From @UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU:owner-china-nt@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU Thu Feb 3 10:16:42 1994 Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 00:03:29 -0500 Reply-To: YANG Chang-Qing Sender: China-Net From: YANG Chang-Qing Subject: Chinese Community Bulletin (940203) Comments: To: china-nt@uga.cc.uga.edu To: Multiple recipients of list CHINA-NT ===+==+==+==+==+==+== Chinese Community Bulletin ==+==+==+==+==+==+=== (CCB 940203) +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Chinese Community Bulletin (CCB) is one of the supplementary issues of Chinese Community Forum (CCF). It collects contributions on various topics which are not published in CCF regular issues or other supplementary issues. The opinions expressed in CCB do not necessarily represent the editors'. +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Table of Contents: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: liym@serv02.slac.stanford.edu, Jan-10-1994 Subj.: Conference Notice for all Chinese Geophysicists From: HSUEHYE@HUGSE1.HARVARD.EDU, Jan-21-1994 Subj.: Seeking Actors From: FROSTC@CNSVAX.UWEC.EDU, Jan-24-1994 Subj.: Chinese Language Studies From: amin_br@IREARN.BITNET, Jan-25-1994 Subj.: China Economic Review From: NINI@provo1.wm.edu, Jan-25-1994 Subj.: Information on Harbin From: kxz@po.cwru.edu, Jan-27-1994 Subj.: Looking for Legal Advice in an Auto-Accident Case From: nluo@msvax.mssm.edu, Jan-27-1994 Subj.: Progress Report on Liu Gang Petition Letter From: U25096@UICVM.bitnet, Feb-2-1994 Subj.: Chinese New Year's Party at Chicago ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 10 Jan 1994 10:44:47 -0500 (EST) From: liym <@SERV02.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU:liym@BEPC2> To: yng@mail.ngdc.noaa.gov Subject: FIRST CIRCULAR First Circular 1994 GEOPHYSICS SYMPOSIUM OF CHINESE YOUNG SCHOLARS August 17-21, 1994, Beijing, China Sponsor: Chinese Academy of Sciences Chinese National Foundation of Natural Sciences Organizer: Institute of Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences 1994 Geophysics Symposium of Chinese Young Scholars will be held in Beijing from August 17 to August 21, 1994. The aim of this symposium is to give a forum to Chinese young scholars to show their research results and discuss new developments in geophysics. We cordially welcome all Chinese young scholars join us. I. Papers The Papers will come from the following fields: i. Earth Dynamics ii. Seismology and the Deep Structure of the Earth iii. Geomagnetism and Aeronomy iv. Applied Geophysics v. New Methods, Technology and Progresses in Geophysics II. Requirement and Arrangement i. The participants are required to be below 45 years old and have new research results which have not been published. ii. Language: Chinese iii. The participants are required to submit abstracts of papers before April 20, 1994 either in Chinese or in English (not to exceed two A4 pages). A resume is required along with the abstract. iv. The committee of the symposium will evaluate the abstracts and issue the second circular to the author being chosen before May 30, 1994. v. The registration fee: 100 RMB yuan. vi. The symposium will support part of the participants living and traveling expenses in Beijing and international one way travel expenses from Beijing to outside China in accordance with the application. vii. The formal invitation will be issued before June 15, 1994. The participants who come from foreign countries should have their visa ready for re-enter the countries before they come to China. III. Members of the Organizing Committee Chairman: Xu Wenyao Co-Chairman: Chen Yuntai Consultant: Liu Guangding, Liu Anguo Member: Wang Miaoyue, Li Youming, Zhu Zhiwen, Guo Shizeng Yao Zhenxing, Yan Yongping, Teng Jiwen Secretary General: Bai Wuming There is an information form (see below) attached which will be returned to the organizing committee before March 20, 1994. The address is: Bai Wuming Institute of Geophysics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100101, China Tel: 86-1-2031511 Fax: 86-1-2031995 E-mail: Liym%bepc2@Scs.Slac.Stanford.edu Information Form +------------------------------------------------------+ | Name: Sex: Birth Date: | | Address: | | | | Tel: Fax: | | No. of Passport: | | Title of Paper: | | Will you apply for travel support? (Yes/No) | | Will you apply support for room and board during | | the Symposium? (Yes/No) | +------------------------------------------------------+ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 21 Jan 1994 01:35:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Yeh Hsueh Subject: seeking actors Dear Readers, I am forwarding a request from FSU film school. Because the school is isolated, it is difficult for people there to contact the Chinese community, searching for actors. The film will be a group of graduate students' thesis project. Please help spread the word. Thank you. Hsueh Yeh hsuehye@hugse1.bitnet =================================================================== To: All university theater departments Fr: Matt Shapo, FSU Graudate Film School, Sarasota, Florida Re: Casting of Asian Actor and Actress for Short Film ------------------------------------------------------------ We are looking for an Asian woman, age 18-25, to play a Chinese Goddess, and an Asian man, over 40, to play a Chinese-American professor. Both parts are being cast for a 20-minute thesis film at the Florida State University Film School in Sarasota, Florida. Please call Matt Shapo at (813) 355-6611 x 1135 for more information, before January 27, 1994. Anyone interested in playing one of the two parts should mail his or her resume and photo to: Film and Television Conservatory Florida State University at Sarasota 5555 North Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34234 FAX: (813) 359-5762 We will cover transportation and lodging for chosen actors. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 1994 16:58:50 -0600 (CST) From: bob frost Subject: Chinese Language Studies I would like to get the wides possible coverage for information about an arrangement between Jinan University and the University of Wisconsin for Chinese language classes from beginning to advanced in both Mandarin and/or Cantonese. The cost is so attractive, it makes a semester or year of study available to a very wide group of students. One semester will cost $2,900 and two semesters will cost $4,800 including tuition, fees, housing in two bedded rooms with bath AND ROUND-TRIP TRANSPORTATION from Los Angeles. Classes include beginning to advanced, classical Chinese, literature and poetry, Chinese computing, character writing, history, ancient culture, painting, music, etc. They are offered for University of Wisconsin resident credit. A 3.0 gpa is required. If you have addresses or contacts where I can send this information, it would be very much appreciated. C. Robert Frost, Director Center for International Education University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Eau Claire, WI 54702 (715) 836-4411 frostc@uwec.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 06:56:34 -0305 From: amin_br%IREARN.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu Subject: China Economic Review CHINA ECONOMIC REVIEW Published monthly, China Economic Review contains a wealth of potentially profitable information about the world's most exciting market. Join the more than 5,000 organizations who are currently benefiting from the magazine's unrivalled coverage of the People Republic of China. One year subscription to China Economic Review costs US$ 145 for UK/Europe and US$ 162 for all other countries. To subscribe, e-mail Vanessa Berry on ness@alain.demon.co.uk and provide her with your fax number. Subsription information will be faxed to you accordingly. China Economic Review is published by Alain Charles Publishing, Alain Charles House, 27 Wilfred Street, London SW1E 6PR, England Tel: +44 71 834 7676 Fax: +44 71 973 0076 E-mail: ness@alain.demon.co.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 15:31:03 -0400 (EDT) From: NINI@PROVO1.WM.EDU Subject: Information on Harbin I am sending out a message to all Chinese students on the network in hopes of obtaining information about Harbin. I am a Chinese-American who was born and raised in the Philippines. My mother left Harbin as a small child and has never been back since. She is now, in our best estimation, around 57 (she does not know). I would very much like to search for her parents, or at least find out what became of them. She thinks she was an adopted child whose mother was Japanese (she remembers her neighbors telling her this). This of course is all conjecture, relying very heavily on the memories of a 6 or seven year old child. She does remember some important facts like the street where she lives, her parents names and the name of her father's photo studio. I had always wanted to find out more about her, but never gotten around to doing anything. Well, last night, out of nowhere, I just got the urge to call China. I can speak mandarin, albeit, very rusty, so that came in handy. I really had no plan of action, but I called directory assistance (in Beijing)to find out the number in Harbin for the city hall? the place where they kept birth certificates? After fumbling around, the very nice operator found me a number in Harbin for what I think is the census bureau? Anyhow, I called that number and was told that all paperwork from that era is gone. He suggested that I write him with all the details I have and he would see what he could do for me. It was heartening to know that he recognized the street name my mother gave me. I will of course write to this man, but would like to learn more about how the bureacracy works over there, particularly in Harbin. Am I barking up the wrong tree? I have other plans in mind - finding a map of Harbin and possibly mass producing pictures of my mother and letters and mailing it to everyone on that street, etc. Also, I would like to know if there is a directory of Phone numbers in Harbin? Is there another route I can take? Anyhow, any information will be appreciated. Send me an e-mail message and include your telephone number. Thanks everyone, I have my fingers crossed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 27 Jan 1994 19:06:03 -0500 From: kxz@po.CWRU.Edu (Kan Zhang) Subject: Looking for legal advice in an auto-accident case Dear Friends, I friend of mine was involved in an auto accident two weeks ago, and he needs some legal advises from you. Here is the whole story about this case: My friend was driving on I-40 from North Carolina on his way to Michigan. It was snowing, and road was very slippery. When he just made a turn and headed a bridge, he noticed that the car in front of him was standing still. He was barely made an emergency stop right behind the stopping car and a big truck behind hit him hard and pushed his car colliding against the car in front of him. This was a chin accident with five vehicle involved. He was number four in this chin. Fortunately, nobody was severely injured, but my friend's car was damaged the worst and got totalled. The big truck behind him was almost unhurt at all. NC police came to the site and gave citations to all drivers for "failed to reduce the speed". (don't know why, may be in bad weather, speed should be half the normal limit?). My friend did slow down to 50m/hr on a 65m/hr limit road. He eventually got back to his Michigan home on the next day, and was able to think about the settlement last week. He doesn't have the collision coverage for his car and is hoping to get some compensation from the truck driver's insurance company. Both his and trucks insurance company called him for more information and today he was told since every driver was cited, this meant all of them were guilty. Then NC law says in this case, every body should take care of himself only. He was also told don't try to hire a lawyer, he has no chance to win this case. In this accident, the car in front of him got a broken tail light, the truck behind him didn't get any damage. For him, a law-abide Chinese, he got couple of small cuts on his face, his car was totalled, he paid $60 for the citation ticket, he paid a overnight hotel charge, airplane ticket himself. his TV, microwave oven and other belongings were broken, local junk yard in NC will charge him $7 a day if he doesn't agree to give this car to them for free, he have been paying his insurance premium for more than two years and didn't even get a suggestion from them (ho no, got a suggestion -- Do not try to file a law suit). I finished hearing this story with a lot of anger. I'm not a lawyer but I just feel some thing here is not right. So I'm posting his case to our net-friends and IFCSS. Any body out there has some suggestions? You can send your suggestion to me by E-mail or call him/her at (313) 998-0344 Sun Li Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: NLUO@msvax.mssm.edu Date: Thu, 27 Jan 1994 15:14:33 -0500 (EST) Subject: Progress report on the petition letter to improve Liu Gang's prison condition Dear editor, This is a progress report on the recent developments pertaining to the petition letter to improve the prison condition of Liu Gang. Luo Ning -------- cut here -------- The Effort to Improve Liu Gang and Other Political Prisoners' Prison Conditions In early 1993 a letter from Liu Gang, a graduate student of Peking University who was imprisoned after June 4, 1989, was smuggled to overseas news media. According to the letter and other information published by overseas news media, Liu Gang was severely tortured in Lingyuan Prison, Liaoning Province. Liaoning's prison system was infamous for inhuman treatment of prisoners during the Cultural Revolution, such as cutting the throat of Ms. Zhang Zhixin, a political prisoner in the 1970's, to prevent her from speaking before her execution. Concerning the lives of Liu Gang and other political prisoners, in July of 1993, 1144 overseas Chinese students and scholars, wrote a letter to Jiang Zemin, Li Peng and other government leaders, demanding immediate investigations and stopping of any torture or other inhuman treatments to Liu Gang and other political prisoners, improving their living and medical conditions, punishing those who tortured Liu Gang. They also requested permission from Chinese Government for sending overseas CSS volunteer delegation to Lingyuan Prison. Since then, the initiators of the letter sent several letters to those government leaders, urging them to respond. On Sept.14, 1993, the State Education Commission replied. They claimed that 1. there was no torture toward Liu Gang; 2. Chinese Government had hosted foreigners to visit Chinese prisons before; 3. Overseas CSS were welcome to visit the homeland. The initiators, while forwarding this message to co-signers, began to organize an overseas CSS volunteer delegation by contacting the NYC Consulate General and calling for volunteers in the computer networks, after receiving the letter from SEC. Many students and scholars replied the call and volunteered to be the members of the delegation. In October Consul Hu Hongliang from NYC Consulate General met some initiators in Buffalo. On December 10 Consul Hu and Consul Ai held an informal talk with nine of the initiators during their visit in Buffalo. They passed SEC's attitude toward this issue: 1. Liu Gang was not tortured. 2. SEC would not help in the application for permit for the CSS delegations' visiting. 3. SEC would not host the CSS delegation. 4. Permission from the Ministry of Justice was required for visiting any prison. They told the initiators that, to their knowledge, there was no chance to get such a permission according to the Chinese law. The initiators declared their belief that the people have the constitutional rights and obligations to supervise their government and its operation, which certainly includes the judicial system. Accordingly, the initiators emphasized, the government should not evade this essence of issue by quoting its administrative and technical regulations. The initiators wrote to the Ministry of Justice again. On December 31, 1993 the Ministry of Justice replied. They refused to issue a permit for the CSS delegation to visit Lingyuan Prison. They said that 1. nobody except the relatives could visit prisoners, according to the law; 2. journalists from Liao4 Wang4 (Look Out) and Beijing Review had visited Liu Gang and clearly negated, in their reports, the news about inhuman treatment towards Liu Gang. Recently there was a report that Lingyuan Prison banned Liu Gang's relatives from meeting him, with the excuse that he might have bad mood after the meeting. In view of this, the initiators emphasize further the need to have independent investigations of Liu Gang's case. They believe that stopping torture and improving the prison condition of Liu Gang and other political prisoners will help improving the conditions of human rights in China, as well as China's image in the world and is therefore for the best interest of China. They convey thanks to the co-signers of the letter and all CSS for their support. They think that the improvement of human rights' condition in China needs persistent effort and their willing not to give up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 02 Feb 1994 11:55:21 -0600 (CST) From: U25096%UICVM.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu Subject: Chinese New Year Celebration Night at Chicago Chinese New Year Eve Celebration ================================ Dear Fellow Chinese Students: If you are thinking about a place to go on the Eve of Chinese New Year, here is some good news for you. CSSA Chicago (Chinese Student/Scholar Association of Greater Chicago Area) is organizing a grand celebration get-together for you and your family on Feb. 9 at IIT Hermann Hall. Activities include: (1) performance show, 7-9pm, auditorium; (2) raffle; (3) movie, 9-11pm, auditorium; (4) dance party, 9pm-1am, ballroom. >From 7 to 9 pm., in the Auditorium Theater, you can enjoy a unique performance given by a group of professional and amateur artists from Chicago area. The performance team includes Zhang Nan (officially named China National First Class Dance Performer); Wang Ke-fe (Chief Cellist in Chicago Civic Orchestra) and many others. The $5/$3 ticket also includes one free chance for the raffle with dozens of items to be given away. A Chinese movie named "Phoenix Town" will be played in the Auditorium after the show. >From 9pm. to 1 am., a dance party will be held in the Grand Ball Room. 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