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HEADLINE: TURMOIL IN CHINA: PROTESTS FOR DEMOCRACY; PRO-REGIME SLOGANS ADORN HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS SERVING FOREIGNERS; RED PROPAGANDA BANNERS BLOSSOM IN BEIJING ......................... 125 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. HEADLINE: ........................................................... 64 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: Japan Economic Newswire, JUNE 3, 1989, SATURDAY DATELINE: TOKYO, JUNE 3 -- TROOPS AND POLICE USED TEAR GAS AGAINST STUDENTS IN TWO SEPARATE CLASHES THAT FOLLOWED A FOILED MILITARY ATTEMPT TO MARCH INTO THE STUDENT -OCCUPIED TIANANMEN SQUARE. -- SOUTH KOREAN OPPOSITION LEADER KIM YOUNG SAM ARRIVED IN MOSCOW. -- THE CHAIRMAN OF A U.S. SENATE ARMED SERVICES SUBCOMMITTEE CALLED FOR A PULLOUT OF U.S. TROOPS FROM SOUTH KOREA. -- FORMER AMBASSADOR TO THE PHILIPPINES KIYOSHI SUMIYA WILL BE APPOINTED GRAND MASTER OF THE CEREMONIES OF THE IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD AGENCY IN LATE JUNE. -- SOUTH KOREA WELCOMES THE INAUGURATION OF THE NEW JAPANESE GOVERNMENT UNDER PRIME MINISTER SOUSUKE UNO. -- SCIENTISTS AT HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY SAID THEY HAVE CONFIRMED THE EXISTENCE OF COLD FUSION BY DUPLICATING A TEST CONDUCTED IN THE U.S. -- ABOUT 1,000 ANTIGOVERNMENT STUDENTS STAGED A SERIES OF CLASHES WITH RIOT POLICE IN THE MAIN STREETS OF KWANGJU, SOUTH KOREA. -- FORMER OZEKI ASASHIO, WHO RETIRED FROM SUMO LAST MARCH, WILL INHERIT THE WAKAMATSU STABLE. -- THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS ISSUED AN ORDER TO DISCIPLINE CADRES WHO PARTICIPATED IN PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS DURING MARTIAL LAW, A HONG KONG NEWSPAPER SAID. -- AN INCREASING NUMBER OF JAPANESE FIRMS ARE NOW WARY ABOUT INVESTMENT IN CHINA BECAUSE OF THE POLITICAL TURMOIL THERE. -- FILIPINO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WILL BE EMPLOYED TO BUILD A HOTEL CHAIN IN THE SOVIET UNION, THE PHILIPPINES NEWS AGENCY SAID. -- NIPPON ZEON CO. HAS BASICALLY AGREED WITH B.F. GOODRICH CO. TO PURCHASE ITS SPECIAL RUBBER DIVISION IN EARLY SEPTEMBER. -- VIETNAM WILL COMPLETE ITS TROOP PULLOUT FROM KAMPUCHEA BY SEPTEMBER 15, A SOURCE CLOSE TO THE VIETNAMESE MILITARY SAID SATURDAY. -- JAPAN'S NEW TRADE MINISTER SEIROKU KAJIYAMA SAID HE WILL PURSUE A TRADE POLICY THAT ENVISAGES A WIDER ECONOMIC GROWTH IN ASIA AND MAINTAINS THE WORLD FREE TRADE SYSTEM. -- JAPAN'S NEW PRIME MINISER SOUSUKE UNO SAID HIS CABINET HAS A MISSION TO PROMOTE POLITICAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND FISCAL REFORMS. -- CHINESE TROOPS AND POLICE FIRED TEAR GAS AND CLASHED WITH STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS IN BEIJING SATURDAY AS AUTHORITIES SOUGHT TO DISLODGE PROTESTERS FROM TIANANMEN SQUARE BY FORCE. -- A PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY IN EC COUNTRIES SHOWED THAT A MAJORITY THINK JAPAN IS NOT PLAYING A ROLE COMMENSURATE WITH ITS ECONOMIC POWER, THE FOREIGN MINISTRY SAID. -- JAPAN'S NEW DEFENSE AGENCY CHIEF TAKU YAMASAKI SAID HE HOPES TO VISIT THE UNITED STATES AT THE EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY. -- JAPAN'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER HIROSHI MITSUZUKA PLEDGED THAT JAPAN WILL BREAK WITH HISTORICAL PRECEDENT BY REMAINING A MINOR MILITARY POWER EVEN AS IT HAS BECOME A MAJOR ECONOMIC POWER. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. HEADLINE: TURMOIL IN CHINA: PROTESTS FOR DEMOCRACY; DISSIDENT FANG FORESEES CRACKDOWN ON CHINESE INTELLECTUALS .......... 66 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: Los Angeles Times, June 3, 1989, Saturday, Home Edition BYLINE: From Associated Press DATELINE: BEIJING China's most prominent dissident, astrophysicist Fang Lizhi, said Friday that he believes conservatives soon will crack down on liberal intellectuals and possibly arrest him. But Fang said he believes six weeks of pro-democracy protests will benefit China. "For the first time . . . students, intellectuals and ordinary people know they have the right to criticize the government," the scientist said in an interview. Before the demonstrations for a freer society began in mid-April, only a few Chinese dared criticize the Communist government publicly. Fang led the way with scathing remarks about Marxism and calls for democratic change. His outspoken criticism resulted in his purge from the Communist Party in early 1987 during a campaign against "bourgeois liberalization," or support for Western liberal ideals. He upset Chinese leaders so much that they prevented him from attending a banquet given by President Bush during his trip to Beijing in February. Chinese conservatives, led by senior leader Deng Xiaoping, again have called for a fight against "bourgeois liberalization" in their power struggle with moderates, which broke out as a result of the protests. "Deng and some other leaders always want to crack down on liberal intellectuals," Fang said. He said he did not know of any arrests yet but estimated there is a 50% chance that he will be jailed. Fang said he has kept a low profile to prevent the government from accusing him of being behind the protests, which led to the imposition of martial law in Beijing. Last month, government spokesman Yuan Mu questioned Fang's patriotism and said, "The role Mr. Fang wants to play in the current disturbances will be decided by his words and deeds." An effigy of Fang marked with the word "traitor" was torched at a government rally Wednesday just outside Beijing. "For me personally, it's a joke," Fang said. The burning of the effigy failed to stir up the rally, which quietly ended minutes later. But the professor added that the tactics were reminiscent of the Red Guards who terrorized the country during much of the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution. "If society keeps quiet, orderly and nonviolent . . . I think I'm safe," Fang said. "If the government organizes some chaos . . . like the Red Guards, then I'm in danger." Fang believes that although conservative leaders want a strong crackdown, there is little support for such a move, even among rank-and-file party members. Fang believes China will benefit from the uprising, despite the apparent ascendancy of hard-liners in the power struggle. He drew an analogy with Poland, where martial law could not quash the Solidarity trade union movement. "The people don't believe in Deng. He already lost his face." Wire DISSIDENTS -- CHINA; CHINA -- GOVERNMENT; FANG LIZHI; DEMONSTRATIONS -- CHINA; STUDENTS; DEMOCRACY; DENG XIAOPING --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. HEADLINE: TURMOIL IN CHINA: PROTESTS FOR DEMOCRACY; PRO-REGIME SLOGANS ADORN HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS SERVING FOREIGNERS; RED PROPAGANDA BANNERS BLOSSOM IN BEIJING ......................... 125 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: Los Angeles Times, June 3, 1989, Saturday, Home Edition BYLINE: By JIM MANN, Times Staff Writer DATELINE: BEIJING Colonel Sanders is a bourgeois liberal. That, at least, was the message China sought to convey Friday as red propaganda banners like those that appeared earlier this week to adorn the facades of Beijing hotels were unfurled outside the city's first Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet. "Maintain Order in the Capital!" exhorted one banner of Chinese characters done in white-on-red colors that almost matched the hues of the familiar logo of the fast-food chain. "Maintain Unity and Stability!" urged another, which was hung so that its bottom edge covered a picture of Col. Sanders from his hairline to his nose. The Colonel had lots of company. Diners in search of haute cuisine also found political banners Friday hanging high above the front doors of Maxim's, a pricey Beijing branch of the famous Paris restaurant. "Firmly Take the Socialist Road!" said one of the banners hanging above the restaurant opened in 1983 by Pierre Cardin, the decidedly unsocialistic French fashion designer and entrepreneur. In the last few days, most of the hotels in Beijing that cater to a foreign clientele have put up similar banners. These political placards are seldom seen on other buildings here. It does not seem to make any difference whether the hotels and restaurants are foreign-owned or Chinese. The Beijing Hotel, which is owned by the Chinese government, has been sporting banners that say, "Oppose Bourgeois Liberalization With a Clear-Cut Stand!" and "Long Live the Great, Glorious, Correct Chinese Communist Party!" Many Questions What is the reason for the banners? What do they mean? Why are they being put up primarily on establishments for foreigners? Such questions cannot be answered with any certainty. Under the terms of the martial-law regulations now in effect, foreign reporters are generally not permitted to interview Chinese officials or scholars who might offer explanations. At Kentucky Fried Chicken, an official who declined to give his full name told one Western visitor that the banners outside his door were put there because "it was demanded." Asked why, the official replied nervously, "I can't tell you, because martial law prevents any interviews." According to a witness, when a foreign tourist outside Maxim's asked a young Chinese man what he thought of the new propaganda banner, the man quickly replied: "I can't tell you. There are a lot of plainclothes police around here." On the surface, the most obvious explanation is that the Chinese regime is tapping the age-old strain of xenophobia, or fear of foreigners, as an explanation for this spring's student demonstrations and the country's current political turmoil. "Among some people in the leadership, there's a desire to make Western culture, or just the United States, a scapegoat," one Western diplomat said Friday. Unlikely Explanation But this explanation doesn't seem to fit too well. At least so far, the regime has been extremely reluctant to blame the student demonstrations on foreign influences. When Chinese leaders have attempted to blame someone else besides the students themselves, their targets have been not foreigners but rivals for power within the Chinese Communist Party. "The students feel they have one man supporting them in the central authorities and therefore, the turmoil is deteriorating," said President Yang Shangkun in one recent speech. He was referring to Communist Party General Secretary Zhao Ziyang. Another possible explanation is that banners at the hotels and restaurants are an outgrowth of the continuing power struggle and factionalism within the Communist Party leadership. Beijing insiders note that the director of the Beijing Municipal Tourism Bureau, which has authority over the city's hotels and restaurants for foreigners, is Bo Xicheng. He is the son of Bo Yibo, one of the elderly Communist Party leaders who are now spearheading a new ideological campaign against "bourgeois liberalization." One other interpretation, admittedly a Machiavellian and conspiratorial one, is that the banners are some Beijing officials' way of covertly undermining the efforts by the regime to impose martial law here. The red banners flying outside the hotels and restaurants pay lip service to the current ideological campaign. No one in the Chinese leadership could possibly criticize someone who put up placards praising the leadership of the Communist Party. Undermine Regime Yet at the same time, the big red banners undermine the regime's efforts to assure foreign tourists and investors that everything is going smoothly in China. Whoever put up the banners at places like Kentucky Fried Chicken managed, whether intentionally or not, to expose the contradiction between China's renewed denunciations of "bourgeois liberalization" and its continued efforts to court the West. Out of apparent concern for the effect of martial law on tourism, the government-run New China News Agency reported Friday night that " China's travel agencies, hotels and other tourism-related institutions are operating normally." According to the Chinese news account, a spokesman for China's National Tourism Administration said that travel programs for overseas tour groups are being conducted normally. "Causing slight changes in tour programs is the temporary closure of Beijing's Forbidden City and a few other places in the center of the capital," the spokesman said. Nevertheless, he said, local travel services "offer alternative attractions." 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