Subject: CND-US, Thursday, Oct 31, 1991

From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1991 17:19:59 -0500

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		      H A P P Y   H A L L O W E E N !

			     October 31, 1991

Table of Contents				                No. of Lines
1. News Brief.............................................................34
2. Public Hearing, Talk to be Held on China's Forced Labor Issue..........27
3. IFCSS Professional Club Calls for Membership...........................33
4. Outcome of the Racial Crime Incident at Cornell: Offendent Sentenced...41
5. Long Distance Phone Rate to China......................................16
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1. News Brief.............................................................34
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Financial Sponsorship of Chinese Applicants to US Schools Questioned - The
English as a Second Language (ESL) program at a U.S. University has recently
received applications for 4 students who are sponsored by the China Jilin
International Talent and Exchange Technology Co. The applications however
show financial documentation that derives from Chinese students in the local
area of the school saying that the money comes from financial sponsorship of
relatives and friends.  All applications were written by the same hand too.
Officials in charge of the school's ESL program expressed suspicion at the
authenticity of the financial sponsorship. (from a U.S. School Foreign Student
Advisor, forwarded by Bo Xiong, <[email-masked]>)
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Christmas in Florida - International Students, Inc. is organizing its Eighth
Annual Florida Christmas Conference. A host family for paraticipants to the
conference in Florida will be arranged by sponsors with no charge during the
7 day trip in Florida, which includes tours to the Walt Disney World in
Orlando and Busch Gardens in Tampa, etc., in addition to conference
activities.  Cost for the trip excluding transportation to Florida is
estimated at $240 per participant, which however covers admission fees to
the above listed attractions. Attendance to the conference is limited at 500
nationwide.  For more information, contact Mr. Carroll Lindman, (317)
474-4941, Address: 2431 Sauk Place, Lafayette, IN 47905, or International
Students, Inc., 1991 Florida Christmas Conference, P.O. Box C, Colorado
Springs, CO 80901, (719)576-2700. (Puqi Tang, <[email-masked]>)
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Chinese Student Missing for Two Weeks - Jiao, Gang, a student at University
of Miami, Florida, is missing for more than two weeks.  Jiao is currently
enrolled in the graduate programm of the Department of Civil and
Architectural Engineering. Mr. Jiao came from Beijing two months ago.  He
was last seen on Oct.12, Sunday, allegedly going to a party at the nearby
Florida International University.  Chinese students at FIU, when questioned,
said that they didn't know Jiao.  According to the police, such things happen
quite often and they can do nothing about it.  Jiao left no messages to either
his roommate or the Department.  His family in China is being contacted.
(Gary Deng, [email-masked])

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2. Public Hearing, Talk to be Held on China's Forced Labor Issue..........27
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Public Hearing to be Held on China Forced Labor Issue [PR Newswire, Oct 30]
- Customs Commissioner Carol Hallett will chair a public hearing Friday,
Nov. 1, to look into the issue of forced labor manufacturing in China.  The
hearing will take place in Hearing Room B of the Interstate Commerce
Commission Building, 12th Street and Constitution Avenue N.W., Washington,
beginning at 9 a.m.  Among those scheduled to testify is Harry Wu of the
Hoover Institution. (Huijie Chen, <[email-masked]>)

Harry Wu to Give Talk on Chinese Prison Labor - As the guest speaker of the
Silicon Valley for Democracy in China, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wu will give a
talk on the two trips which they took in the summer of 1991. Under disguise,
they visited over twenty labor camps throughout China to expose to the world
the existence of the inhumane facilities which the Chinese totalitarian
regime uses to detain and abuse prisoners of conscience and others.

Mr. Wu's video taping and filming the inside of the camps along with the
interviews conducted by the CBS television news team, "60 Minutes", drew a
gruesome picture of the horrifying systematic abuses of the prisoners and
detainees.  Following the exposure by Mr. Wu, The U.S. administration and
the congress immediately took steps to pressure the Chinese government for
changes.  The Hong Kong Traders' Association made a mandate to disallow its
members to engage in businesses that sell products made by slave laborers in
China within days after the publication of his articles in "Newsweek" and
the broadcasting of the "60 Minutes" report on the forced labor camps.

The talk will be on Nov. 9, in Sunnyvale, CA. Call (408) 235-0347 for
more information. (Ignatius Ding, <[email-masked]>)

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3. IFCSS Professional Club Calls for Membership...........................33
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From: Shijin Wang, <[email-masked]>
Date: Wednesday, Oct 30 1991

The IFCSS Professional Club is formed in order that Chinese students and
scholars in the United States, in both sciences and humanities, can be well
organized so as to play a constructive role in promoting development and
progress of China in its politics, economy, culture, science and technology.
It is expected to become a group not only with a political preference, but
also with the power of profession, which is well organized to apply its
members' special knowledge, skills, to be engaged in professional services,
and to establish close relationship with other professional organizations and
business bodies both inside and outside China.

The club is currently working on the following two projects:

1. Building up a professional association. This association is for those CSS
who have graduated and got their jobs, or who are about to graduate and
begin to look for their jobs,

      (a) to protect their own interests and rights in USA;
      (b) to develop their professional relationship within the club as
	  individuals and externally as an organization;
      (c) to have frequent exchange of information;
      (d) to have an access to participate in IFCSS' activities;
      (e) to obtain business opportunities related to their professions;
      (f) to help each other and to make friends.

Regional coordinators and e_mail network operators are needed for this project.

2. Build up a professional database. This database will collect professional
data of all CSS in the States, such as their majors, special fields, projects,
achievements, work experiences, address, etc.

Chinese students and scholars in the United States are invited to join the
club. For more information, contact Shijin Wang, H10 North Village, Amherst,
MA 01002, [email-masked], Tel. (413) 546-4343 (H).

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4. Outcome of the Racial Crime Incident at Cornell: Offendent Sentenced...41
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From: Yang Zhigang, <[email-masked]>
Source: Cornell Daily Sun, Oct 23, 1991

[Editor: For background information on the incident, please refer to the
June 10 issue of CND-US.]

The Tioga County teenager who hit a Chinese student late May in a racially
motivated assault was sentenced last Thursday to 45 days in the county jail,
the district attorney announced yesterday.

Matthew Seymour, an 18-year-old Spencer resident, has admitted that he
punched Jinhua Xiao in the face on May 27. On July 11, Seymour was convicted
of third degree assault, a misdemeanor.

Officials said the attack was the first reported instance of racial
harassment on campus in several years.

Last night, Xiao said he still did not have an opinion of the outcome and
that he plans to consult with his lawyer as to the suitability of the
punishment. His reaction echoed the confusion many international students
have expressed about how the American legal system has dealt with the
incident.

Xiao's legal fees will be paid by the University in an arrangement reached
during discussions between concerned international students and top Cornell
administrators this summer. The students accused the University mishandling
the incident, displaying a lack of commitment to the fight against hate
crimes and doing too little to inform Xiao of his legal rights.

Last week, City of Ithaca Judge Merton Wallenbeck sentenced Seymour to 45
days in county jail and three years of probation. Wallenbeck also required
Seymour to pay Xiao just over $2800 to cover medical expenses incurred
during the assault, said Tompkin County District Attorney George M. Dentes.

Department of Public Safety Lt. Michael Moran said the investigation
revealed that Seymour and two other teenagers approached Xiao after they had
been swimming in the lake with four other friends. After asking if he was
Chinese and making him speak in his native language, Seymour hit Xiao in the
face.

Moran said the blow caused facial abrasions, bruise and a cut lip.  Xiao was
treated for his injuries at Tompkin County Community Hospitals. Xiao said
that till this day, he still suffers from chest and back pains and has
trouble breathing.

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5. Long Distance Phone Rate to China......................................16
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From: [email-masked] (Jane Jin)
Date: Wednesday, Oct 30 1991

AT & T raised their long distance rate to China in September. The rate is
now $1.03 each additional minute. The following is a table of the economical
rate (11am to 5pm) of all three major long distance companies:

                       AT & T                MCI               Sprint
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FROM HOME:
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1st minute             $3.35                $3.34               $3.35
each additional min.   $1.03                $0.89               $0.89
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USING CALLING CARD:
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surcharge              $0.00                $1.25               $0.00
1st three minutes      $8.87                $3.34(1st min)      $8.86
each additional min.   $1.03                $0.89               $0.89

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