CND Auto-LM test message No. 1 1. IFCSS Joint Conference .............................................. 10 2. Human Rights Questions Raised about Conferences in China .............58 3. New INS Forms ....................................................... 76 4. Letters from Readers: New PRC Regulations on Passports? ............. 42 CND Auto-LM test message No. 2 1. News Brief (Two Items) .............................................. 10 2. Report on A Poll on MFN Bill by Ohio State U. CSS Society ........... 71 3. Summary Report and Analysis on The Tragedy in University of Iowa by <> ..........................150 4. Lu Gang's Letter to The Media -- Latest From Iowa Tragedy........... 200 1. Revised SUMCC (UMFN) Letter to Senators ............................ 85 2. Behind The UMFN Campaign -- Comments on The SUMCC Letter ........... 75 3. Letters from Readers: Opinions on MFN Issue .........................65 4. Selections of US Tariff Schedules for Nations with/without MFN .....125 5. US Laws: Trade Relations with Countries Not Currently Receiving Nondiscriminatory Treatment ......150 1. News Brief (3 Items) ................................................ 15 2. Free 12 Day Special Seminar for PRC Students ........................ 27 3. China-related Int'l Academic Exchange Activities in 92/93 (4 Items).. 95 4. New INS Forms, H-1B Regulations Published ........................... 83 5. Reader's Correction on The Summary Report on Iowa Tragedy ........... 4 1. News Brief (4 Items)................................................. 22 2. Public Letter to President Bush: Don't Meet Li Peng ................ 29 3. Q&A and Update on IFCSS Medical Insurance Program ................... 80 4. Overseas Chinese Physics Association Award Nomination Solicited ..... 48 5. Aftershock of Iowa Tragedy: Two Letters on Foreign Students' Value . 131 6. State Dept. Publishes Visa Numbers for February 1992 ................ 35 1. IFCSS Organizes Activities to Protest Li Peng's Visit to UN ......... 65 2. IFCSS Calls to Co-sign The Open Letter to The United Nation ........ 122 3. "Trial of Li Peng": People's Court in Exile & Fund Raising .......... 92 4. AHKCUS Chairperson's Protest Letter to President Bush ............... 45 5. Letters from Readers: Opinions on Li Peng's UN Visit ................ 30 1. Preparations for Protesting Li Peng's UN Visit Continue ............. 46 2. Brief Report on The Final Results of SUMCC and C-MFN Campaign ........ 8 3. Three Mainland Chinese Workers Seek U.S. Asylum ..................... 41 4. Passport Policies on Oversea Students of P. R. China ............... 110 5. Department of Labor Publishes Revised H-1B Rule .................... 140 6. MCI Offers Discount Phone Calls in The Chinese New Year ............. 25 1. Preparations for Protesting Li Peng's UN Visit Continue (II) ........ 44 2. Overseas Chinese Ecologists Concerned about Sanxia Dam .............. 30 3. China Electronic Network Observation ................................ 88 4. The International Workshop on Biomacromolecules in China .............10 5. Sixth Congress of the Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists ...25 6. 20th International Symposium on Acoustical Imaging ...................40 1. Preparations for Protesting Li Peng's UN Visit Continue (III) ....... 78 2. Chinese Consulate Seeking Local CSS to Welcome Li Peng .............. 4 3. PRC University Presidents Delegations Visited CSS in Midwest .........25 4. Transportation Provided for The Jan 31 NY Rally Goers in Boston ......10 5. Letter from Australia: Support IFCSS to Protest Li Peng's UN Trip ....30 6. A Selection of Sign-up Letters Sent to 6.4@qjet.bu.edu ............. 86 7. U-MFN Campaign (SUMCC) Issues Farewell Statement .................... 41 1. Preparations for Protesting Li Peng's UN Visit Continue (IV) ........ 68 2. CSS in Canada Support Protest Against Li Peng in US ................. 21 3. A Selection of Sign-up Letters Send to 6.4@qjet.bu.edu (II) ........ 42 4. Flood Donation Report from Purdue University ........................ 18 5. Advice on Changing to F-1 from B-2 .................................. 72 1. 2,469 Individuals and 56 Organizations Signed IFCSS Open Letter ..... 71 2. IFCSS Set Up New York Office for The Jan. 31 Rally .................. 18 3. Protest in LA against Li Peng Prepared .............................. 14 4. FCSSC of Canada Call Members' to Sign IFCSS Open Letter ............. 21 5. Chinese Students at Michigan State U. Voted for the Protest Letter .. 19 6. FACSS of University of Minnesota in Action .......................... 9 7. The New York Times Editorial: How to Greet Li Peng .................. 38 8. Apology for The Administrative Fault in Jan. 29's CND-US ............ 5 1. IFCSS Announces Arrangements for the Protest Rally .................. 38 2. Chinese Academic Link Directors Election Announcement ............... 50 3. Job Openings (Two Items) ............................................ 42 1. 1,500 Rallied outside UN Headquarters in NYC to Condemn Li Peng .... 105 2. Rally Held in L.A., Open Letter Written in Blood on Site............. 42 3. ABC, NBC, PBS News Reports on Li Peng & US State Dept. HR Report .... 87 4. Two Protesting ADs in Today's New York Times ........................ 56 1. News Brief ......................................................... . 17 2. China Paints Rosy Picture of Bush Meeting with Li .................... 27 3. Money Talks: Li Peng Confers with US Business Leaders................. 42 4. An Episode of Sino-US Trade War: Chinese Crawfish out of Louisiana.... 29 5. CAS Resumes Contacts with The West.................................... 27 6. Job Opportunities in Greece, Singapore ............................... 28 1. Summer Math Working Seminar in China: Call for Participation ........ 68 2. Flood Donation from Yale Helps Rebuilding School in Anhui ........... 20 3. Correction: Contact Address of Physics Faculty Position in Taiwan .... 7 4. Information on Chinese Professional Club in USA .................... 247 1. IFCSS Awards Local CSS Orginations and Newsletter Editors ............ 26 2. US Senate Defers Crucial Vote and Debate on China's MFN Status ....... 55 3. A Conversation with IFCSS HQ ......................................... 96 4. Reports of Local Campus Activities (Two Items) ....................... 39 Activities Planned at Purdue University UMASS CSS Celebrating Chinese New Year 5. Chinese Summer School on Application of Synchrotron Radiation ....... 56 1. News Brief (5 items) ................................................68 2. One More Condition for China's MFN .................................. 21 3. Replies From Chen Ziming's Sister: Deepest Appreciation ............. 20 4. Another Episode of Sino-US Trade War ................................ 30 5. NYC Jan. 31 Rally: Reports from Different Angle ..................... 66 6. INS Clarifies Policies toward PRC Nationals ......................... 78 1. News Brief (Two Items) .............................................. 21 2. IFCSS HQ Report on the Open Letter Campaign ......................... 27 3. Free Chen Ziming and Wang Juntao (New York Times Editorial) ......... 28 4. Appeal for Qi Lin, Another Political Prisoner ....................... 86 5. Li Lu, Speaking in Tennessee, Predicts Reforms in China .............. 46 1. News Brief (Two Items) ............................................... 25 2. IFCSS Financial Management: Flood Relief Fund - A CND Interview ..... 147 3. Job Opportunities .................................................... 44 1. Report on IFCSS's Financial Operation (An Excerpt) .................. 107 2. CND Interviewed IFCSS (Part II): IFCSS's Financial Operation .........180 3. A Collection of Comments on IFCSS's Flood Relief Fund Management ......43 1. News Brief (Two Items) ............................................... 29 2. PRC Students Enrollment in US Colleges Jumped 18.6% in 1990-91 ....... 52 3. Stanford CSSA Board of Directors Resign for Blocking Protest Letter .. 62 4. Article: New Policy on China: Usefully Incoherent .................... 76 5. Visa Numbers for March 1992 .......................................... 16 1. Bone Marrow Donor Needed to Save a Life .............................. 30 2. China Seeks End to Annual U.S. Debate on MFN ......................... 25 3. International Conference of Fluid Mechanics ......................... 45 4. Suzhou Master: Story of Artist Chen Yifei ........................... 120 1. U.S. Senate Voted for Conditional MFN for China ...................... 45 2. Twenty Years Ago, Nixon's Trip Changed China's World .................104 3. Job Openings (Two Items) ............................................. 25 4. Letters from Readers on IFCSS Financial Operation, Stanford CSSA ..... 22 1. News Brief (Two Items) ............................................... 20 2. Call for Paper: China & Chinese at the Threshold of the 21st Century . 28 3. Call for Paper: Special Panel on Technology Transfer across Pacific .. 34 4. IFCSS Headquarter Memo on Flood Relief Project ....................... 97 5. American Gives up Corporate Perks to Lobby China .................... 132 1. News Brief (Two Items) ............................................... 20 2. Vincent Chin's Killer in Arrears to Chin's Mother .................... 21 3. Why U.S. Must Change China Policy (A Commentary) .................... 110 4. INS Publishes Final Forms and Fees (NAFSA Update No. 170) ............ 46 1. News Brief (Two Items) ............................................... 19 2. Keen Battle over China's MFN to be in Senate ......................... 38 3. McDonnel Douglas' Far East Hopes Are Dimming ......................... 38 4. Employment Information ............................................... 27 1. News Brief (4 Items) ................................................. 38 2. Chinese Student at Purdue University Murdered in Canada, Ex-Husband Charged for the Murder .................................... 30 3. Slain Student Feared Ex-Husband, Friends Say ......................... 21 4. F-2 Visa Application in Beijing Denied; List of Required Documents ... 21 5. Clarification on INS Forms; Visa Numbers for April ................... 85 CND Auto-LM test message No. 2 1. News Brief (Four Items) .............................................. 47 2. U.S. Senate Upholds Bush's Veto of MFN Bill .......................... 40 3. China's Consumers Rush to Buy from U.S.-Based Firms .................. 86 Deletion of Your List cnd-us@AHKCUS.ORG 1. News Brief (Two Item) ................................................ 23 2. "Join Our Hands, Show Our Concern, Save Yangtze River": IFCSS Calls for Signatures of Petition Letter on Three Gorges Dam ... 200 3. VOA Starts Special Program on Three Gorges Dam ....................... 23 4. Round-Table Meeting of Chinese Overseas Organizations Held ........... 47 Catalog of HXWZ (CND-CM) InfoBase 1. Liu Gang's Situation Not Improved Despite Series of Hunger Strikes ... 39 2. Physics Conferees Press for Release of Chinese Political Prisoners -- An Appeal for Liu Gang, Wang Dan and Others .......................35 3. Safety Assurances for Physics Conference to Be Held in China ......... 63 4. CPPCC Rejects Contraversial Academic's Libel Extradition Motion ...... 22 5. A Reminder: Deadline for Filing Your 1991 Tax Return Is April 15 12:00 Midnight .. 13 6. Job Information (Nuclear Physics) .................................... 25 1. News Brief (Three Items) ............................................. 30 ___ ___ ___ On March 29, 1979, Mr. Wei Jingsheng was arrested as the charge of counter- revolutionary activities. Until today, he has spent 13 years in jail. 2. Slight Improvement Reported in Wei Jingsheng's Prison Conditions ..... 16 3. Wei Jingsheng and the Fifth Modernization ............................ 34 1. Overseas Petition Letter on Three Gorges Dam Having Impact on NPC Debate; More Signatures Called for .............. 27 2. Debate Rages on Three Gorges Plan in the Fifth Session of the Seventh National People's Congress .......... 54 3. The True Cost of Dams - Blocking the Three Gorges .................... 50 Special Issue on the Three Gorges Dam Project (II) 1. NPC Delegates Questions Dam Plan; Wan Li Asks for Support of the Project ............................... 37 2. Overseas Students Petition Being Circulated among NPC Deputies ...... 117 3. Documents on Three Gorges Dam Available via Anonymous FTP ............ 47 [Editor: The latest CND reports and Special Issues on the Three Gorges Dam Project can be found in March 23/31 CND-US, CND-Canada and CND-EP] Special Issue on the Three Gorges Dam Project (III) 1. Sino-Ecologist Club Overseas Petitioning NPC Against Three Gorges Dam 31 2. NPC and CPPCC Debate Three Gorges Dam Project; Deputies Request Shelving of Project ................................ 124 3. Hong Kong Wen Wei Po: Three Gorges Project of "Reform and Open Nature" ..................... 43 1. News Brief (1 item) ...................................................11 2. Letter from China -- Latest Situation of Liu Gang and Others ..........97 3. A Beijing Whiz Who Found the Way to San Jose ..........................40 4. Canadian Cop Beating of Chinese Immigrant Caught on Videotape .........45 1. "This Is Illegal": NPC Deputy in Protest of Approval of Dam Project .. 42 2. Chinese National People's Congress Approves Dam Project amid Protest; Room for Maneuvering Remains ......................................... 58 3. Report on TV about Huang Shunxing's Protest; Views of Two Other NPC Deputies ...................................... 25 1. U.S. Court Says Chinese Firms Must Disclose Financial Details .........26 2. American Companies to Stanch Chinese Prison-Made Goods ................76 3. 1993 Int'l Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging .........29 4. Faculty Positons Open at the University of Hong Kong ..................20 1. News Brief (2 items) ..................................................15 2. Little Progress in Sino-US Trade Talks ................................33 3. <> Available Electronically ........................ 26 4. Activities to Commemorate the 3rd Annivarsary of June-4th Masscre .....25 5. Shou-Cheng Zhang to Receive First OCPA Award ..........................59 6. INS Publishes H-1B, O, and P Regulations; Visa Numbers for May ....... 40 7. Faculty and Research Positions Available (3 items) ....................34 1. News Brief (4 items) ..................................................53 2. Zhao Haiqing Appeals to CSS to Lobby for Immigration Bill ............ 33 3. Senate Subcommittee Passed Chinese National Protection Bill .......... 29 4. Chinese-American Professionals Question Values of "Radio Free China" . 76 5. CSS Letter to Chinese Government on Prof. Wen Yuankai's US Visit: Call for Signatures ...................................................52 1. News Brief (3 items) ..................................................32 2. Protection of Chinese Students' Human Rights -- CND's Interview with Head of a Japanese Human Rights Group ....... 130 3. Chinese "Science Education & Technology Tranfer" Meeting Held at OSU ..20 4. Summer Workshop and Job Openings (2 items) ............................35 1. News Brief (1 item) ....................................................9 2. Asia Watch: Isuzu Contracted to Chinese Prison ........................48 3. 19 People in HK Arrested for Counterfeiting Credit Cards ..............26 4. AT&T Introduces New Service for Residents of China ....................27 5. Job Openings in Hong Kong and Canada (2 items) ........................28 1. L.A. Riot Claims 37 Lives, Damage Estimate Tops $550 Million Bush Orders Law Efforcement Officers and Federal Troops to L.A. ...... 98 2. Violence, Protests at Police Trial Spread Throughout the U.S. ........ 70 3. Los Angeles Shutting Down as Riots Continue .......................... 57 4. Federal Grand Jury Examining Rodney King's Case in Los Angeles ....... 30 5. Responses from Officials of Major Cities and Situations There ....... 150 1. News Brief (2 item) .................................................. 11 2. CSS at Oregon State U. Met with Rep. Kopetski ........................ 25 3. US Congress Bill Targets Foreign Students ............................ 20 4. Dreams of Immigrant Investors Collapse with Illegal Commodities Pool . 40 5. Australian Prime Minister's Statement on Chinese Students ............ 30 6. Job Openings at VOA and SUNY (2 items) ............................... 41 1. News Brief (3 item) .................................................. 39 2. Asian Americans Frustrated in Trying to Respond to L.A. Rioting ...... 32 3. Bejing Library to Collect Thesis by Overseas Students ................ 30 4. Republican Senator Urged Bush to Suspend China's MFN Status .......... 28 5. Chinese American Mayor Elected in Third-largest Arizona City ......... 20 6. INS Cable Clarifies Curricular Practical Training .................... 23 1. News Brief (1 Item) ................................................... 9 2. Guangdong Governor Zhu Senglin Visited Boston amid Protest ........... 68 3. Scholarship Available for CSS From Mainland .......................... 48 4. Specialists Needed in Suzhou; Job Opening in Hong Kong ............... 30 5. Yuan Exchange Rates Quoted by People's Bank Of China ................. 12 6. Regulation on Practical Training After Graduation for F-1 Student ... 135 1. News Brief (1 Item) ................................................... 9 2. Guangdong Governor Zhu Senglin Visited Boston amid Protest ........... 68 3. Scholarship Available for CSS From Mainland .......................... 48 4. Specialists Needed in Suzhou; Job Opening in Hong Kong ............... 30 5. Yuan Exchange Rates Quoted by People's Bank Of China ................. 12 6. Regulation on Practical Training After Graduation for F-1 Student ... 135 1. News Brief (1 Item) ................................................... 9 2. Guangdong Governor Zhu Senglin Visited Boston amid Protest ........... 68 3. Scholarship Available for CSS From Mainland .......................... 48 4. Specialists Needed in Suzhou; Job Opening in Hong Kong ............... 30 5. Yuan Exchange Rates Quoted by People's Bank Of China ................. 12 6. Regulation on Practical Training After Graduation for F-1 Student ... 135 1. News Brief (1 Item) ................................................... 9 2. Guangdong Governor Zhu Senglin Visited Boston amid Protest ........... 68 3. Scholarship Available for CSS From Mainland .......................... 48 4. Specialists Needed in Suzhou; Job Opening in Hong Kong ............... 30 5. Yuan Exchange Rates Quoted by People's Bank Of China ................. 12 6. Regulation on Practical Training After Graduation for F-1 Student ... 135 1. News Brief (1 Item) ................................................... 9 2. Guangdong Governor Zhu Senglin Visited Boston amid Protest ........... 68 3. Scholarship Available for CSS From Mainland .......................... 48 4. Specialists Needed in Suzhou; Job Opening in Hong Kong ............... 30 5. Yuan Exchange Rates Quoted by People's Bank Of China ................. 12 6. Regulation on Practical Training After Graduation for F-1 Student ... 135 1. News Brief (1 Item) ................................................... 9 2. Guangdong Governor Zhu Senglin Visited Boston amid Protest ........... 68 3. Scholarship Available for CSS From Mainland .......................... 48 4. Specialists Needed in Suzhou; Job Opening in Hong Kong ............... 30 5. Yuan Exchange Rates Quoted by People's Bank Of China ................. 12 6. Regulation on Practical Training After Graduation for F-1 Student ... 135 1. News Brief (1 Item) ................................................... 9 2. Guangdong Governor Zhu Senglin Visited Boston amid Protest ........... 68 3. Scholarship Available for CSS From Mainland .......................... 48 4. Specialists Needed in Suzhou; Job Opening in Hong Kong ............... 30 5. Yuan Exchange Rates Quoted by People's Bank Of China ................. 12 6. Regulation on Practical Training After Graduation for F-1 Student ... 135 1. News Brief (2 items) ................................................. 25 2. IFCSS and FCSSC Plan June 4 Commemoration Activities ................. 35 3. IFCSS to Hold Fourth Congress ........................................ 20 ___ ___ ___ 4. Senate Judiciary Committee Passed Chinese National Protection Bill ... 35 5. Immigration Visa Numbers for June 1992: Priority Date for New Second Employment-based PRC Applicants Falls Back Two Years ... 30 6. Legislation Proposed on Research Assistantship to Foreign Students ... 19 7. A Note on May 8, 1992's CND-US, Containing INS Regulations on Foreign Student Practical Training and Missing from the Archive ...... 7 1. IFCSS to Co-Sponsor 6.4 Memorial Activities in Washington D.C. ....... 28 2. Subscribers of IFCSS/IUB Health Insurance Report Poor Service ........ 75 3. IFCSS HQ Responds to Medical Insurance Complaints; Calls for Prompt Reporting of Grienvances with IUB ................... 69 4. IUPAC Beijing Conference Info (1 item) ............................... 15 5. Call for Establishing Connection Among CSS in Earth System Science ... 32 1. News Brief (2 Items) ................................................. 13 2. Professor and Mother of 6.4. Victim Told to Stop Advising Students ... 15 3. Senate Passed Immigration Bill S1216; IFCSS President Calls for Immediate Lobbying in the House ........... 161 1. Breif News (3 Items) ................................................. 31 2. Bush to Recommend China's MFN Renewal, Congress to Counterproposal ... 28 3. Radio Free China: An Idea Who's Time Has Come ........................ 55 4. Updated List: World-Wide June 4 TAM Massacre Commemoration Activities ............. 131 1. News Brief (2 Items) ................................................. 19 2. June 4 Commemoration Activities in the United States ................. 73 3. Chinese Graduate Student Appeals to Return Home ...................... 35 4. Visa Numbers for June ................................................ 54 1. News Brief (1 Item) ................................................... 9 2. "She" in 1989 ........................................................ 35 3. One Year Ago Today on TAM Square -- a Real Story ..................... 64 4. Dares to Speak [Part 1] ............................................. 116 1. News Brief (1 Item) .................................................. 10 2. China Could Face US Trade Retaliation, US Official Says .............. 27 3. Wang Binzhang Arrested for Perjury and ID Forgery .................... 27 4. Dares to Speak (Part 2) ............................................. 116 5. Visa Numbers for July ................................................ 56 1. Donors Needed for Bone Marrow Transplants ............................ 50 2. Chinese Governmental Delegation to Solicit CSS Opinions on Commonly Concerned Issues ......................................... 33 3. Full Text of the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 ............. 116 4. Congressional Digest of the Chinese Student Protection Act (Excerpt) . 35 5. Dares to Speak (Part 3) .............................................. 38 1. Chinese Courts Seize Americans' Passports In Business Disputes ....... 68 2. IFCSS Convenes 3rd Anniversary Conference ............................ 74 3. Various Opinions of IFCSS Activists on Recent Hot Issues -- CND Interviews with Participants of IFCSS 3rd Anniversary Conf ... 154 1. News Brief (4 Items) ................................................. 49 2. U.S. Scientists Urge Release of Jailed Chinese Colleagues ............ 67 3. Chinese Government Delegation Met with Overseas Professional Groups .. 41 -- "Overseas Chinese students, either with public or private affairs passports, will no longer be required to apply for 'exit visa' (Chu Jing Ka) to leave China after visiting home," ... 4. IFCSS Calls for Further Lobbying for Chinese National Protection Bill 26 1. News Brief (4 items) ..................................................28 2. IFCSS Fouth Congress Being Held in Minneapolis ........................33 3. Canada: FCSSC to Hold Fourth General Assembly in July 4-5 .............30 4. Conference Announcement: International Symposium on China .............13 1. IFCSS 4th Congress Elected New President ..............................10 2. New IFCSS Council Elected .............................................24 3. Ten Bills Passed by IFCSS 4th Congress ...............................117 4. Reporting from the IFCSS 4th Congress: Some Tidbits ...................48