From @UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU:owner-china-nt@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU Thu Jun 23 01:30:33 1994 Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 22:32:39 EDT Reply-To: Bo Peng Sender: China-Net From: Bo Peng Subject: Chinese Community Forum (#9434) Comments: To: china-nt@uga.cc.uga.edu To: Multiple recipients of list CHINA-NT Status: RO ==+==+==+== C h i n e s e C o m m u n i t y F o r u m ==+==+==+=== Wednesday, June 22, 1994 (No. 9434) +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Chinese Community Forum (CCF) is an e-journal published on China-Net. CCF is dedicated to the discussion on the issues related to the Chinese community. The opinions expressed here do not necessarily represent the views of the Editorial Board of CCF. Contributions to the discussions and suggestions of new topics are very much appreciated. +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= # of Table of Contents Author | Lines ===========***==========***==========**==========***==========***=========== -*- Expos'e -*- A Young Generation for a New IFCSS -- Campaign for the Sixth Term IFCSS Presidency........................Xing Zheng/Liu Yuhe 134 Announcing Candidacies for IFCSS President and Vice President .................................................Luo Ning/Liu Chengyan 225 ===========***==========***==========**==========***==========***=========== -- From The Editor -- Here it is, folks! The first-time ever exposure of IFCSS presidential candidates directly in front of the CSS general public. If you feel a pressing urge to let out a cheer or a scream after reading the campaign announcements, remember that CCF is always here for you. Or better yet, let it out to the delegates to the IFCSS Convention from your local CSS organization. Or still better yet, let it out there, at the Convention, yourself. Democracy is meaningless unless the ideas and proposals are subject to sufficient public exposure and debate. Therefore, we are planning to take it one step further by carrying a Q&A issue on the candidates. If you have any questions you would like to direct to either or both of the candidates, you may send them to us. We will relay the questions accordingly, and put the questions and answers together in the next issue of CCF. In order for the candidates to have time to reply, please send in your questions by the coming Sunday. Alternatively, you may contact the candidates directly, either requesting a private reply or asking them to relay the answers to us. Turning to a lighter side of life, yes, Mundial 94! Is it not ironic that China, the nation with the biggest human population as well as soccer-fan population, does not have a team to show the world in World Cup? We know many CSS are soccer fans and experts in the theory of soccer. What do you think are the problems in Chinese soccer? Any bet on when the Chinese team can squeeze its way out of the Asian Pacific group, or, for that matter, have a taste of the World Cup Championship? ===========***==========***==========**==========***==========***=========== A Young Generation for a New IFCSS -- Campaign for the Sixth Term IFCSS Presidency -- Xing Zheng Cornell University Liu Yuhe University of Oklahoma June 22, 1994 Dear Fellow Chinese Students and Scholars, We, Xing Zheng and Liu Yuhe, hereby announce our decision to campaign for the sixth term President and Vice-President of the Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars in the United States (IFCSS). During the past five years, the IFCSS has made tremendous efforts with admirable achievements in representing and protecting the interests of the Chinese students and scholars; in fulfilling the obligation of helping advancing our motherland and the Chinese community in the US; as well as in promoting the value of freedom, democracy and human rights. However, it is far from satisfactory. Today, while honoring the efforts and achievements of the IFCSS, we see many problems with and new challenges to this organization. As long term local CSSA activists and CSS community organizers in the past years, we are clearly aware of the demands and interests of our fellows because we have been one of them; We have come across so many occasions together with our fellows in local and regional Chinese community activities, sharing the same feelings and passions, because we care our community; We have contributed our share of energy and time in numerous efforts to constructively and significantly build up our local organization and the IFCSS because we recognize the necessity of healthy and strong organizations backing up our fellow Chinese students and scholars scattered in this land.With the same philosophy, we look forward to seeing a stronger and more respectable national organization that will truly represent the Chinese students and scholars; will protect the interests of the entire Chinese student community; will advance the development of a mature Chinese community without segregating it from the mainstream society; and will promote culture and science exchanges between our motherland and the U.S. with a firm stand on its independence and without sacrificing our pursuit for democracy. Dear fellows, we have confidence in you and in ourselves. We are confident not only because we share the same feelings and desires with our firm commitment for a stronger IFCSS, but also because we have gained experience by involving ourselves in the Chinese community activities, locally or nationwide. We actively promoted the IFCSS health insurance program, worked with other activists on the successful operation of the IFCSS Education Fund for primary and middle-school teachers and students in China, coordinated the effort seeking for justice for Zhao Hua's death, promoted strongly for the new comers' protection, played leading role in the IFCSS Council and among some long time IFCSS activists, participated in the activities protesting the CBS report hurting the community. However, the more we are involved in the IFCSS, the more seriously we are concerned with the IFCSS, as we voiced out on various occasions before. We are concerned with the lack of clear vision on the direction of development and long term plan for the IFCSS as a community organization; We are concerned with its significant decrease of public interest and participation and its lack of respect towards the grassroots Chinese student organizations; We are dissatisfied with its lack of continuity and consistency in policy-making and project implementation, its stagnancy of professionalization and its intricate internal factions. These problems were reflected in several sharp twists and turns in the IFCSS in the past year, such as the interests of the new comers and the IFCSS finance dispute and so forth. These twists and turns profoundly disclosed the immaturity and the urgent need of reforming the IFCSS. Facing these problems as well as new challenges (such as more and more new and younger students being involved in the IFCSS), we believe that, while standing firmly on the principles defined by its Constitution, the IFCSS is in urgent need of new blood with new thinking, new policies with new projects, new working spirit with firm commitment, and new practice with down-to-the-earth working style and absolute compliance with its rules. It is the time for changes. For this purpose, we will reveal in the coming weeks our campaign platform, which includes our plans for: the Construction of a Chinese Community; Community Service (including General Protection and New Comers Protection); Connection to Grassroots CSS and Professional Organizations; Enhancement of CSS Involvement in US Mainstream Society; IFCSS Professionalization; Promotion of the Exchange Programs with China; Efforts of Improving Human Rights in China, and so on. Dear fellow students and scholars, by presenting us to you, we are presenting a formal commitment to making IFCSS the true representative of our members, making the Headquarters the down-to-the-earth working place for you, and making full use of our predecessors' experiences and achievements for the benefits of our members. We are young, but we have the courage to accept the challenges. Now, we are turning to you, our fellow students and scholars, by inviting you to join our efforts. We invite your comments, inputs, as well as criticisms on all the subjects that concern you and the IFCSS. We invite your evaluation on our platform to make it stronger and more feasible in fulfilling the common will of most CSS in the U.S.A. Dear fellows, it will be an honor to us if you contact us. Also, we sincerely hope that you will come to join us in the IFCSS 6th Convention. We firmly believe that, by standing together with you, we will make a difference -- a stronger and better IFCSS. ********************************* Attachment: Our Personal Profile ----------------------------------------------------------------------- President Candidate Vice-President Candidate ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Xing2 Zheng1 Liu2 Yu4 He2 Sex and DOB Male, Aug. 1962 Male, April 2, 1957 Date Arriving US August, 1990 August, 1990 Current Status F-1 (Ph.D Candidate) H-1 (Part-time Ph.D Cand.) School of Study Cornell University University of Oklahoma CSS Community Experience *CSSA Council Member, *Co-Chair, the IFCSS 4th U. Calif. San Diego Term Council (1992-1993) (1992-1993) *CSSA President, *Assistant Chair,the IFCSS Cornell U. New Comers Committee (1993-1994) (1994-Present) *Coordinator, IFCSS *SCSS President, Univ. of Education Fund Oklahoma (1994-Present) (1994-Present) *Coordinator, IFCSS *Chair, the IFCSS V Club Special Coordination (1994-Present) Group on Zhao Hua's Incident Phone 607 277 3288 405 325 9355 E-mail zx11@cornell.edu yuhe@tornado.gcn.uoknor.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ===========***==========***==========**==========***==========***=========== Announcing Candidacies for IFCSS President and Vice President Luo Ning and Liu Chengyan Dear fellow Chinese students and scholars: We are hereby announcing our candidacies for the President and the Vice President of the Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars (IFCSS). We would like to take this opportunity to share with you why we are running for the office, what you can expect from our term, and how we are going to conduct it if we are elected. We have attached our biographic information at the end of this announcement for your detailed reference. With the support of its constituents and the hard work of many Chinese student and scholar (CSS) activists, through points of high and low, IFCSS has become a symbol of the CSS community, source of help and inspiration, and a ground where we can come together, interact, and make contributions to the development of our organization, our community and our homeland. In essence, IFCSS is an institution truly of our own. At the same time, it has accomplished several tasks which are far beyond what an ordinary CSS organization could do, and is still today the most influential CSS organization at the national level in this country. However, what IFCSS is faced with now is no less challenging than before. Five years after "6.4", with CSPA and MFN lobbying activities entered into the history book, IFCSS is now at the crossroads. If IFCSS ignores the problems accumulated in the past few years and the changes in the composition of CSS and their concerns, if the trend of decreasing participation continues, if we the constituents do not rise to the occasion and meet the challenges, IFCSS may soon lose its legitimacy as an organization representing the CSS community in the US. This is indeed the time for all CSS to reflect what and how IFCSS has done in the past and to ponder over what and how IFCSS ought to do next. IFCSS is not and should not become a political organization. The goals of IFCSS designated by its constitution can never be achieved by a few people working in the Headquarters alone, or a small circle of "elite activists". The current orientation and operation modes of IFCSS, which may have helped in some of IFCSS's past successes, are not adequate for the organization to face the new challenges of the coming era. If we are elected, we will work with you earnestly and diligently to resolve the problems which hinder the participation of CSS in IFCSS in order to re-earn your trust in IFCSS, to restore the credibility and protect the integrity of IFCSS, to build a professionalized non-profit organization which can stand the test of time, and to renew the sense of pride in our organization with vision, standard, and determination. We will ensure that IFCSS does represent the CSS community, its majority views on major issues, its diversity in orientations and pursuits, and in particular, its concerns with and participation in the economic, social and political development of China as well as our community itself. We are announcing our candidacies now because we are convinced that only by reaching out early and directly to the CSS community, could we have sufficient time and opportunities to communicate with you, the true constituents of IFCSS, on whose behalf we shall run our campaign. We will present our positions on important issues and our platform in the following weeks before the Annual Convention of IFCSS on July, 21-25. All comments, questions and criticisms are welcome. We appeal to you for support. If you feel the same way as we do about the future of IFCSS and our community, please join in our crusade for a more representative IFCSS and more prosperous community! Together, we CAN do it! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Biographic information of Luo Ning: Last Name: Luo (camel) First Name: Ning (tranquility) Research Associate Department of Physiology and Biophysics Mount Sinai School of Medicine One Gustave L. Levy Place New York, NY 10029 Tel: (212)241-1613 E-mail: nluo@msvax.mssm.edu Home phone & FAX: (718)426-1963 Education: Undergraduate study in physics, Lanzhou University, 1973-1976 Graduate study in physics, Zhejiang University, 1979-1981 PhD in physics, Cornell University, 1981-1987 (came to US through the first year nation-wide CUSPEA program) Career Experiences: 1971.8-1973.8: Farmer (cha1 dui4) Ning County, Gansu 1976.9-1979.8: Technician Wuhan Iron and Steel Company 1987.6-1988.5: Lecturer Dept. of Physics, Cornell University 1988.7-1989.2: Visiting Scholar Dept. of Physics, State University of New York, Buffalo Research area: Solid state physics, high Tc superconductivity 1989.3-1992.11: Postdoctoral Research Affiliate Dept. of Biophysics Roswell Park Cancer Institute Research area: Computer simulation and modeling of biomolecular interactions 1993.1-now: Research Associate Department of Physiology and Biophysics Mount Sinai School of Medicine Research area: Computational and theoretical studies of radiation damages to DNA. Other experiences: Participated in drafting the open letter protesting the "Anti-bourseois Liberalization Campaign" (1987) (the letter was signed by thousands of overseas Chinese students and scholars) Drafted by-laws for two local Chinese student and scholar associations (CSSA) (Cornell University, 1987; SUNY at Buffalo, 1989) Member of coordinating group for Upstate New York CSSA's (1989.6-7) Delegate to IFCSS annual conventions (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993) Member of Supervisory Committee, IFCSS, (1990.7-1991.7) Member of Board of Directors, June Fourth Memorial Fund Buffalo, New York (1991-1992) Member of Board of Directors, China Academic Link, (1993.1-1994.6) Vice President and member of Board of Directors, America-China Exchange Promotion (1993-1994) Editor-in-Chief of network journal "Chinese Community Forum" (1993.9-1994.4) IFCSS CBS Incident Committee, East Coordinator Conference: "China: The Crisis of 1989" (February 1990) State University of New York, Buffalo Co-organizer Conference proceeding: "China: The Crisis of 1989. Origins and Implications" Roger V DesForges, Luo Ning and Wu Yen-bo eds. (1990) Council on International Studies and Programs, State University of New York at Buffalo, Special Studies No. 158 Vols I and II. Book: "Chinese Democracy and the Crisis of 1989. Chinese and American Reflections" Roger V DesForges, Luo Ning and Wu Yen-bo eds. State University of New York Press, Albany, 1993. Hobbies: Reading histories, novels, essays, etc.; Traveling by car, camping in mountains, swimming; Discussing with friends on unconfined topics; Wandering about the netland. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Biographic information of Liu Chengyan: Name: Chengyan Liu Economics Department Washington University St. Louis, MO 63130 e-mail: cliu@wuecon.wustl.edu Tel: (314)-726-7971 Education 1980.9-1984.6 National University of Defense & Tech. 1987.9-1990.12 Automation Insititute of Ministry of Machinary & Electronic Industry (AIMMEI) 1991.9-present Washington University at St. Louis Other Experiences 1984.7-1987.8 System Analyst Tianjing Software Company 1991.1-1991.7 Branch Manager Changsha Optical Instruments Company Activities Graduate Students Coordinator for pro-demoncratic demonstrations at AIMMEI, withdraw from TAM Square June 4th around 7:20 a.m. (1989.5-6) Delegate to IFCSS 5th Congress (1993) One of the founding members of LCnet (1993.7) LCnet News Release Editor-in-Chief (1993.7) Chair, LCs Working Committee (1993.8-9) Great St. Louis Chinese Club secretary (1993.8-1994.2) Chair, IFCSS New Comers Working Committee (1993.10-1994.6) IFCSS E-fund selection committee member (1993.10-1994.6) Chinese Economists Society (since 1993.10) IFCSS Consultation Service Committee member (1994.2-1994.6) CND Writer Coordinator (1994.1-1994.6) CND Source Coordinator (1994.4-1994.6) CND Global Coordinator (1994.5-1994.6) IFCSS CBS Incident Committee Mid-West Coordinator and Spokesman (since 1994.5) Hobbies Soccer, Philatelist, Classic Music, Travel +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=++ + Executive Editor: Bo Peng + + Asocciate Executive Editor: Ming Cheng + + Executive Moderator: Weihe Guan + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + For subscription: mail "SUB CHINA-NT Your-First-Name Your-Last-Name" + + to LISTSERV@UGA (bitnet) or listserv@uga.cc.uga.edu (internet) + + For unsubscription: mail "UNSUB CHINA-NT" to the above e-address + + For back issues of CCF: + + anonymous ftp to: cnd.org[132.249.229.100]: pub/community/CCF + + gopher to cnd.org: 2. 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