Subject: CND US Service, Dec 9, 1990

From: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 90 00:37:20 CST

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                             December 9, 1990

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1.   Hundreds Rallied in Chicago Protesting Prosection of Political
     Prisoners in PRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.   Rally In L.A. for Releasing the Political Prisoners  . . . . . . . 39
3.   "Rape of Nanking" Photo Exhibit Partly Banned  . . . . . . . . . . 62
4.   Proposal on the "Nanjing Massacre Memorial Day"  . . . . . . . . . 62

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1.   Hundreds Rallied in Chicago Protesting Prosection of Political
     Prisoners in PRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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>From: [email-masked] (Bo Xiong)  -  CND  Correspondent  in  Chicago
Date: December 9, 1990

     More than 150 mainland  and Taiwan Chinese held  a rally this  Sunday
afternoon in  front of  PRC Consulate  General at  Chicago.   They carried
large pictures of  Chinese political prisoners  and posters demanding  PRC
government to  stop prosecuting pro-democracy  activists and to  have open
and fair trials of the activists.

     Chicago news media gave an extensive  coverage of the rally.  TV  and
Radio  audience  saw/listened  to  live  report  on/from  local  stations.
"Chinese  students feel that they are  still not recovered from the blood-
shed of June,  1989 and they demand  the release of their  fellow students
back at home", said a commentator of a local radio station.  Many  newspa-
pers interviewed with demonstrators on street.

     The rally was organized and  coordinated by Chinese student organiza-
tion at the  Univ. of Illinois  at Chicago (UIC).   The participants  were
from  Univ. of Chicago, UIC, Illinois Institute of Tech., Univ. of Wiscon-
sin at Madison, Northwestern Univ., Rush Univ., Columbia College, June 4th
Radio  Station, IFCSS  Newsletter  Editing  Board,  Midwest  Committee  of
Supporting  Democracy  in Mainland  China,  Union  of Three-Principals-of-
People Midwest Branch, Taiwanese Union and Hongkongnese Union.

    During the  one and half  hour rally, about  80 people signed  an open
letter to demand  the release  of political prisoners  and giving an  open
trial to Mr. Wang Jun-tao, Chen Ziming and etc..
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2.   Rally In L.A. for Releasing the Political Prisoners  . . . . . . . 39
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>From: "Wu, Fang" <[email-masked]> - CND Correspondent in L.A.
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 90 13:07 PST

     LOS ANGLES - About a hundred people gathered together in front of the
Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles on Saturday, Dec. 8, 1990.   They
were there to demand the Chinese government release all the political pri-
soners.   They also  urge the  Chinese government  to give  fair and  open
trials to Wang Juntao,  Chen Ziming, Wang Dan, as well  as many others who
are charged  by the Chinese  government because of their  participation of
last year's democracy movement.

     A symbolic prison cell with "Qin Cheng  Prison" label on it was built
in front of the Consulate.  Liang Er, an escaped student leader in Tianan-
men Square and  the number 7 on  the Chinese government Most  Wanted List,
was sitting in the cell with two other Hong Kong Friends.  Giant poster of
the  picture and the background introduction  of those political prisoners
since 1976 were posted next to the "prison".  These prisoners  include Wei
Jingsheng, Xu Wenli,  Yang Wei, Liu Xiaobo,  Bao Zunxin, Liu Suli,  and 10
more others.   A list of 600 names known  as being arrested by the Chinese
government after the June 4th was also displayed on site.

     Represetatives of different pro-democracy organizations from Southern
California area gave  speeches.  These organizations are:   The Federation
for Democratic China,  the China Alliance for Democracy,  Alliance of Hong
Kong  Chinese in  the United  States,  and the  Independent Federation  of
Chinese  Students and Scholars.   Some students  from UCSD, UCLA,  and USC
jointed the  rally even it's going to  be the final exam week  for most of
them.

     People shouted "Release all the political prisoners!", "Patriotism is
not a  crime!", "Frair trial  for all!", "No secrete  trials!", "Prosecute
the murderers, not students!"...

     There were  at least three persons  looking down at the  crowd behind
the  window blinds of  the consulate office.   They were  video taping the
people in the street.  After the speech, some  represetatives delivered an
open letter to the  Supreme Peoples's Court  of China through the  Chinese
Consulate and  requested some  one up  in the  building to  come down  and
receive it.   Nobody  showed up.   The  letter was  finally posted on  the
building door as usual.

     An one-hour sit-in was held afterwards.

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3.   "Rape of Nanking" Photo Exhibit Partly Banned  . . . . . . . . . . 62
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>From: [email-masked]            Date: Sun Dec  9 21:39:37 1990

               "Rape of Nanking" Photo Exhibit Partly Banned
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                        by Betty Tsang, Lansing, MI

On Dec 6 and 7, the Chinese  students (Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland)  at
Michigan State University organized  an exhibit : "THE RAPE  OF NANKING --
STORY  OR TRUTH"  at the  International Student  Center. The  center first
banned all and eventually allowed half of the exhibit to be displayed.

According  to the organizer, Leung Wing  Fai, a graduate student in Econo-
mics, the display was partly motivated by the comment made by  Ishihara, a
popular Japanese politician, in  the Oct 1990 issue  of the Playboy  maga-
zine:

"PEOPLE SAY THAT  THE JAPANESE  MADE A  HOLOCAUST THERE, BUT  THAT IS  NOT
TRUE.   IT IS A STORY MADE UP BY  THE CHINESE.  IT HAS TARNISHED THE IMAGE
OF JAPAN, BUT IT IS A LIE"

Leung also said that in the past decade, there has been tale-tell signs of
the  revival of militarism in Japan.  Despite protests from the world, the
Japanese government changed their history texts  so that "Japan's invasion
of China" becomes  "Japan's presence in China".  The Rape of Nanking  is a
taboo topic in Japanese texts.  The Japanese government has never admitted
the Rape  of Nanking ever  occurred. More recently, Japan's  naval patrols
fired upon two  Taiwanese civilian boats around  Diaoyutai Islands located
near Taiwan. "If we do not learn from history, history will repeat itself.
War can only  be prevented by learning  the truth, no matter  how cruel it
had been.", Leung said.

One of the exhibit's  goals was to raise public's awareness  of the danger
of the revival  of Japanese militarism. Japanese militarism  and its ambi-
tion to control Asia was partly responsible for World War II.

The  center approved  the exhibit  and then  complained that  some  of the
photographs were too explicit (showing of  body parts etc). Even after the
students agreed  to  cover those  photographs in  questions (7  out of  10
photos), the center  removed all the display materials  including a flower
wreath for  mourning the victims of Pearl Harbor  and the Rape of Nanking.
The center's excuse was that the display would arouse racial conflicts and
could create an anti-Japanese environment. After some negotiation with the
Dean of the center, the students agreed to modify the display according to
the dean's suggestions. The next day (Dec 7), the Center insisted that all
the  covered material  be removed  from  the display.  Such censorship  of
material distorted  the original  theme of  the exhibit which  is to  show
historical photographs  about the  brutalities committed  by the  Japanese
military in the Nanking Massacre.

If the Jewish  students organized a  display about the  Holocaust. No  one
would say that  this could create an "anti-Germany"  environment. This in-
cident only points to the need for educating the American public about the
atrocities  committed  by the  Japanese  military during  its  invasion of
China. The Chinese students plan to protest such unwarranted action by the
Center.

On Dec 13, 1937 the city of Nanking fell under Japan's attack. This start-
ed the notorious Nanking Massacre. The massacre lasted for about 3  months
and it was estimated that about 300,000 people were killed,  200,000 women
were raped. The savagery exhibited by the Japanese military  personnel was
encouraged by  the Japanese authority at that time  to  "punish China" and
to instill fear in  the Chinese people not to join  the underground resis-
tance movement.

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4.   Proposal on the "Nanjing Massacre Memorial Day"  . . . . . . . . . 62
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>From: [email-masked]                  Date: 10 Dec 90 00:46:08 GMT

              PROPOSAL ON THE "NANJING MASSACRE MEMORIAL DAY"
                  Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union

The Hong Kong Professional Teachers'  Union, for the purposes of commemor-
ating  our compatriots  killed during the  war against  Japanese invasion,
opposing Japanese militarism, educating our next generation with national-
ism, and being in step with the current Safeguard Diaoyutai Movement, pro-
poses to all  Chinese around  the world  to designate 13  December as  the
memorial day for the  Nanjing Massacre and appeals to all  of them to hold
memorial activities around  the world during the 4-day  period 13 December
through 16 December. Our proposal is as follows:

1.   After the Lugou Bridge incident on 7 July 1937, Chinese people brave-
     ly  threw themselves into the war against Japan and used their bodies
     to build a  great wall to save  the nation from falling  into pieces.
     On  13 December,  Japanese troops  invaded Nanjing,  and in  order to
     deter the outraged Chinese people from  resisting against Japan, they
     used the most atrocious means in a massacre which  lasted three days,
     killing 300,000 Chinese.  But  the Chinese people were not frightened
     by such  brutality, and after  eight years of hard  struggle, finally
     won the victory of the war.

2.   The Nanjing Massacre has gone down in history as an event filled with
     blood.   There were reports  then and there  was the judgment  of the
     international court after the war.  It is a fact that cannot be deni-
     ed.  However, the defeated Japanese militarists, with no intention of
     repentance and as part of their  secret plot to revive Japanese mili-
     tarism, have always tried to deny this part of history.   In order to
     achieve permanent world  peace, Chinese people overseas and people of
     the  world must  be vigilant  and  firmly opposed  to the  revival of
     Japanese militarism, and should not  ignore any view which denies the
     massacre.

3.   The Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union proposes to designate 13
     December as the memorial day for the Nanjing Massacre and  appeals to
     all  overseas Chinese  to  hold memorial  activities around  this day
     annually beginning this  year.  The purposes of the activities are to
     pay tribute to  our compatriots killed during the  war against Japan,
     to refresh our memory of our nation's  history of suffering, to state
     our  opposition to the  Japanese militarism,  to educate  and instill
     nationalism in our  next generation, and to work  for a better China.
     We do not approve hatred between nations and are of the view that the
     Japanese people were also victims of militarism.  We believe that the
     Chinese and the Japanese people must unite and stand firm against the
     militarists in order  to have real friendship between  the two people
     and permanent peace  between the two  countries, in Asia  and in  the
     world.

4.   In the morning of 13 December,  representatives of the Hong Kong Pro-
     fessional Teachers' Union will present flowers at the memorial at the
     Central as a tribute to our compatriots killed during the war against
     Japan and will then go to the Japanese Consulate to deliver  a letter
     of protest.  We hereby appeal  to all citizens of Hong Kong to  go to
     the  memorial to  present  flowers, pay  tributes, hoist  banners, or
     stage candle-light  sit-ins during  the 4-day period  of 13  December
     through 16 December as  a symbol of our remembrance.   We hereby also
     appeal to all overseas Chinese to hold memorial activities which best
     suit  the particulars of  their locality, such  as protesting outside
     the  Japanese Embassy,  advertising on  newspaper,  distributing pam-
     phlets,  staging rallies, holding  procession, or presenting flowers.
     Activities  commemorating the Nanjing  Massacre is a  continuation of
     the current Safeguard  Diaoyutai Movement.  We hope  that all Chinese
     around  the world  will combine  the two  together  and carry  on the
     struggle for a long time to come.

                                   Cheung Man Kwong
                                   President
                                   Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union
                                   5 December 1990

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