chi@vlsi.uwaterloo.ca (Bo Chi) (12/19/89)
* C h i n a N e w s D i g e s t *
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1. A Letter from Chairman of FCSSC
Dec.18, 1989
No.36 (china-can)
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Dear Friends,
I have been communicating with you through this account for over
half an year since our 'China-can' network was created at the end
of June. As I have finally finished my M.S. program in Univ. of
Manitoba after two consecutive delaying from May to December, I
will move to Toronto Tomorrow (Dec.19, 1989) and therefore, this
account will be probably closed forever.
This half an year is by no means easy to any Chinese national. As
our dear motherland faced its biggest crisis, as thousands of
innocents died in Tiananmem Square and along ChangAn Ave, the
street I used to ride bicycle with my classmates when I was
studying at TsingHua University.
We, Chinese students in Canada, didn't stay aside. We sacrificed
our academic life ( I know quite a few students who postponed
their defense, comprehensive examination, and even be forced to
quit school, and most of them have never thought of 'doing poli-
tics' as their professional objectives). We sacrificed our summer
vacation, we also run into the danger that our relatives in China
may get trouble.
We achieved a lot, we in the first time united Chinese students
and scholars in Canada under the flag of FCSSC. We are proud of
that as we played our part in the all-world democratic movement
for China.
As an ordinary student like you, I am so glad I did what I can
in this historical event to serve the country and also serve you.
At the same time, due to lack of experience; knowledge of demo-
cracy and social work; time and energy, I also have made numerous
errors, otherwise, lots of work could be much improved. Such as
our FCSSC looks not so professional and influential as our coun-
terpart in U.S., IFCSS. I should take part of responsibility of
these. You may feel unsatisfied to some of FCSSC's projects. I
would like to take this opportunity to say sorry to you all.
FCSSC will certainly continue to carry on the its duties on pro-
moting democracy in China and protecting Chinese students in
Canada. I will certainly continue the work for FCSSC in Toronto.
First I would try to work with students in Ontario area to estab-
lish a more effective FCSSC headquarter in Toronto. And FCSSC
certainly will welcome any of you to contribute your idea and
talent to the operation and development of FCSSC, and to take
over the positions and carry on our unfinished task in the next
office term.
This message also serves as the warmest greeting on behalf of all
FCSSC volunteers to you for a merry Xmas and happy new year. For
people continuing their study we wish him a big academic pro-
gress. For people who are looking for a job or who have already
found jobs (as quite a few my close friends in U of Manitoba who
helped to make the Winnipeg Conference a reality did), we give
them sincere congratulations and wish them professional success.
Let's always keep in touch. A better future of China needs us
keep in touch. To insure the best interest of our fellow Chinese
nationals in Canada society also needs us keep in touch.
Many thanks to all of you, all FCSSC coordinators and activists,
especially I thank to FCSSC executives and U of Manitoba Chinese
students.
Xiaohua Qu
Chairman of FCSSC
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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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The main objectives of the forum are: 1) Discuss and work out the democratic strategy and future work plans; 2) Promote the muture understanding among the students organizations and other pro- democracy organizations; 3) Discuss the possibility of establish- ment of a national pro-democracy coordinating committee. So far there are students representatives from over 20 universi- ties across Canada and Chinese Canadians representatives from over 7 pro-demo cracy organizations registering for the forum. The total number of participants is about 100. Three guest speakers, Mr.Liu Yongchuan of IFCSS; Mr.Cao Changqing of Press Freedom Herald and Mr.Xu Bantai of Chinese Alliance for Democracy will come as the quest speakers and address on the forum. Two of the quest speakers, Cao Changqing and Xu Bantai will also be invited to give speeches in a number of cities across Canada. The organizing committee include Democracy China-Ottawa and Chinese students from University of Western Ontario, York Univer- sity. From: IN%"FS300310@YUGemini" 17-DEC-1989 22:16:33.56 ------------------------------------------------------------ FCSSC == Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars, Canada == Quan Jia Xue Lian (2,1,2,2) (in Chinese) ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ 2. ARMY URGED TO IMPROVE PUBLIC IMAGE ------------------------------------------------------------------ [South China Morning Post, Tuesday, December 19, 1989] [By Willy Wo-Lap Lam] hkucs!kwchan@uunet.uu.net A just concluded conference on political work in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has called for promoting ideological dis- cipline and improving relations between the Army and the popu- lace. While serving to build support for the leadership of party Gen- eral Secretary, Mr Jiang Zemin, who was elevated to Central Mili- tary Commission (CMC) chairman in early November, the seven-day CMC-sponsored conference also confirmed the growing clout of Gen- eral Yang Baibing, the commission's newly promoted general secre- tary. General Yang, brother of military strongman President, presided over the meeting and presented a paper entitled Issues Concerning Ways of Strengthening and Improving Army Political Work under New Circumstances. The document listed endeavours in ten areas to "guarantee the party's absolute control over the Army" and to ensure that the rank and file will rally around the "party centre with comrade Jiang Zemin as its core". The foremost task for the Army is to promote ideological indoc- trination - "the lifeline of the PLA" - to make sure that the Army "remain forever up to scratch in political matters". Aside from being obedient to party directives, the Army must heed the "Four Cardinal Principles" of Marxism and combat bour- geois liberalisation, Beijing's code word for Western influence. In future, officers will be promoted on the basis of "rectitude and ability". This, the document noted, is to ensure that "the gun is in the hands of people who are politically reliable". Among the most important recommendations in General Yang's report is to improve relations with the general populace. "We must insist on the principle of officers and soldiers stay- ing in unison and the military and the people staying in unison," the document said. "We must maintain and develop good internal and external relationships". Analysts say it is the first time that the PLA has admitted, albeit indirectly, in an official document that the Army's rela- tionship with the people has reached a crisis point. Following the Tiananmen Square crackdown, the prestige of the Army has fallen to a record low. Under military reforms introduced by ousted party chief, Mr Zhao Ziyang, who was also CMC first vice-chairman, the PLA has put professionalism and expertise ahead of ideological indoctrination. Analysts say the stress on political work will enable General Yang Baibing, who also doubles as Chief Political Commissar and member of the Communist Party secretariat, to grasp more power in both the army and party. In the meantime, the Army's status as China's most important organisation is underlined by a new draft law on the protection of military installations, which will be discussed at the 11th meeting of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Commit- tee, scheduled to open tomorrow. A spokesman for the NPC standing committee's general office, Mr Zhang Husheng, said yesterday that since 1980, more that 90 NPC deputies have repeatedly proposed the drafting of such a law to help protect the country's military installations. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 3. RUMANIAN PROTESTERS SHOT ------------------------------------------------------------------ [Agence France Presse] [South China Morning Post, Tuesday, December 19, 1989] Anti-government protests over the weekend in the Rumanian city of Timisoara may have led to heavy casualties, with one report suggesting "at least 1,000 people were killed and 200 wounded" by gunfire. Two Wyrian medical students employed in a Timisoara hospital claimed to have counted the dead in the hospital morgue. "We saw at least 1,000 bodies during Sunday," one of the stu- dents said. They had all been shot, he added. The students spoke to Agence France Press after leaving Rumania for Yugoslavia, via the border town of Vatina. However, reports of the number killed varied widely and none could be confirmed. ... (detail please see original (very long report)). ================================================================= News Transmission chi@vlsi.uwaterloo.ca (or) -------------------- --------------------- Local Editor: Bo Chi chi@vlsi.waterloo.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------ .