Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!daemon Date: Tue, 5 Dec 89 16:04:39 EST Sender: From: chi@vlsi.uwaterloo.ca (Bo Chi) Message-ID: <8912060204.AA12696@vlsi.waterloo.edu> Original-To: china-distribution@cs.toronto.edu Subject: Dec. 5 (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. 5 (II), 1989 Table of Contents # of Lines Headline News ................................................... 24 1) "Public Ownership Has Become 'An Irreversible Trend' In Chin.. 54 2) 200 Pedal In Support Of The HK Alliance .................... 33 3) April 5th Protesters Stage Vigil At NCNA .................... 37 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Headline News --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Several thousands Czechoslovakia students demonstrated in Prague on December 2, to protest Chinese government's crackdown on student-led prodemocracy movement in Beijing this spring. Students in Prague said they were shocked when they learnt the tragedy in Tiananmen Square but could not help at that time. We knew it was late, but we stood up and spoke out at the first opportunity, students said. Students in Prague planned to march to Chinese embassy but it was cancelled as Chinese embassy made a protest to Czchoslovakia government From: simone@nyspi.bitnet. (J.Yang) Source: New York Times, 12/3/89 The Nobel Peace Award winner Dalai Lama said he would use the money to help solving the hunger problems in the world and support studies on peace. Dalai arrived in Peris yesterday to receive another human right award and will fly to Norway next week to receive the Nobel Award. Dalai said he have not made any official contact with Chinese Communist government since May. From: simone@nyspi.bitnet. (J. Yang) Source: World Journal, 12/4/89 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. "Public Ownership Has Become 'An Irreversible Trend' In China" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "J. Ding" Source: BEIJING (AP) December 03, 1989 [BY: JONES, TERRIL ; Associated Press Writer] China's Communist Party has issued a resounding rejection of private ownership, saying public ownership has become "an irreversible trend." In a ringing endorsement of orthodox Marxist ideology, the party newspaper People's Daily lambasted the most cherished of capitalist principles. "Can 'paradise' be found in capitalist countries? Absolutely not," the paper said in a lengthy commentary Saturday. "Political regimes that are based on privatized economies breed all forms of corruption," the People's Daily said. "The innate character of the bourgeois dictatorship of capitalist private ownership is a dictatorship of the rich minority over a poor majority." In 1848 Karl Marx summarized the theory of communism in a single phrase: "eradicating private ownership," the People's Daily said. "For half a century, many countries under the leadership of communist parties have established the great struggle of public ownership to wipe out privatization, and this has become an irreversible historical trend," it said. China's Communist Party stepped up its calls to adhere to strict Marxist doctrine and reject "bourgeois liberalism," or Western ideas, following the short-lived pro-democracy movement this spring. The student-led movement sought political reforms but widened to call for increased freedoms including better education, a less controlled economy and higher wages. After the movement was violently crushed by the Chinese army, leaving hundreds dead, top leaders orchestrated a return to doctrinaire slogans, ordering the mass media to follow the Communist Party line and selectively report positive news. Government leaders have also rejected political pluralism and have continued to crackdown on political dissent. The paper said those who support private ownership claim that Chinese yearn to leave the country for overseas, even agreeing to be "third-rate citizens" of other nations. "This is pure rumor," People's Daily said. "Most Chinese people studying or working abroad love their homeland." Thousands of Chinese overseas, however, do seek ways to remain abroad rather than return to China, where they face low-paying jobs which they may not be able to choose, and drab living conditions. U.S. diplomats in Beijing say that more than 90 percent of Chinese who go to study in the United States do not come back. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. 200 Pedal In Support Of The HK Alliance --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: hkucs!kwchan@uunet.UU.net Source : South China Morning Post, 12/4, 1989 [By Chris Yeung] More than 200 people took part in a territory-wide rally on bicycles yesterday to demonstrate their backing for the Hongkong Alliance in Support of the Patriotic Democratic Movement in China, which Beijing has accused of being subversive. The demonstrators, wearing white T-shirts, began their ride in Tsim Sha Tsui in the morning, crossed the harbour by ferries and finished their journey in Wan Chai in the afternoon. Another bicycle procession was held in Tai Po. To remind the public not to forget the June 4 Beijing massacre and the pro- democracy cause, their T-shirts were emblazoned with "Love for the country, Love for the people - the spirit of Hongkong" and "People will not forget". The protesters ended the rally with a brief demonstration outside the Queen Elizabeth Stadium, opposite the New China News agency headquarters. Singing pro-democracy songs, the demonstrators also presented about 10,000 signatures in support of the goals of the Alliance to leaders of the 210-group alliance. The signatures were collected over the week-end. The gathering was organised by 31 groups, of which about a third are members of the Alliance chaired by Mr Szeto Wah. The groups included the University of Democracy, Forum for Democracy, the April 5th Action group and some residents' concern groups. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. April 5th Protesters Stage Vigil At NCNA --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: hkucs!kwchan@uunet.UU.net Source : South China Morning Post, 12/4, 1989 [By Tommy Lewis] The April 5th Action group last night staged a protest outside the New China News Agency in Happy Valley. The protest was to mark the six-month anniversary of the Beijing massacre and to commemorate those who died in the crackdown. A group of about 25 people gathered at 11 pm, approximately the time troops started firing on the students in Beijing on June 3. After negotiations with police, 10 protesters were allowed to stay outside the NCNA building for about five minutes while they sang the Chinese national anthem and observed a one-minute silence. The others, holding placards, had to stay across the road. The protesters complied with a police request not to stick posters on the walls of the NCNA building. Protesters then moved across the road and started a sit-in, which they said would continue throughout the night. They said at 8 am today they planned to walk to the High Court in central where seven April 5th members face charges of unlawful assembly following an incident in Causeway Bay on September 29 at a demonstration near the World Trade Centre, the venue for a celebration of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of china. On Friday, two April 5th members were fined $500 after they were found guilty of fixing anti-Chinese Government posters on the gates of the NCNA building without consent. Magistrate Ian Britton ordered them to pay court costs of $250 and said he would not allow them to be turned into martyrs over such a trivial case. +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Executive Editor: Yaxiong Lin E_mail: aoyxl@asuacvax.bitnet | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ========================================================================== News Transmission chi@vlsi.uwaterloo.ca (or) -------------------- --------------------- Local Editor: Bo Chi chi@vlsi.waterloo.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tue Dec 5 21:03:46 EST 1989