic change. With only about five lawmakers abstaining, the rest of 500-member People's Chamber appeared in a show of hands to approve the change. The Communist-dominated Parliament had been expected to address a new travel law. Parliament speaker Guenther Maleuda opened the parliamentary session 40 minutes late to announce that the party leaders had met to change the agenda and put the issue of Communist domination as their first order of business. East German politicians had been discussing the need strike Article 1 from the constitution, which guarantees the Communists a ''leading role.'' But no definite steps had been taken in that direction. Friday's action may have been spurred by the swift decision in neighboring Czechoslovakia this week to repeal its constitutional provision guaranteeing the Communists a monopoly on power. The leader of one of the numerous small parties allied with the ruling Communists, Guenter Hartmann of the National Democrats, told East German television that all party leaders in the parliament agreed on the need to consider a constitutional change. Maleuda explained at the start of the East German parliamentary session that a two-thirds majority of the members' votes was needed to change the constitution. Such a revision has been demanded by opposition groups, and even the Communists have conceded they should give up the unfair advantage. The agenda change temporarily took attention away from a criminal investi- gation into alleged abuse of power by former East German leader Erich Honecker and other ousted officials. Authorities Thursday stripped Honecker of immunity from criminal charges. They began an investigation of al- leged abuses of power by Honecker and other disgraced Communist officials. Authorities also sealed off a country estate where Honecker and other ousted leaders have lived, apparently to prevent removal of evidence. The moves were the strongest indications to date that the former leadership will be made to account for alleged abuses. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. China Agriculture --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "J. Ding" Source: BEIJING (AP) November 30, 1989 China plans to produce a record 412 million tons of grain next year as the state puts more land into cultivation and invests more in the countrysie, Agriculture Minister He Kang said. He said at a meeting Wednesday that grain production will be up from an estimated harvest of 405 million tons this year, the official China Daily reported Thursday. He said the nation also hoped to produce up to 4.4 million tons of cotton next year, up from this year's output of about 4 million tons. Substantial gains are also planned in production of edible oils, meat and fishery products. The minister said 1.63 million acres of land will be put into grain production, making the total 272 million acres. Following a record grain harvest of 407 million tons in 1984, China has had four straight sub-standard crops, a result of poor weather and low state-set prices for grain that have discouraged production. Good weather has helped raise output this year, but the harvest will still fall short of the 1984 figure. Chinese agricultural experts say the nation must increase output by at least 10 million tons a year, to 500 million tons at the end of the decade, just to keep up with population growth. +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Executive Editor: Yaxiong Lin E_mail: aoyxl@asuacvax.bitnet | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ========================================================================== News Transmission chi@vlsi.uwaterloo.ca (or) -------------------- --------------------- Local Editor: Bo Chi chi@vlsi.waterloo.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sat Dec 2 16:53:25 EST 1989 Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com