chi@vlsi.uwaterloo.ca (Bo Chi) (12/03/89)
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INS so far makes no comment. An official said there are also more Chinese from mainland try to get into the U.S. illegally through the U.S. and Mexico border since June. From: simone@nyspi.bitnet (J. Yang) Source: World Journal, 11/29/89 Congressman Bruce A. Morrison will come to Chinatown in New York City on Wensday to hold a press conference. He will call on the Chinese community to support HR2717 bill. From: simone@nyspi.bitnet (J. Yang) Source: World Journal, 11/29/89 According to 'China Youth Daily',at Kungmin city's railway station in Octo- ber, police found that in a paper box carried by a woman, there were four 1-month babies and one dog. The woman admitted later that she could make 800 dollars (RMB) for each baby. From: simone@nyspi.bitnet (J. Yang) Source: World Journal, 11/29/89 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Latest Untold Story of Lin Biao -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [source] (AP): From: "J. Ding" <IZZYQ00@OAC.UCLA.EDU> November 30, 1989 The list, published in the official Communist Party newspaper People's Daily, also includes Mao, China's revolutionary founder; the late premier Chou En-lai; current senior leader Deng Xiaoping; President Yang Shangkun; and retired President Li Xiannian. According to official Chinese accounts, Lin died in September 1971 in a plane crash in Mongolia as he was trying to flee to the Soviet Union after an unsuccessful plot to assassinate Mao. The Chinese version says the plane ran out of gas, but other reports say Lin had been shot before the plane went down, leading to speculation of a gun battle aboard the plane. A manuscript smuggled out of China was published under a pseudonym in the United States in 1983 alleging that Lin and his wife were lured to a villa outside Beijing and killed. The People's Daily listed the names, adding "And there was Lin Biao" without elaborating. Chinese historians credit Lin with being an outstanding military commander. Lin, who was one of only 10 military officers with the rank of marshal, was included in a book on the People's Liberation Army published in China in 1987. While the book said he was head of the "Lin Biao Counterrevolutionary Clique," it also noted his positive role in Chinese history. He also appeared in the movie "Grand Ceremony Establishing the Country," released this year to mark the 40th anniversary of the founding of Communist China. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Communists No Longer "Leading Force" In Czechoslovakia --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: yawei@rose.bacs.indiana.edu Source: AP News PRAGUE - Czechoslovakia's Communist-controlled Parliament Wednesday ended the party's 40-year monopoly on power. A member of the ruling Politburo said free elections could be held within a year. The 309 deputies present voted unanimously to scrap Article 4 of the constitution, which mandated the leading role of the Communist Party. Also eliminated was Article 16, which mandated that all education be based on Marxism-Leninism. The changes were among historic concessions the opposition won from the Communist government Tuesday when Premier Ladislav Adamec also promised to form a new government, including non-Communists, by Sunday. The deputies even approved a constitutional change eliminating the Communists' domination of the National Front, an umbrella organization embracing all Czechoslovak groups. At the beginning of the session, broadcast on live TV for the first time, representatives openly admitted past party failures and said the Communists must work hard to win the trust of the nation. ''We have betrayed the trust of the electorate and whatever laws we pass Wednesday will not change this,'' said Blanka Hykova, a member of the Socialist Party. Until recently the party was a docile ally of the ruling Communists. Anton Blazej, dean of the Communist Party school in Bratislava, said: ''We have misunderstood the leading role of the party and its position. We must regain this trust.'' The Communist Party leadership agreed Tuesday to relinquish the party's claim to total power, to release some political prisoners and to lift censorship restrictions that have kept works by writers such as dissident playwright Vaclav Havel from being published. Opposition leaders continued to push for free elections, free speech and the freedom to form independent labor unions. Adamec, who promised the opposition Tuesday that he would name a new coalition government, met Wednesday with leaders of political parties and groups allied with the Communists. Politburo member Vasil Mohorita said Wednesday free elections are likely within a year. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Restrictions 'NECESSARY' For Economy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: hkucs!kwchan@uunet.UU.net Source : South China Morning Post, 11/30 [DAVID CHEN] The Chinese Communist Party has called on people to tighten their belts for "at least a number of years" and told party members to take the lead. In a lengthy editorial on the economic decisions made at the party Central Committee's fifth plenary session three weeks ago, the party newspaper, the People's Daily spoke of the serious problems facing China following several years of overheated economy, which had not only placed a severe strain on national productivity, but had also prompted runaway consumerism. It was necessary, it said, to restrain the overheated economy and to improve economic efficiency. While it stressed that the overall standard of living would not be reduced in the light of the austerity programs, there would be cases of workers losing their jobs or bonuses a industrial enterprises and construction projects were merged or dropped altogether. It also stressed that the austerity programs did not necessarily mean a severe set back for the economy. A reasonable growth rate is to be sustained and the people's livelihood would gradually improve. Analysts said the editorial probably heralded a series of measures that may not be platable to the general public. One of these measures would be a Some of the austerity measures have already caused major problems in the more prosperous regions such as Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan and Fujian. Unemployment had gone up from last year's 520,000 to 640,000 this year. The figure is expected to increase to 670,000 next year and 700,000 the year after. The current rate of unemployment is 1.9 per cent, expected to reach 2.7 per cent by the end of 1991. Analysts said the figures were conservative and the actual number could much higher. The sharp rise in unemployment, the bureau said, was due to many enterprises being reluctant to take on new employees. Adding to the unemployment problems was a large batch of individual traders or self-employed workers, numbering about 20,000, who had stopped doing business this year because of the austerity program and the state' s reluctance to encourage them. Some of the measures taken to contain the problem included strict control of surplus labourers form rural areas entering cities and towns, the bureau said. +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Executive Editor: Yaxiong Lin E_mail: aoyxl@asuacvax.bitnet | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ========================================================================== News Transmission chi@vlsi.uwaterloo.ca (or) -------------------- --------------------- Local Editor: Bo Chi chi@vlsi.waterloo.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Dec 3 00:21:00 EST 1989