+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ C h i n a N e w s D i g e s t +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ US Regional, No. US96-010 February 21, 1996 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CND-US, normally 1 or 2 issues a week, is a supplement to CND-Global and | | has basically no overlap with the CND-G news. CND-US provides in-depth | | information concerning Chinese students/scholars in the United States. | +-------------------------------ISSN 1024-9141-----------------------------+ Table of Contents # of Lines ============================================================================ 1. News Brief (2 Items) ................................................. 56 2. Asian American Political Coalition Responds to IEEE-USA's Statement on Simpson Bill .................................................... 68 3. Information Exchange: Can J-1 Holder Engage in Full-Time Work; Summary of B-2 Student with Expired Visa ....... 74 4. Immigration Visa Numbers for March 1996 .............................. 60 5. Medical Help Needed for a Boy in Sichuan ............................. 28 6. Job Opportunities (5 Items) ......................................... 275 --- --- --- News/Info on S.1394 Is Available at URL http://cnd.cnd.org/visa/simpson-bill/ Or at URL http://www.cnd.org/ (Look for Server Announcements on the top page) ============================================================================ CND is a free network news service run by volunteers. To subscribe to/unsub. various CND Services and/or for more information, see trailer of the package. CND-US is published by China News Digest International, Inc. All rights are reserved. Redistribution is hereby permitted provided that it is not for profit and with proper acknowledgment to CND. ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. News Brief (2 Item) .................................................. 56 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Establishment of Alumni Association of Fujian Agricultural University (2) Chinese Music Concert in Buffalo, NY ____ ____ ____ (1) Establishment of Alumni Association of Fujian Agricultural University From: Gang Wei , Feb 19, 1996 The 60th anniversary celebration of Fujian Agricultural University (which used to be Fujian Agricultural College) will be held in Fuzhou this October. It is a good timing for us (FAU graduates, faculties, and staffs) to establish ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF FAU IN THE NORTH AMERICA, so that we can build up a network to facilitate future communication. We encourage all alumni of FAU in the North America to join the Association and to pass this information to your alumni friends. The interested alumni can send your information (name, graduation year and major at FAU, current working area, home and work address, phone numbers, and e-mail address) to ytang@asrr.arsusda.gov or mail to Dr. TANG Yuqing (Horticulture Research Lab, 2120 Camden Rd. Orlando, FL 32803). For general information or question, please contact Dr. TANG at (407)897-7375 (office), (407)644-1073 (home), and (407)897-7309 (fax), or Dr. WEI Gang at (334)844-1984 (office), (334)826-8435 (home), and gwei@ag.auburn.edu (e-mail). ____ ____ ____ (2) Chinese Music Concert in Buffalo, NY From: Kenneth Kwan , Feb 19, 1996 There will be a concert by "Music From China" ("Chang Fung Jung Yue Tuan") on February 26, 1996 (Monday) at 8pm in Baird Recital Hall, State University of New York at Buffalo. Free admission. Music From China is a virtuoso traditional Chinese instrumental ensemble from New York City which played to universal acclaim at the opening of the Chinese painting exhibition at the University of Buffalo Center for the Arts 2 years ago. They are coming back to Buffalo at the invitation of the Arts In Education Institute of Western New York for a week-long tour of local schools. To celebrate the Chinese New Year and to show appreciation for the large number of Chinese students and scholars at SUNY Buffalo, the UB Music Department is co-sponsoring with the Arts In Education Institute a performance by Music From China on February 26, Monday, 8 pm in the Baird Recital Hall at the Music Department on the UB North Campus. The concert is free and open to the general public. Music From China is consisted of established virtuosi from mainland China and this country. With its repertoire of both authentic traditional and contemporary avant-garde Chinese music, Music From China is believed to be the only group of its kind in this country and possibly the world. Their stay in Buffalo and the concert at UB will prove to be an extraordinary opportunity for people here to have a first-hand experience in the musical cultural of that ancient country we call China. For more information, please contact the Arts In Education Institute at (716)631-2760. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Asian American Political Coalition Responds to IEEE-USA's Statement on Simpson Bill .................................................... 68 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _From: hq@IFCSS.ORG, Feb 21, 1996 The [IFCSS] Headquarters is hereby forwarding Asian American Political Coalition's response to IEEE-USA's Position Statement supporting Simpson's bill, to CSS public for reference. To express the grave concern of CSS and other ethnic group of professionals, the HQ has recently compiled a collection of publications regarding Simp- son Bill and is ready to send it to Senators' offices, and a large amount of enterprises in business community. We appeal CSS and members of other ethnical communities to call, e-mail and fax both House Representatives and Senators of your district, or better convey the message to your American colleagues and supervisors. Both the House and Senate are going to take actions very soon. * * * * * IEEE-USA 1828 L Street N.W. Suite 1202 Washington, DC 20036-5104 February 16, 1996 To Mr. Vin O'Neill, In regards to the IEEE Position Statement on Foreign Students and Our National Engineering Workforce, January 1994. ------------------ Fundamental Premise: "Excessive reliance by some American engineering schools on foreign graduate students may be deterimental to the objective of preparing citizens to meet future competitive and technological challenges. Foreign nationals often have language deficiencies and cultural biases that limit their effectiveness as teaching and research ass- istants , which adversely affects the quality of educational oppor- tunities for American Students." - IEEE United States Activities Board, January 1994 ---------------------- [ Asian American Political Coalition - Reply ] The IEEE has actively lobbied Congress in support of the Simp- son Immigration Bill which would detrimentally discriminate against the Asian American Community. The fundamental premise used by the IEEE Activities board to support it's anti-Asian position on the Simpson Bill is misleading and unjustified. The IEEE statement, alluding to Asians as having language and cultural biases, indica- tes sheer ignorance by the IEEE Activities Board. The same language has been used by rightwing extremist groups including the Neo-Nazi Pioneer Fund which has financed Charles Murray's "Bell Curve". Clearly, the statement used to justify IEEE position represents a callous attempt at "race bating". We have heard a lot of talk about Asians as being "blood suckers" and "job stealers" and worse, usually uttered by thrill seeking talk show hosts. However, Asian Americans according to the National Science Foundation make up a significant proportion of the coun- try's engineers and scientists. The vast majority of Asian Ameri- cans are naturalized Asian immigrants who contribute to the Ameri- can economy. Asian immigrants account for 28% of doctoral scienti- sts and engineers engaged in American high tech R&D. IEEE's posi- tion as an international engineering society does not provide a license to be used with impunity to direct hostility at a particu- lar racial segment of America. Dave Chiang Asian American Political Coalition (AAPC) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Information Exchange: Can J-1 Holder Engage in Full-Time Work; Summary of B-2 Student with Expired Visa ....... 74 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Can J-1 Holder Engage in Full-Time Work Source: NAFSA, Feb 20, 1996; Forwarded by Bo XIONG I am in search of a citation or source that clearly states that a J-1 student may engage in academic training full-time after completion of the program. As I read 22 CFR 514.23(f), there is no indication of part- or full-time work. I understand that this means there is no restriction. However, a J-1 student went home over Christmas break and was married. After his return to the states, sent the appropriate paperwork for his wife to apply for a J-2 visa. This included verification of full-time employment as academic training. She was denied a visa and was told that he should not be engaged in full- time work as academic training. This is the apparent reason for the denial. Does anyone know of a citation that might assist me in convincing the consulate that full-time employment is indeed appropriate under academic training? George Commenator, New Hamsphire College ____ ____ ____ (2) Summary of B-2 Student with Expired Visa Source: NAFSA, Feb 19, 1996; Forwarded by Bo XIONG First of all, I would like to thank all of you who kindly responded to my inquiry. Your time and advice are greatly appreciated. I received the following ten responses: 1. It is in the student's best interest to stay out of status. Do not issue an I-20. The student has three options: reinstatement and likely deportation, going back to his home country to apply for F-1 visa and more than likely getting rejected or just stay here. 2. Check ending date on I-94--if the student stayed past that date then he is out of status. Any person can attend school-in or out of school just as long as they are academically admissiable. 3. Student is illegal here and would need to return home to come back with an F-1 visa and become legal again. If there is basis to apply for permanent residency he could try to pursue it but would have to pay $650 because he overstayed. Decide whether or not it is the school's policy to enroll illegal aliens. 4. Student has very much out of status and the ONLY thing he can do is return to his home country (Poland) and try to come back with F-1 visa or just remain here illegally and apply for the Visa Lottery Program. 5. See whether or not the university admits illegal aliens. If so, go ahead and admit him as such. 6. Student would not receive F-1 visa outside of USA because of his overstay. He is ineligible to change to F-1 visa status here since he does not have lawful status. If the student has immediate family as US citizens or perm. residents then he might be sponsored by them to apply for perm. residency. If he earns a degree, he could become eligible for sponsorship as a professional by a US employer. 7. Refer student to a lawyer. Refuse to give student I-20--there is no legal basis to give it to him. 8. Student is out of status and I can advise for him to go home and apply for F-1 visa -- he more than likely won't do. Admit the student and explain to him his options. 9. Cannot issue the student an F-1 visa. Can issue an I-20 and advise for him to go out of USA and obtain F-1 visa. 10. Admit student and advise him of his circumstances from being out of status from 1991. Colleen Durkin, Saint Xavier University ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Immigration Visa Numbers for March 1996 .............................. 60 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: World Journal, February 10, 1996 Compiled and Translated by Bo Xiong for CND-US The U.S. State Department's Visa Bulletin (Telephone: 202-663-1541) for March 1996: (Note: the dates in the parentheses are those for the previous month) I. Employment-Based 1st (Workers with Current for most countries including Mainland extraordinary skills) China (Current) 2nd (Advanced degree holders and special Current for most countries including Mainland skilled workers): China (Current) 3rd (Skilled workers and Professionals): Current for most countries, including Mainland China (Current) 3rd (other workers): For most countries including Mainland China: March 1, 1991 (March 1, 1991) 4th (Special Immigrants): Current for most countries including Mainland China (Current) 4th (Religious Workers): Current for most countries including Mainland China (Current) 5th (Employment-creation): Current for most countries, for Mainland China: Current (Current) 5th (Targeted Employment Current for most countries, for Mainland Areas): China: Current (Current) II. Family-Based Preference Dates Are as Follows: 1st (Unmarried children Current for most countries including Mainland of U.S. citizens): China (Current) 2A (Exempt from per country limit): Worldwide date: Oct. 15, 1992 (Sept. 15, 1992) 2A (Subject to per country limit): Worldwide date: Oct. 15, 1992 (Sept. 15, 1992) (2A: Spouses and children of permanent residents) 2B (Adult children of For most countries including Mainland permanent residents): China: October 1, 1990 (August 15, 1990) 3rd (Married children For most countries including Mainland of U.S. citizens): China: July 1, 1993 (May 15, 1993) 4th (Sisters and brothers For most countries including Mainland of adult U.S. citizens): China: Jan. 1, 1986 (Nov. 1, 1985) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Medical Help Needed for a Boy in Sichuan ............................. 28 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _From: Qingcai Wei , Feb 18, 1996 The boy in Sichuan Province, China, have a very head ache disease: in China it is called FISH SCALE DISEASE (YU LIN BEN). The patient is 8 years old boy, his skin become very rough when he was 4, now the whole body looks like the skin of a snake. The only part have not changed yet is the face and part of hand. The parents of the boy spend thousands of dollars on this disease, have visited all good hospitals in Sichuan province and some good hospitals in other provinces. Four years pass, the disease spread to almost every part of the body. and no any hospitals or doctors the patient have visited in China had any improvement. The parents of the child and their relatives worry about the future of the poor boy so much and beg the people in the whole world for help. I have no any knowledge in this aspect and also beg any people who know this disease to provide informations to cure the disease and save the child. In China, one family can have only one child. This child is very important for the family, the parents of the child is very painful to see they can not help to cure the disease and save their lovely child. Thanks all of you for help. for qucik response. please send any informations or suggestions to qwei@is.dal.ca, or fax to (902) 494 3736 attention to Wei, or phone (902) 423 7281 in the evening. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Job Opportunities (5 Items) ......................................... 275 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Two Research Scientist Positions in Medical Imaging (2) Job Offering from China Internet Corporation (3) Open Positions in Asia (4) Mac/Win95 International Programmer in Silicon Valley CA (5) Information Specialist in Medicine ____ ____ ____ (1) Two Research Scientist Positions in Medical Imaging From: Jerome Z Liang , Feb 15, 1996 Two Research Scientist positions in Medical Imaging are available in the Department of Radiology and the Program of Biomedical Engineering at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. A Ph.D. degree in Physics, Engineering, or related applied science fields is required. A background in image reconstruction of single photon and positron emission computed tomography (SPECT and PET), as well in tissue segmentation from magnetic resonance (MR) images is desired. The experience in C or Fortran programming for image reconstruction and analysis is helpful. The research facility includes a Trionix three-head and a ADAC dual-head SPECT systems with full sets of collimators and SUN/Sparc 10/20 workstations, a 1.5 Tesla GE whole body MR scaner with a set of coils for imaging and spectroscopic studies, and two laboratories for medical imaging research (more than 1,500 square feet) with several SUN/Sparc, HP, and DEC/Alpha workstations and a few PC/pentium, MAC and HP laser printer and scanner. Affiliated labs in PET and Picker three-head SPECT research are available in Brookhaven National Lab (which is 20 minutes drive distance from Stony Brook). For detailed information, please call: Jerome Z. Liang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Radiology and Computer Science Co-Director of Biomedical Engineering at USB (516) 444-7837(Off), 2508(Lab) or write to: Department of Radiology 4th Floor, Room 092 / HSC SUNY at Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 11794-8460 Email: jzl@clio.rad.sunysb.edu ____ ____ ____ (2) Job Offering from China Internet Corporation Source: alt.chinese.text, Feb 17, 1996; Forwarded by: Bo XIONG China Internet Corporation is a Xinhua News Agency backed Internet provider providing connection to China and the rest of the world. To cope with the rapid expansion of our business, we are now inviting a lot of people to join our technical team. These people must be self-motivated, and enthusiastic about computer technology. You don't have to be university graduated, your knowledge about computer is much more important than your qualification from our point of view. You must master at least one computer languages (or script) including C, C++, Perl, Unix shell script (Korn, C, Bourne). You must also have the ability to pick up a new language (like Java) in a short period. It will be a great advantage if you are familiar with Oracle database, PL/SQL (that means you must know something besides select statement). Unix knowledge is a must in our technical team, you also need some knowledge about other platforms like Novell, NT... It make me quite frustrated that a lot of computer sceince graduated person can't tell the difference from BSD and SYS V. So make sure you can handle it. If you are playing around with Linux, tickling with the windows registry file, understanding the meaning of "interrupt", "DNS", "NFS" and "btree", you are probably the person we want. A successful candidate will work on some cutting-edge Internet application, most of it will be web based. You will learn a lot of things you don't know or teach me a lot of thing I don't know. Our rich resources will be your golden mine to your interest, your experience working with a China Internet provider will also be your golden mine to your future. Don't hesitate if you are interested in this job. Fax or email your resume to us, or call us for an interview. Pao Wan Project Manger China Internet Corporation 1/fl, Xinhua News Agency Bldg 5 Sharp Street West Wanchai Tel: 28939100 Fax: 28935245 E-mail: cictech-resume@hk.china.com ____ ____ ____ (3) Open Positions in Asia Source: soc.culture.china, Feb 21, 1996; Forwarded by: Bo XIONG Tokyo, Japan Currently our clients are looking for candidates to work on three separate systems: Risk System, Deal System and Client Technology System. Openings exist in the Equities, and Fixed Income business areas. Strong candidates should have a background/degree in math with some computer science thrown in. The team is working proactively with the desk looking for business opportunities and developing/changing systems to utilize them. The candidate should have strong analytical and interpersonal skills and 3-5 years experience working in financial industry or other challenging area. Technical Skills: UNIX, C++, APL, A+ and others Additional Skills Required: Analytical, math, business knowledge, interpersonal Skills Preferred: Development, project management, Bilingual (Japanese/English) The Risk Systems Team as a whole support risk systems across all business units. Each individual team-member will have a particular system or area as his or her specialty but all members will have enough skills and knowledge to provide general support on all areas and systems owned by the team. Each team-member will become part of the global development team for at least one and no more than two of the systems and as such contribute to the general development making appropriate emphasis is placed on Tokyo issues and acting as the liaison between the Tokyo BU and the global development team. The team will also assist the Business Unit forming strategies for modeling and system development. Career prospects/development for each member would be: Further knowledge in all areas of risk systems to be responsible for more systems/areas and to have a greater in-depth knowledge influence on these systems. Move to become overall risk systems manager. Move into other development areas or client technology. Dealing System Platforms: UNIX, C++, MSTK Skills required: Development, Analytical Skills preferred: Support, project management, Interpersonal, Bilingual (Japanese/English) Candidates should have strong development experience, preferably in C++, possibly in C and 3-5 years experience working in financial IT environments or other challenging area. The dealing Systems Team will as whole support Dealing Systems across all business units. The dealing systems provide a user interface enabling orders to be sent to the exchange, matches executions with the original orders and manages the process of getting the trades to the firms' book. The initiative to fully automate the order management from clients in order to go "ticketless" is seen as one of the Firm's most important strategic initiatives. Each individual team-member will be focused on a particular system or area or part of a system but will be looked at to obtain and update knowledge about all areas of dealing systems in order to assist other team-members in their efforts. Each team-member will become part of the global development team for at least on e and no more than two of the systems and as such contribute to the general development making appropriate emphasis is placed on Tokyo issues and acting as the liaison between the Tokyo BU and the global development team. Career prospects/development for each member would be: Further knowledge in all areas of Dealing Systems to be responsible for more systems/areas and to have a greater in-depth knowledge influence on these systems. Move to become overall Dealing Systems Manager. Move into other development areas or client technology. Client Technology Platforms: UNIX, PC, C++ and others Skills required: Analytical, interpersonal, support, project management Skills preferred: Bilingual (Japanese/English), development experience Candidates should have very strong interpersonal skills and project management experience. Also, perspective candidates should have a combination of analytical skills and support experience thus, enabling them to work through the process from start, when business unit is looking at putting together a deal, to when finish, when systems need supervision and support. The Client Technology Team will as a whole work with the technology being made available to the Firm's clients. As a team the following functions will be covered: Work with the business units forming and maintaining a Client Technology strategy. Work with Global Client Technology making sure The Firm maintains a consistent image. Work with local and global development and infra structure teams in order to make sure the systems being offered clients are of an adequate (high) quality. Work with Client of the Tokyo Business Units to whom we are making technology available. New initiatives include work with all the business units in forming the forming the strategy governing this development. Each team member can expect some exposure to all the areas. The whole team will work closely with the Risk Systems and the Dealing Systems groups possibly getting involved in design or development decisions. Career prospects/development for each member would be: Further knowledge in all areas of Client Technology to be responsible for more systems/areas and to have a greater in-depth knowledge influence on these systems. Move to become overall Client Technology manager. Move into other development areas or IT coverage role. Please send resumes to: Tomas Anthony, Executive Recruiter Telephone 212-573-8350 Fax 212-573-8351 ____ ____ ____ (4) Mac/Win95 International Programmer in Silicon Valley CA Source: soc.culture.china, Feb 21, 1996; Forwarded by: Bo XIONG Windows 95 and Mac I18n Software Engineers. Must know DBCS enabling issues. Familiar with Far East computing platforms. Asian language ability not required, but must be familiar with Asian language development environment and set up. Permanent Positions with top Software company. Great benefits, bonus, long vacations, generous pay. Call Jim Turley now!! (408) 741-5577 XA International 14510-A Big Basin Way, Suite 240 Contract Programming Agency Saratoga, CA 95070 Asian Software Translations mail: info@xai.com http://www.xai.com +1 408 741 5577 Voice +1 408 741 0512 FAX ____ ____ ____ (5) Information Specialist in Medicine Source: soc.culture.china, Feb 20, 1996; Forwarded by: Bo XIONG Location: Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories Employer: Bridge to Asia (see: Http://www.bridge.org) Duties: Operate a netbased 'informatio-transfer station' to serve physicians and others in medical universities and hospitals in China - Receive requests for information - Define requests and specify responses - Consult with medical/health experts - Fulfill requests (send responses to users, in electronic and/or hardcopy forms) - Coordinate online conferences - Supervise one or more research assistants Required: Advanced degree in medicine/health sciences Knowledge of biomedical databases Internet navigation skills Advanced research skills Good oral and written communications Good service attitude Ability to handle multiple priorities Ability to perform under pressure Ability to work with minimal supervision Desired: Professional experience in China and/or Hong Kong Salary: US$45,000 plus benefits Apply: Send letter of interest, CV, three references to: Bridge to Asia Medical Information Transfer Programme c/o Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology Prince of Wales Hospital Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong Start: March/April 1996 Questions?: net: jasmith@cuhk.hk, nxliu@bridge.org HK tel: 2632.2579 US tel: 510.834.3082 US fax: 510.834.0962 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Executive Editor of This Issue: Jian-Min LI (Tucson, AZ) | | Coordinating Editor of This Issue: Yungui DING (Chicago, IL) | | CND Mailing Lists Maintainers: Bo XIONG, Haosheng ZHOU (CA) | | CND Reader Technical Consultant: Bing WEN (CA) | | CND Manager: Bing WEN (CA) | | Team members are in the U.S.A. unless indicated otherwise: | | AU - Australia, CA - Canada, SG - Singapore, FI - Finland | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | China News Digest (CND) offers the following services: | | (1) Global News (Every Other Day) (2) US Regional News | | (3) Canada Regional News (4) Europe & Pacific Regional News | | (5) HXWZ (Weekly Chinese Magazine) (6) InfoBase | | CND back issues, database and related information are available via: | | ftp://cnd.org [132.249.229.100]; gopher://cnd.org; http://www.cnd.org | | For Readers in Canada: ftp://canada.cnd.org/pub/cnd/ IP:142.132.1.50 | | For Readers in Europe: ftp://europe.cnd.org/pub/doc/cnd/ IP:132.199.1.203| | To subscribe or get information, mail requests to: CND-INFO@CND.ORG | | To contribute news, e-mail: CND-EDITOR@CND.ORG | | Postal Address: CND, P.O.Box 10111, Gaithersburg, MD 20898-0111, U.S.A. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+