chi@vlsi.uwaterloo.ca (Bo Chi) (01/16/90)
* C h i n a N e w s D i g e s t *
(ND Canada Service)
-- Jan. 16 (I), 1990
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The Most Recent Situation about PR ................................... 12
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The Most Recent Situation about PR
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By Oliver Yuan (VP. of FCSSC) from Ottawa
via wangrq@mcmaster.ca
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FCSSC == Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars, Canada
== Quan Jia Xue Lian (2,1,2,2) (in Chinese)
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It is said that Ms. Iris Tong, former counceller in Chinese Stu-
dents Secretary Ottawa Chapter (CCNC) announced an un-official
news that the immigration center would start to interview stu-
dents within days ( there has been no interview in Ottawa area
before) and the students would get their final approval soon. The
news was released on 13th, at a party she also said that some
students' spouses had already arrarrived in Canada with the
Minister's PDR permit.
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The change prompted speculation of an accord on a Chinese dissident who took refuge inside. However, embassy spokesman spokesman Sheridan W. Bell moved to squelch such talk, saying the Chinese gave no reason for their move. ''If a secret agreement has been reached, it's a secret to me,'' Bell said. Astrophysicist Fang Lizhi and his wife fled to the embassy in June when China cracked down on pro-democracy protesters. Since then, their presence at the embassy has been a major irritant in U.S.-Chinese relations. However, neither side has acknowledged even holding talks on the Fangs, for whom the Chinese have issued arrest warrants as ''counterrevolu- tionaries.'' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Beijing publish stringent rules on demonstrations ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [South China Morning Post/kwchan@hkucs.UUCP (Chan Ki Wa)] Beijing yesterday published stringent new rules on demonstrations, rein- forcing its defences against possible unrest. Authorities have also drawn up new regulations saying what foreign journalists can and cannot do. The official media said they would be promulgated soon. The activities of foreign journalists were severly curtailed during nearly eight months of martial law in the capital. The Beijing Daily, mouthpiece of the capital's municipal Communist Party leadership, said on its front page that permission for any demonstration or assembly in certain sensitive areas of the capital must be obtained from the city or national government. "Of course, nobody will be granted permission for any kind of protest," said one Chinese office worker. "This is a ban." The newspaper said the sensitive areas included Tiananmen Square, the Zhongnanhai compound where China's leaders live and work, and Central Government offices together with their immediate surroundings to a distance of 300 metres. The rule also affects unspecified military installations. The new regulations heighten a ban on demonstrations in Beijing without prior permission, imposed last month. That decree stipulated that would-be demonstrators obtain permits from their local public security bureau - a lower level of authority than now required. The Prime Minister, Mr Li Peng, on Wednesday announced the end of martial law, in force since May 20 last year. But the People's Armed Police were placed on top alert throughout the capital. Security men in plain-clothes mingled with swelling crowds in Tiananmen and suppressed sporadic acts of defiance. Tiananmen Square was the focal point of mass student-led protests from mid-April until troops and tanks crushed them with heavy loss of life on JUne 4. Crowds of sightseers, many from outside Beijing, strolled on Tiananmen's 40 hectares of concrete pavement yesterday in bright sunshine but with sever frost and icy winds. Security agents kept a watchful eye on them. Many queued to see the embalmed remains of Chairman Mao Zedong in the huge mausoleum erected for him at the southern edge of the square. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. East Block News ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [AP/yawei@aqua.bacs.indiana.edu] Bulgaria's parliament voted unanimously Monday to abolish the Communist Party's monopoly on power. National Assembly deputies agreed to remove constitutional clauses that for 40 years enshrined the party as ''the guiding force in society.'' The move opened the way for free elections, and it reaffirmed the abolition of harsh restrictions on the ethnic Turkish minority. Elections were tentatively scheduled for May. [AP/yawei@aqua.bacs.indiana.edu] Czechoslovakia began talks Monday with the Soviet Union on the withdrawal of about 75,000 Soviet troops. One source said Czechoslovak officials want at least half of the force out by May. President Vaclav Havel will visit Moscow at the beginning of February and plans to bring up the matter of a speedy Soviet withdrawal. [AP/yawei@aqua.bacs.indiana.edu] President Mikhail Gorbachev and the Soviet Presidium declared a state of emergency Monday night for regions of the Soviet Caucasus after 3 days of ethnic violence. Hundreds of Azerbaijanis and Armenians fought with submachine guns, helicopters and armored vehicles, offical reports said. At least 37 people have been killed in the southern republics. Horrified Tass reporters wrote people were burned alive overnight as attacks against Armenians continued in Baku, Azerbaijan's capital. [AP/yawei@aqua.bacs.indiana.edu] Communist Party chief Ramiz Alia of Albania said Monday the reports of unrest in his country were ''lies and falsity,'' according Albania's official news agency ATA. An earlier report in the Yugoslav news agency Tanjug had said special measures in Albania resembled a state of emergency. [AP/yawei@aqua.bacs.indiana.edu] Chief prosecutor Hans-Juergen Joseph of East Germany said he planned to indict former Communist leader Erich Honecker on charges of treason. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Executive Editor: yawei@rose.bacs.indiana.edu or yawei@iubacs.bitnet | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- News Transmission chi@vlsi.uwaterloo.ca (or) ----------------------- --------------------- NDCadada Editor: Bo Chi chi@vlsi.waterloo.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tue Jan 16 11:03:31 EST 1990