Subject: CND-US, July 3, 1993

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Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1993 23:25:28 PDT

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                           Saturday, July 3, 1993

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1. News Brief (1 Item) .................................................. 15
2. IFCSS Humanitarian Aid Committe Calls for Support for 6.4. Victims ... 41
3. Letter Campaign for Liu Gang Closes with 1144 Signatures (2 Items) ... 38
4. Kahaner Report: Science Activities in China .......................... 99
5. INS News Release on CSPA; Toll-Free Phone Number for CSPA Forms ...... 32
6. Conference/Scholarship/Job Opening News (4 Items) .................... 53
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1. News Brief (1 Item) .................................................. 15
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This coming Saturday and Sunday (July 3rd and 4th), the Berkeley Chinese
Student Soccer Team will participate the highest level soccer tournament
among overseas Chinese in North America -- the US-Canada Soccer Cup Chinese
Championship Tournament. Twelve teams from all over north America,
Vancouver, Toronto, New York Los Angeles and the Bay Area will come and
play -- check the Chinese World Daily for names of the teams. The
tournament features some of the earlier Chinese national team players, Qing
Guorong, Cai Jinbiao, Yang Ning, Li Guoning, to name a few.  The tournament
will be held in the Polo Field within the Golden Gate Park in San
Francisco. It is a two day event. The opening ceremony is 9:00 am Saturday
morning, game starts at 9:30 am. (From: [email-masked])

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2. IFCSS Humanitarian Aid Committe Calls for Support for 6.4. Victims ... 41
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>From: Zhendong Liu <[email-masked]>
Source: China-Net, June 30, 1993

Last year, IFCSS Humanitarian Aid Committee has successfully sent many
thousands of dollars back to China to help the families who suffered in the
6.4 masscare in 1989. Currently, the committee is working in every channel
and with many students in US and China to help those families to overcome
the pains of losing sons/daughters, husbands/wives, and the economic
difficulties for lacking sufficient income source. While many of the CSS in
the U.S. are rushing to Post Office to send out the application for Green
Cards, the committee ask for their kindly generosity and supports in the
names of 6.4 victims.

Support and help are needed in the following areas:

(1) Please donate $10-$20 to help a family or a child. One can send
    donation to the IFCSS Humanitarian Fund or the family directly (the
    committee will provide the address of the victim family upon request
    and careful consideration. No harm should be brought to the victim's
    family due to the improper release of their address);

(2) Please help the committee  collect the names of victims and the
    address of their families. A data base of the victims' names and the
    address of their families is being compiled. This is important,
    especially for the students from rural area, which were known hardly;

(3) Please visit those families in your home visit. Your visit to them
    will be a great warm and comfort to the suffering parents and
    children. You can bring them a post card signed by your fellow CSS in
    your university and a little cash. So please let the committee know if
    you will have a home visit recently.

For your donation, please kindly send check payable to:

    IFCSS Humanitarian Fund
    Humanitarian Aid COmmittee, IFCSS
    733 15th Street, N.W., Suite 440
    Washington, D.C. 20005

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3. Letter Campaign for Liu Gang Closes with 1144 Signatures (2 Items) ... 38
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Source: China-Net, July 2, 1993

>From: WEIHE GUAN <[email-masked]>

During the past three weeks, we have collected 1144 signatures supporting
the appeal to the Chinese government for improving Liu Gang's prison
condition. Today the letter and the co-signers list have been printed out
and mailed back to the Chinese leaders. We thank all of you who joint with
us in this effort.

We are now expecting responses from the addressed Chinese leaders. If no
response is received by the end of this month, we will convey the message
through various news media. We will keep you informed about the progress,
especially when volunteers are needed to form the overseas Chinese students
and scholars inspection delegation.

Again, thank you for your attention and support.

Initiators of the letter for Liu Gang
July 2, 1993
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>From: Ignatius Ding <[email-masked]>

Silicon Valley for Democracy in China (SVDC), a Northern California based
human rights organization, has written to Jiang Zheming, President of the
People's Republic of China, requesting permission to send representatives
to visit Liu Gang. SVDC Chairman, Charles Shao, pointed out in his letter
that his organization could help verify whether substantial progress of
human rights conditions in China has been made, a requirement for the
renewal of Most-Favored-Nation trade status for China in June 1994 as the
American presidential directive issued on May 30, 1993 dictates.

California Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-San Mateo) wrote to Chinese high
officials on July 2, 1993 demanding their immediate attention of inhumane
treatment of Liu Gang.

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4. Kahaner Report: Science Activities in China .......................... 99
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>From: <[email-masked]>. Forwarded by Bo Xiong from Soc.Culture.China.
Written by: David K. Kahaner, US Office of Naval Research Asia.
            <[email-masked]>. June 28, 1993. Excerpted by CND.

PARALLEL COMPUTER ARCHITECTURES FOR MACHINE VISION

Scientists from Qinghua University have published details of two competing
three-level hybrid parallel computer architectures for machine vision: one
based on two systems, the other on three systems.  Using these
architectures, the authors have implemented a number of algorithms,
including stereo vision matching and real-time obstacle detection for a
mobile robot.

GALAXY-II SUPERCOMPUTER

The 1 GOPS Galaxy-II, the first domestic Chinese general-purpose 1 GOPS
parallel processing supercomputer, was developed in 53 months by more than
260 specialists in the computer institute at the University of Science &
Technology for National Defense (USTND) in Changsha.  The system was
formally certified in November 1992.  The computer, housed in a
3-meter-high hexagonal case, has a shared main memory tightly coupled with
four central processors linked by high-speed synchronous communications
channels.  Master clock speed is 50 megahertz (20ns), main memory capacity
is 256 megabytes, and there are two independent 10-megabit-per-second I/O
subsystems.  For some computations, the average speed-up ratio is 3.537,
maximum speed-up radio is 3.8 (out of a theoretical maximum of 4.0 for a
four-processor system).  Basic word length is 64 bits, and 64-bit peak
performance is 400 MFLOPS.

Also passing appraisal were an independently designed operating system
occupying over 100,000 lines of code, plus development and applications
systems.  A medium-range (5- to 7-day) weather forecasting software system
jointly developed by USTND and the State Meteorology Center was one of the
applications systems that passed appraisal.  It was run on the Galaxy-II as
part of the rigorous tests conducted for certification.

CHINA IMPLEMENTS TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER CONSTRUCTION PLAN

Based on China's experiences in planning for science and technology (S&T)
development in the last decade, and the need of instituting China's
socialized market economy, the State Planning Commission (SPC) has
officially formulated a plan to implement National Technology Research
Centers (NTRC) to speed up the transfer of S&T achievements to production;
to promote the integration of economy and S&T, as well as the integration
of research institutes and enterprises; and eventually to strengthen the
industrial competitiveness of China.

Beginning in 1988, on the basis of instituting the plan to tackle China's
key S&T problems and the plan for China's key industrial experimentations,
SPC, relying on the nation's major institutes and colleges, has selected
seven meritorious items to launch the establishment of NTRC's test projects
to strengthen the weak link of technologizing the research achievements.
These centers are:

  Chinese Academy of Science Shanghai Microelectronics Engineering
       Research Center,
  MMEI's Beijing Large-Scale Integrated Circuit CAD Research Center,
  Semiconductor Basic Materials Technology Research Center of the China
       Non-Ferrous Metals Institute,
  Industrial Automation Technology Research Center of Zhejiang University,
  Optical Communications Technology Research Center of Wuhan Posts and
       Telecommunications Research Institute,
  Dyestuff Technology Research Center of Shenyang Chemical Engineering
       Institute,
  Optoelectronic Device Technology Research Center of CAS.

The total investment in these seven items will amount to around 300
million yuan and will be borne by the SPC, other concerned departments
and the organizations undertaking the projects.

The plan's preliminary goals during the Eighth 5-Year Plan and the early
Ninth 5-Year Plan as decided by SPC are as follows: By unifying a few
hundred large- and medium-sized enterprises or a few dozen large
conglomerates, a group of technology research centers will be established
among China's concerned research organizations, enterprises, and
universities.  The centers, supported by enterprises and government, will
become a strong S&T achievement conversion force.  Based on market demands,
a few hundred important research achievements will be transferred to
industries every year. To ensure the implementation of this plan, SPC,
through policy and investment guidance, will make both the enterprises and
the concerned organizations participate in the NTR construction. SPC will
mobilize the necessary capital to carry on the work. Overall, the ratio of
government investment to the combined capital of concerned departments,
enterprises, and construction units will be about 1:1.  These technology
research centers will be completed in 1997. Their functions mainly fall in
the fields of

   electronic information technology and its application,
   chemical engineering,
   new materials, and
   high-efficiency energy utilization, as well as environmental protection.

In the formulation and the organization of the NTRC plan, SPC adopted the
principle of "expert evaluation, selection of the best through competition,
and the SPC summation for balance."  The selection and evaluation of the
NTRC projects will be entrusted to experts, and research will proceed
according to pertinent guidelines and scope.

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5. INS News Release on CSPA; Toll-Free Phone Number for CSPA Forms ...... 32
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>From: Nigel Allen, <[email-masked]>. Forwarded by Bo Xiong from
      Soc.Culture.China. Excerpted by CND.
Date: Friday, July 2, 1993

The following is a press release from the U.S. Immigration and
Naturalization Service.

  INS Publishes Rules for Applicants Seeking Benefits Under the Chinese
                    Student Protection Act of 1992

  To:      National Desk
  Contact: Verne Jervis, Duke Austin or Rick Kenney,
           202-514-2648, all of the Immigration and Naturalization Service

WASHINGTON -- The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) published
its interim rule today for applicants seeking immigration benefits under
provisions of the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 (CSPA).

The rule published in the Federal Register today implements the CSPA by
defining eligibility and establishing application procedures.  As an
interim rule, it is effective immediately but it is open to public comment
for a period of 30 days and may be changed after comments are reviewed.

Prospective applicants may obtain an application package by clling the
Service's toll-free number for requesting forms -- 1-800-755-0777.  INS
District Offices can also provide the forms, but some offices may be in
short supply, depending on local demand.

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6. Conference/Scholarship/Job Opening News (4 Items) .................... 53
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The Summer School on Statistical Physics will be held on August 9 - 14,
1993, at Beijing Normal University. The event is organized by the
Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University, Institute of Low-Energy
Nuclear Physics, Beijing Normal University, and Institute of Theoretical
Physics, Academia Sinica.  For more info, contact Prof. HU Gang, Dept.
Phys. Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China.
(From: <[email-masked]>)
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The 1994 International Conference on Power System Technology will be held
on October 18-21, 1994, in Beijing, China. The conference is jointly
sponsored by IEEE/PES & CSEE, with cooperation from Electric Power Research
Institute, Beijing, China.  Topics of the conference include, among others,
Power System Planning and Design, including Reliability and Load Control,
Power System Modeling and Simulation, Power System Security Analysis and
State Estimation, Power System Dynamics. Contact the contributor of this
news item for further details. (From: Zhiqian BO, <[email-masked]>)
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The Sun Yat-sen Foundation is pleased to announce that the 1993 Tsai
Shao-Hua Scholarship is now accepting applications.  Four scholarships of
US $2,000.00 each will be awarded this year.  Applicants should be students
from Mainland China who are engaged in dissertations writing for the Ph.D.
degree in the humanities or social sciences at a university or college in
the New England area (Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New
Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont), and who are not U.S. permanent residents or
citizens. Application forms are available by writing to Tsai Shao-Hua
Scholarship Foundation, P.O. Box 187, Central Square, Cambridge, MA 02139.
The application deadline is July 25, 1993.   Awardees will be notified by
early fall of 1993.
(From: Harvard-Yenching Library <[email-masked]>)
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The group of Prof.Gavin Brown, University of Adelaide and Prof.William Moran
of the Flinders University, in Adelaide, Australia, has a research position
in mathematics.  The work involves investigation in harmonic analysis and
Diophantine approximation and concentrates on a number of theoretical
aspects. A background in measure theory and/or ergodic theory would be added
advantage. The position is available now for two years, with the possibility
of extension for a further year. Further detail can be obtained from
Prof.Brown, Duputy Vice-chancellor (research) of the university on phone:
61-8-3035665 or fax: 61-8-3034354.  Salary: A$31980-38950 (A$36285 for a PhD
holder). Application please quote ref number 6518 and full personal
particulars (including where the person is and his/her nationality),
academic qualifications and names/addresses of 3 references to the director,
personnel sevice, univeristy of Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Telex:
UNIVAD AA 89141, Fax: 61-8-3034353 not later than 9 July 1993.  (From:
<[email-masked]>)

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