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In This Issue


CSS Today Man of the Year: HUANG Lin


By CSS Today

If there is any single event significant to mention for CSS in 1994, it is CBS-IC's outstanding work that led to the victory of CSS in getting the media giant CBS to apologize for its unjustified report; if there is any individual significant to mention in CSS community in 1994, it is Mr. HUANG Lin, the national coordinator of CBS-IC, that played a key role in making the CSS history. CSS Today proudly selects Mr. HUANG Lin as the Man of the Year of 1994.


The Man Who Dare Stand Out


By LIN Xiping/CSS Today

HUANG Lin, better known in the networld as "Mi Mi, Sr.", is undoubtedly the man to mark for what he has done in this year: He led a group of Chinese students and scholars (CSS) to challenge CBS, one of the largest TV network in the US, and succeeded in making CBS to hear and concede.

After the broadcast of CBS News of its May 19, 1994 "Eye on America", which spit the spy suspicion on all Chinese in the US, so many people were so angry that the net was jammed with protesting messages from the CSS community. It was HUANG Lin who stood out and led this protest into a coordinated nationwide effort with the formation of the CBS Incident Committee (CBS-IC).

This is not a light commitment. Not only he has to share the work loads as the other members of the active core of CBS-IC, which means all their spare time (and more!) during the summer and the two months after that they could devote to their study, career or family, but also he has to bear the heat, pressure and blames from all sides mostly alone.

This is a perilous journey that HUANG Lin had never prepared for himself before he jumped into the boat. In hindsight, one might trace back to his family background for some clues about his determination: his family suffered a great deal back in China during the Cultural Revolution because some members of the family in his grandfather and father generations had studied in the West. For all those who had come through that period of ordeal know that to them the label of "imperialist spy" was a matter of course. However, even HUANG Lin himself did not realize this at the beginning, though, like many other CSS, he was so deeply upset about the incident. To all who knew him, he was just an ordinary engineering graduate student who was about to write up his dissertation and find a job and settle his family down in a decent life. Although he was not unknown before on netland, --he was quite active in the "Later Arriving Dependents (LADS)" net under the name "Mi Mi, Sr."--this time it was an entirely different order of magnitude. He got frustrated many times and lost temper in others. He had wondered again and again whether it was all worth it to spend time screening hundreds of messages each day, to channel the energy of anger into systematic studies, to shield the political attacks away from those working in the CBS-IC, to endure the internal conflicts of IFCSS, and to network with other Chinese community organizations which each has its own agenda and priorities. He could have spent time more enjoyably with his beautiful and talented daughter, Mi Mi, to prepare for her scholarship, or to finish the project his professor had assigned to him at the beginning of the summer.

Fortunately, he has a group of sturdy friends and comrades who stand firm side by side with him all the way through. That's what has made the difference. Individually, the Chinese community makes up one of the top quality group of this society in terms of talent, education, career achievement, and even wealth. However, collectively our strength has been pale in comparison. Somehow we have yet to learn the art, science and engineering of associating ourselves together to advance our community.

That is why we elect HUANG Lin as the man of the year of 1994, for he is the representative of a group of new breed, whose accomplished mission has illustrated what can be achieved if we are true to our conviction and to each other, and dare stand out.


Profile of HUANG Lin


By CSS Today

Mr. HUANG Lin, a.k.a. Mi Mi Sr. is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering of City University of New York. HUANG Lin was one of the founding members of the Internet LADs-l Committee, which was formed on July 26, 1993, to help the later-arriving-dependents (LADs)of the CSPA principles. Since Mr. HUANG's daughter, Mi Mi was stranded in China at that time, he used Mi Mi Sr. as his pen name in the networks. The LADs-l Committee has not only helped many thousands of LADs to apply for Green Cards, but also launched a very aggressive lobby effort to relocate LADs population into the world-wide pool, hoping to speed up the immigration process for LADs and save precious China quota for later-comer students.

Mr. HUANG Lin's other efforts include helping CSPA beneficiaries to obtain in-state-tuition-status, fighting to find the truth of the death of ZHAO Hua, a home-visiting students of University of Wisconsin at Madison, who died at HuaShan Hospital in Shanghai, and recent death of YANG Xiaohong, who died at Guiyang police headquarters without any plausible explanations. Huang Lin currently serves as the Chairman of the IFCSS Committee of Civil Rights.


In Search of a National CSS Agenda


By Eddie Cheng

Although the current IFCSS President LUO Ning won his election by a Clintonesque campaign, he did not have a handy slogan, "It's the Economy, Stupid!", when he needed it. Such triviality would be unworthwhile to mention had it no deeper implications.

Ask any IFCSS activists around you (if there are any, that is) to fill in the blank "It's the ..., Stupid", chances are that you get no answer. It would be another matter if there were too many different answers, but it is more dangerous when there is none.

Simply put, there is no longer a national CSS agenda.

IFCSS was born out of the outrage towards the 6.4. massacre and as such maintains a high moral and emotional attachment to ideology and politics. Her agenda in the following years were dominated by issues associated with the aftermath, notably the lobbying on MFN and CSPA. Those were the days when a speech made by an IFCSS VIP could actually get criticized in the name of CSS and/or Chinese people. That time has since passed.

Today, the famed "internal fights" are still going on, only having deteriorated into an endless quarrel over such noble issues as who spent or overspent how much money on what without whose approval, who went to which Chinese embassy/consulate as what for what and said or did what, who should apologize to whom on what, who will sue whom, etc. etc.

Such things may have indeed crucial importance in keeping intact an organization. It bears no meaning on, however, the purpose for the existence of such an organization.

After the MFN and CSPA, the human rights issue quiets down. The current HQ practically gives up on this agenda. The HR banner is, of course, promptly grasped and upheld by a group of IFCSS veterans who publish a regular journal "Dignity", independent of the IFCSS (just like, ironically, the CSS-Today, or earlier on, the CAL/AEIC).

One issue that had some national impact is the so-called civil rights, led by a campaign against a CBS news report. It is beyond the scope of this commentary to give a detailed assessment to this issue (which the author hopes to address in forthcoming ones). Suffice to say here that such issues tend to be short-lived. The unique character and quality of the CSS community dictates that there is no need (nor desire) for a cry-baby organization like the NAACP or the Jewish Anti-Deformation League.

We see today that the IFCSS is having an agenda crisis. For her uniqueness, IFCSS can not survive on regional or national special interest services alone, like so many other CSS organizations. IFCSS is also having an identity crisis. The choice between placing her root in mainland China to stake out a bigger influence and being content here to cater the new CSS immigrants will become the anchor point on her future.

It seems as though, the current IFCSS officers are too busy in their own financial and unity crises. They may continue to quarrel, but their voices are dimmed. Before long, perhaps, "It's Adieus, Stupid!"


YANG Jie Describes His Trip to Chinese Embassy


By LIU Zhuo/CSS Today

The Chinese embassy officials seem to still hold "no contact" policy towards IFCSS, the IFCSS HQ officer YANG Jie told CSS Today reporter in a recent interview. Mr. Yang made an appearance in the Chinese embassy at Washington, D.C. last month, and attempted to hand a letter from IFCSS president LUO Ning to the visiting Chinese Vice Premier LI Lanqing but failed. The letter (from LUO Ning) was accepted by LI Lanqing but was immediately taken over by Ambassador LI Daoyu and handed back to me," Yang said. While the Ambassador knows IFCSS very well, the visiting Vice Premier seemed to be in the dark, according to Yang.

On November 4, 1994, YANG Jie was invited as one of local student leaders representing CGSA of University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) to attend a press conference and reception party sponsored by PRC Embassy in Washington, DC for LI Lanqing's working visit to the United States. YANG Jie's name was printed on the invitation letter from the Embassy on behalf of Ambassador LI Daoyu. The name list of students attending the reception was provided by leaders of local student organizations, Yang said.

The press conference lasted about 30 minutes and then interested individuals were invited to take pictures with LI Lanqing and his wife. At the moment when LI Lanqing left the photo-taking site, accompanied by Ambassador LI Daoyu and other embassy staff, "I caught an opportunity and handed over LUO Ning's letter to Mr. LI Lanqing", YANG recalled. YANG told LI that "This is a letter of IFCSS President LUO Ning. It is a letter to you." LI himself accepted it without reluctance and quietly passed it over to his staff (maybe secretary) beside him.

Ambassador LI Daoyu overheard the exchange and came over to YANG, asking what it was. "It is a letter of IFCSS President LUO Ning to Vice Premier LI Lanqing", YANG replied. As long as Ambassador LI Daoyu realized that it was something to do with IFCSS, he promptly grabbed the letter back from the secretary and returned it to YANG, preventing LI Lanqing's staff member from accepting the letter.

After the attempt to deliver the letter to LI Lanqing failed, YANG Jie stayed another 20 minutes or so at the embassy, talking to students from other local campuses and some diplomats of the embassy.

YANG later mailed the letter to Ambassador LI Daoyu on November 8, 1994, asking him to forward it to LI Lanqing, whose current visit in the US was about two weeks. Additional copy was faxed and sent to Mr. HE Jinqiu, newly arrived ministry consular of education. On November 28, 1994, the letter was sent directly to LI Lanqing's office in Beijing. "We are waiting for the responses," YANG Jie told the reporter.


LUO Ning Raises Three Points in His Letter to LI Lanqing


By LIU Zhuo/CSS Today

In his recent letter to the visiting Chinese Vice Premier LI Lanqing, the IFCSS president LUO Ning briefly introduces IFCSS and proposes three areas in which IFCSS and Chinese government agencies and concerned institutions could collaborate potentially in the future. The three areas are: information collection and status assessment of home returning CSS, education rescue and other exchange programs, and cultural heritage promotion in US.

CSS Today has acquired a copy of the letter of LUO Ning. The text is as follows:

"As you commence your official visit to the Unites States, I would like to, on behalf of the Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars (IFCSS), extend my welcome to you and all members of your delegation. We wish you all have a pleasant and fruitful experience during your visit. At the same time, we would like to take this opportunity to share with you briefly what IFCSS' role has been in our community and what we propose to do to contribute to the development of China and further promote exchanges between US and China.

"IFCSS is a national organization with more than two hundred local chapters representing over 60,000 Chinese students, scholars and professionals in the US. Over the past five years, IFCSS has demonstrated its strong leadership capacity in mobilizing its available resources to advocate and protect the rights and interests of its members. At the same time, we have tried to exert our influence in the US Congress and other governmental institutions by way of enhancing American people's knowledge and understanding of the social, political and economic situations in China.

"What China has accomplished economically in the last fifteen years is as impressive as it is encouraging to us who hope to see her prosper. As China continues to pursue its reform and open policy, those of us who have graduated from the universities here or are about to conclude our study feel strongly that it is our historical responsibility to participate in and contribute to the unprecedented social, economic and cultural transformation that is taking place in our motherland even as we speak. In light of this, we would like to propose the following:

"First of all, we would welcome an opportunity to explore with concerned agencies or organizations in China possible collaborative projects to help the students and scholars here to make more informed choices and better adjust to the changed environment at home, whether they are thinking of a short-term visit or long-term settlement. While we appreciate the special provisions the government has made to accommodate our diverse needs, we realize, as you too may be well aware, that the major obstacles to our returning home permanently remains the fear of unwarranted institutional and bureaucratic constraints and the lack of legal protection over the academic, educational or business exchange activities carried out by overseas students and scholars returning to China. Therefore we would like to conduct a realistic assessment of the situation of those of our friends and colleagues who have returned to China to seek career opportunities in academic, business and professional advancement. Meanwhile, the database of those of us with various expertise and interests that our placement center plans to develop can definitely help institutions in China willing to recruit overseas talents find the right match.

"Secondly, we need the cooperation of the government and concerned institutions in carrying out some of our projects that intend to provide help to teachers and students in remote impoverished areas to continue basic education; to help inland, more secluded regions to access and benefit from the information and technological know-how from abroad; and to promote exchange, dialogue and collaboration between the students and scholars who choose to stay here and their Chinese colleagues at home in the fields of education, science and technology, environmental protection, etc.

"Thirdly, in order to preserve and promote our cultural heritage in the emerging community of new immigrants from China, we would like the government and concerned institutions to provide us with textbooks and audio-video tapes suitable for children and adults living in the US to learn Chinese language and the rudiments of Chinese culture. In the last two years we have witnessed the heartening growth of some Chinese languages schools founded by Chinese students and scholars; we would like to help support and nourish them. We expect that Chinese textbooks and audio-video tapes produced for educational purposes will be in great demand and will be extremely welcome in the US. We believe that it is in the best interest of China and the US and the world in general to build a good relationship between the two peoples on the basis of genuine understanding and appreciation of each other's culture and tradition. Historically the overseas Chinese in the US have played an instrumental role in enhancing the mutual understanding of the two nations. We believe that such mutual understanding will become more and more important in the days to come.

"Thank you for your favorable consideration of our proposal. We look forward to hearing your response."


IFCSS Representative Discusses China's HR With US Physicists


By HU Sen

On Dec. 15, 1994, experts in the United States hold a conference on statistical physics at Rutgers University, New Jersey. During the meeting a special session was devoted on topic of China's human rights. The conference organizers invited Ms. Sophia Woodman from China Human Rights to give a presentation on China's human rights. Dr. HU Sen representing IFCSS also gave a short presentation.

On the same day it was announced in China that Mr. KANG Yuchun is sentenced to 17 years in jail and Mr. HU Yuchun 20 years in jail because they had tried to form independent organizations. The audience were made aware of these sentences. Several other cases compiled by Mr. ZHANG Yalai of IFCSS' humanitarian committee such as the harassment to Mrs. DING Zhilin, the ban of Mr. FANG Zheng from an international competition were also distributed to the audience.

During the meeting the participants raised several concerns. One of the main discussion was on whether to boycott the coming meeting at Xiamen which is a continuation of this meeting next summer for improving China's human rights. Sophia Woodman and HU Sen did not favor this idea. They argued that to boycott the meeting won't bring any impact to China's human rights. The best way to bring about improvement to China's human rights situation is to have interactions with rather than to be away from China. Most of the participants were convinced after their presentation. The organizer Prof. Lebowitz is an prestigious scientists in statistical physics who is also a champion in human rights for several decades. Prof. Lebowitz is currently a Board member of China Human Rights in New York.


Can A President Be Popular While His Policies Aren't -- A Voting Paradox ................................................... 60
By WANG Yang

The most important feature of a democracy is its reliance on voting for decision makings. But this seemingly perfect means lends itself to numerous paradoxes, some of which could undermine the effectiveness of the system.

It was discovered in the late 60's by Kenneth Arrow that it is impossible to design a voting system that is "transitive", meaning that it is impossible to design a voting system in which if person A is preferred to person B and person B is preferred to person C, then person A is also preferred to person C.

Here I would like to present a different kind of voting paradox, along with some questions for you to think about.

It was well-known that Ronald Reagan was a very popular president, with approval ratings consistently around 60 percent. But his policies were very unpopular generally speaking, with approval ratings usually in the low 40 percent. This phenomenon was treated as a puzzle by the media, whose explanations varied widely from Reagan's "strong leadership" to his "charisma" to a "good economy".

Bill Clinton seems to be heading the opposite direction. While his policies have received respectable approval ratings, his personal approval rating has been atrocious most of the time, once even threatened to go below 30 percent. Once again, the "experts" in the media couldn't agree on the cause of this phenomenon.

While I don't completely disagree with the "experts" in the media as to the cause of such a paradox in Reagan and Clinton, it seems obvious that none of these so-called "experts" is aware of the mathematics of voting paradoxes.

The astonishing fact is that it is mathematically possible that a president is EXTREMELY unpopular while ALL his policies are approved by the majority of the public. To see this we use a very simplified example, namely whether Bill Clinton is approved by the public is determined by the public's approval of his 3 policies: tax increases, Bosnia, and gays in the military.

Suppose that 1/4 of the population approves ALL three policies, and the other 3/4 of the population divide evenly in supporting ONE and ONLY ONE of the three policies. Then each policy will receive a 50% approval rating, in which case we can say that all three policies are approved by the public. However, if we look at Bill Clinton himself, we find that 3/4 of the population disagree with him on 2 out of 3 policies. This gives Clinton a disapproval rating of 75 per cent!

My questions for you are the following:

1) Suppose 5 policies are used to evaluate President Clinton. What is the highest disapproval rating can Clinton get while all of his 5 policies have at least a 50 percent approval rating?

2) Suppose President Clinton is judged on X number of policies. All of his policies are approved by at least 50 percent of the population while his disapproval rating is at least 90 percent. What is the smallest X that can be?

3) Suppose President Reagan was judged on 7 policies and each one of his policies received no more than a 40 percent approval rating. What is the highest approval rating President Reagan can receive?


Answer to Last Issue's Puzzles .......................................... 21
By WANG Yang

The Triangular Duel: If everyone adopts the best strategy, then Wang Five has the highest chance to survive. Clearly, Zhang Three (100% shooter) will shoot at Li Four (80% shooter) instead of Wang Five (50% shooter) at his turn if Li Four is still alive, and Li Four will shoot at Zhang Three instead of Wang Five at his turn if Zhang Three is still alive. So the best strategy for Wang Five is to shoot into air until one of Zhang and Li is dead. This way he will always get the first shot at the remaining one with 50% chance of killing him. Zhang is next likely to survive and Li is least likely to survive. The chance to survive for each are: 47/90 for Wang Five, 27/90 for Zhang Three, and 16/90 for Li Four.

Several readers have pointed out that Wang Five is the most likely survivor and that his best strategy is to shoot into air. They are WU Yegang, ZHANG Tongxiao, ZHANG Xiaoguang, ZHOU Xiaomin. ZHANG Xiaoguang pointed out that the best strategy for all of them is to shoot into air at every turn so they all survive. But unfortunately this requires a deep trust between all three of them, which doesn't exist or they will never agree on the duel in the first place. ZHANG Xiaoguang also pointed out that it can't be called a "duel" when there are three people involved. He proposed "triel" for the name. Good point.


We Are Seeking the Law of Rules in China ................................ 50
From HUANG Lin

In response to Alex Du's message carried by CSS Today, I would like to point out that the significance of the YANG Xiaohong case is not only "doing a favor", but also exercising our unalienable rights. We are seeking the law of rules in China

Due to the recent intense campaign led by IFCSS Committee of Civil Rights (IFCSS CCR), Mr. YANG Xiaohong's death has caught wide-spread attention and support from CSS and overseas Chinese community. Had not been pushed by the community altogether, the Mayor of Guiyang City would not have ordered a special investigation. Since the results was inconclusive, the victim's family is appealing to even higher authority, thus bringing this case to a new level.

Throughout recent history, people have organized to struggle for rights to which they felt entitled either by law or by a sense of justice. A milestone case in the United States was that of Ms. Rosa Parks. Returning home from her job in Montgomery, she refused a bus driver's order to surrender her seat to a white man in December 1955. She was then jailed and fined $14, which sparked the 381-day Montgomery bus boycott that led to a 1956 Supreme Court order outlawing discriminatory practices on Montgomery buses. As a follower of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., her action was actually part of a plan to create a court test case.

Mr. YANG Xiaohong's death is not an intended case to test the court. Actually, his death at police headquarters is not only a violation of basic Human Rights, but also a violation of current Chinese law.

Due to the lack of free press and speech, the victim's family has no way to appeal to the general public to seek the justice. Furthermore, due to the nature of the incident, this case has been dismissed by western media even after it had reached outside China. However, we consider this case is significant since it concerns the ordinary Chinese and everyday life of the people. We might not have a famous dissident brother who has the attention of the world, but we may have one who just rides a taxi home or engages in any other legitimate activities. The justice is not the privileges for the famous few, but also for the ordinary citizens. While the international efforts to help famous dissidents are praised and hailed, the ordinary citizens also deserve our help.

All our activities are also legitimate in China. We have been appealing to the appropriate government agencies and officials through the means provided by Chinese Laws. During the process, we are also awakening the self-awareness of CSS community and generating grassroots support. By exerting pressure on the appropriate government agencies and officials, we are actually pushing the authority to abide the existing laws, and letting the ordinary people know what they can do to actually protect their own rights through proper channels. All the activities conducted by YXH-C, is well defined by the First Amendment, which guarantees the freedom of the speech, of the press, or the right to assemble peaceably and to petition the government for redress of grievances.


I Don't Like People Who Misuse Our Unity ................................. 4
From YU Baoan

Your view (on YANG Xiaohong incident) is a new and good point, I agree with it. I don't like the way they ask for donation about it. Yang's brother even doesn't bother to give us an E-mail address or phone number for inquiry. I don't like people who misuse our unity.


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