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                         Monday, December 14, 1992

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1. News Brief (4 Items) ................................................. 41
2. IFCSS Opens Chinese Community Information Center ..................... 70
3. Chinese Students Rank Number 1 in Total in the U.S. .................. 48
4. A Dream Holiday in China - Travel Stories by a CND Reader (4) ........ 54
5. Job Openings in Psychology, Physics, and Material Science (6 Items) .. 79
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1. News Brief (4 Items) ................................................. 41
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The International Business Association of Atlanta (IBAA) was formally
established on October 25, 1992, in Atlanta.  The establishment of IBAA was
pushed by the strong desire from the local Chinese community for creating a
network within which business information and experience can be exchanged.
Shortly after the announcement of IBAA, near 200 members joined the
association.  Among them are university professors, lawyers, scientists,
business owners, engineers and other professionals. The majority of them
have advanced degrees.  The association will publish newsletters, sponsor
seminars on business related topics, and hold meetings with business
delegations from China.  Information about IBAA and the first newsletter can
be requested by sending an e-mail message to cisssh@gsusgi2.gsu.edu (Dr.
Shuguang Hong, President, (404)651-3887) or sending a fax to (404)457-0038.
(Forwarded by: <chemyh@emrycc.cc.emory.edu>)
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[Editor's Note: The following 3 items are from the NAFSA Communication
                Network and forwarded by Bo Xiong ]

Regarding the question whether a student who receives authorization for
optional practical training after graduation begin working even if s/he
experiences unexpected delays in completing his/her program of studies
(Under the previous regulations, the answer was no.): The INS assistant
district director in Hawaii said that employment authorization granted by
INS was "valid until revoked or expired."  In other words, once the optional
practical training has been granted, it is valid.  Thus the student can
continue to work, even if they haven't actually completed thier program of
studies. (From: <KAUFFMAN@FORDMURH.BITNET>)
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We have a student from PRC who returned home six months ago due to family
emergency.  He now wants to come back and apparently needs a new passport to
leave China.  He has lined up some support from the University and has a
sponsor who is willing to provide a place for him to live.  The sponsor will
be completing an affidavit of support, but the student has told the sponsor
that the affidavit must be notarized (no surprise), then signed by the
Governor's Office and the Chinese Consulate. (From: <C73221KS@WUVMD.BITNET>)
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[Editor's note: The following is one of the frequently-seen "blacklists"
                on the NAFSA Network, real names/ID and date of birth
                were withheld by CND ]

If anyone has received an application from the following student, please
contact me: XX LIN from P.R. China, Born: XXX XX, 1961, Attended Hengzhou
University 1979-1983 and XXXXXXX Normal University 1986-1989.
(From: <xxx@xxx.UNL.EDU> Graduate Admissions, Unive. of Nebraska - Lincoln)

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2. IFCSS Opens Chinese Community Information Center ..................... 70
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>From: IFCSS HQ <ifcss@WAM.UMD.EDU>
Source: IFCSS HQ NR No. 4078, 12/7/92

With joint effort of the IFCSS Headquarter and the IFCSS Communication
Service Committee(CSC), the IFCSS Chinese Community Information Center
(IFCSS/CCIC) is now open for public access.

Sponsored and financially supported by the IFCSS, the CCIC is dedicated to
offer information service for the Chinese community, especially the
community of the Chinese students and scholars overseas.  The CCIC will be
used for the following purposes:

1). To collect, store and distribute information which are related to China
in all aspects, provided that such information are interested by the
community members, help the community members better informed about China,
and encourage the community members to more actively join the effort to
promote the development of China.

2). To collect, store and distribute information which are directly related
to the overseas Chinese community, such as immigration, job hunting, tax and
etc.

3). Actively cooperate with other community organizations, including
professional associations, to achieve better information flow and
information sharing in this community.  For example, by introducing the
other community organizations to the users, the CCIC will help promoting the
involvement of the Chinese students and scholars in various community
activities, including social activities.

4). To promote computer literacy, especially Chinese computing and
networking literacy.  The CCIC will offer significant resources and will
cooperate with computer professionals in the community, to help the
community members to improve their knowledge and skills in basic computing,
network computing and Chinese computing areas.


Currently the CCIC is offering the following services:

1). Anonymous FTP. (Site address: ifcss.org)

The CCIC will offer an anonymous FTP site for public access.  The ftp site
will carry complete set of IFCSS News Release, IFCSS Newsletter; complete
set of CND-CM (Hua Xia Wen Zhai); many kinds of Chinese software for various
operation systems; introductions of various Chinese organizations in this
community; information about immigration, job hunting, tax and etc; The site
also has introductions to various Chinese organizations in the US as well as
introductions to computer network based discussion groups on China related
topics.

The CCIC also welcome other community organizations to use this ftp site to
distribute their information with the approval of the IFCSS Communication
Service Committee, provided that the information satisfy the guidelines
listed above.

2). Mailing lists and Listserv

The CCIC will offer mailing lists and listserv services for the IFCSS
branches, IFCSS member schools and other Chinese community organizations to
establish, improve and inter-connecting the e-mail communication network.
The CCIC will offer resource and technical help to the above organizations.

3). Bulletin Board System(BBS)

The CCIC will use Bulletin Board System to offer simple and friendly
interface to those who are not very familiar with computers so that they can
quickly learn how to use computer and network.  The BBS will also be used to
promote Chinese Computing over Network.  It is also possible that it be used
to offer friendly interface to access Usenet News for those non-Usenet
users.

The internet node address of the CCIC is IFCSS.ORG. For technical detail
about how to use ftp, listserv and bbs at CCIC, please see the next news
release, or send e-mail to ccic-info@ifcss.org.

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3. Chinese Students Rank Number 1 in Total in the U.S. .................. 48
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Forwarded by: Zhai Nanbin, <BENZHAI@TAMVM1.BITNET>
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education, 11/25/92

According to The Chronicle of Higher Education dated November 25th, Chinese
students rank number one in the US with a total of 42,940 in the academic
year of 92-93. The top ten  countries of foreign students are as follows:

   1.    China    42,940          6.   Canada     19,190
   2.    Japan    40,700          7.   Hong Kong  13,190
   3.    Taiwan   35,550          8.   Malaysia   12,650
   4.    India    32,530          9.   Indonesia  10,250
   5.    S. Korea 25,720         10.   Pakistan    8,120

Asian students make up 58.7% of the total foreign students in the US,followed
by Europe (12.8%) and Latin America (10.4%). The total foreign students are
numbered 419,585, of which 64% male and 36% female. 46% of them are graduate
students and 35% undergraduate.

The following universities have the largest absolute number of foreign
students:
                                   Tot#      % enrollment
   1. U of Texas, Austin........  4,119        8.2
   2. U of Southern California....4,063       15.4
   3. Boston U....................3,925       14.0
   4. U of Wisconsin, Madison.....3,348        8.9
   5. New York U..................3,384       10.2
   6. Ohio State U, Main campus ..3,354        6.2
   7. Columbia ...................3,090       15.8
   8. U of Pen....................2,962       14.7
   9. U of Illinois, U-C..........2,928        8.3
  10. Texas A&M U,main campus.....2,785        6.8

The following  schools have the highest percentage of foreign students:

   1. Oklahoma City U.............28.1%
   2. Hawaii Pacific U............22.6%
   3. MIT.........................22.1%
   4. Columbia U..................15.8%
   5. Stanford U..................15.6%
   6. U of Southern California....15.4%
   7. NJ Institute of Technology..15.1%
   8. U of Pen....................14.7%
   9. Tufts U.....................14.6%
  10. U of Rochester..............14.3%

The top fields of study among foreign students are:
      Business ..........20%
      Enginering.........18%
      Physical &
         life Science.... 9%
      Math & Computer.....9%

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4. A Dream Holiday in China - Travel Stories by a CND Reader (4) ........ 54
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Forwarded by: Kangmei Wang
Written by: A. Qu (psp1wl@central.surrey.ac.uk)
Abridged and edited by CND-EP

SHANGHAI PUDONG DEVELOPMENT ZONE

I spent a large part of my holiday in the city (of Shanghai). There are lots
of new buildings. Many old buildings have undergone refurbishment. Waitan
(the Bund) has been face-lifted almost beyond recognition. Nanjing Donglu is
as busy as usual. The shops are much nicer. Some of them are luxury. Most
things are available, including those of foreign brand. For example,
pistachio and cashew nuts are easily available. You can even buy brocoli and
Thailand fragrant rice. The shop assistants are in much better mode than
before. Taxis are numerous and easy to get by roadside.

The hot spot is now of course in Pudong, the new development area. The newly
built Nanpu Bridge is the pride of Shanghai people. Everyday, it receives
hundreds, if not thousands, of visitors. My mother-in-law (over 70 years
old) has also visited the bridge. Accompanied by one of my old college mate,
I had a tour of the bridge and Pudong. We took a taxi for a round trip,
starting (and also ending) at the east end of Yan An Road Tunnel. We first
drove along Pudong Dadao to the construction site of Yangpu Bridge. The
towers had shot up. It was launching the main bridge deck. My college mate's
home is near the bridge. He told me that the approach to the bridge narrowly
missed their house by about 10 metres. Luckily and unluckily, his family did
not have to move. Then we travelled along Yanggaolu, the main highway in
Pudong which is being widened. Along the road, we saw a mixture of golden
rice field, modern high-rise buildings and the typical 2-storey country
houses. We managed to get through dusty Yanggaolu and soon were driving
on Nanpu Bridge. The view was nice simply because you could not get that
kind of view before the bridge was built. At the west end, we made a U-turn
and came back along the same way. The final stop was Maiyuan Xinchun,
recommended by my friend, for its stylish flats which supposed to be the
masterpieces of Cheng Chongzhou.

As I was interested in the possibilities of setting up a business in Pudong,
I acquired some materials about investment policies through a friend. Among
them was a development plan of Pudong new area. I am here trying to translate
into words a few interesting things on the plan. The second international
airport is located to the east of Chuan Sha on the seaside of East Sea.
Within Pudong area, there is a network of express ways and railways. A total
of 5 bridges will cross over Huang Pu River. 6 tunnels will go under the
river. The whole area consists of 4 key development sub-areas as follows:

1. Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone. 2. Jingqiao Export Processing Zone.
3. Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone. 4. Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park.

It is certainly an ambitious plan. It was said that the municipal government
will also move to Pudong.

I was told by many friends that it was good time to invest in Pudong. I
truly believe there are tremendous opportunities there. The reform in China
is now almost unstoppable. Of course, risks do exist. The big question is:
what will happen if Mr. Deng dies. But still, the risk is worth taking.

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5. Job Openings in Psychology, Physics, and Material Science (6 Items) .. 79
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The University of Michigan Department of Psychology invites applications for
a tenure-track position in the area of Cognition, beginning September 1,
1993.  The appointment will most likely be made at the Assistant Professor
level, but it is possible at any rank.  We seek candidates with primary
interests and technical skills in cognitive psychology.  We have a
preference for candidates interested in higher mental processes or for
candidates with computational modeling skills (including connectionism).
Responsibilities include graduate and undergraduate teaching, as well as
research and research supervision.  Send curriculum vitae, letters of
reference, copies of recent publications, and a statement of research and
teaching interests no later than January 8, 1993 to: Gary Olson, Chair,
Cognitive Processes Search Committee, Department of Psychology, University
of Michigan, 330 Packard Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104.
(Forwarded by: <zhang@psych.lsa.umich.edu>)
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The Psychology Department of the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill seeks to hire a cognitive psychologist in a tenure track assistant
professor position for the fall of 1993.  Responsibilities include graduate
and undergraduate teaching, research, and research supervision.  Applicants
in any area of cognitive psychology will be considered.  Have 3 letters of
recommendation sent and submit a curriculum vitae, up to 3 (p)reprints, and
a statement of teaching and programmatic research interests to: Thomas S.
Wallsten, Cognitive Search Committee, Department of Psychology, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270.  Applications
must be received by December 15, 1992.  UNC-CH is an Affirmative Action/
Equal Opportunity Employer.  Questions can be directed to Tom Wallsten at
tom_wallsten@unc.edu. (Forwarded by: Yaxin Wang <yxw5@po.CWRU.Edu>)
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The Department of Experimental Psychology at Duke University has a
tenure-track assistant professor position beginning in the Fall, 1993 in the
general area of Behavioral Neuroscience with theoretical interests in neural
plasticity, learning, motivation, or sensory perception development.
Candidates with strong research and teaching interests should send a vitae,
representative reprints, and three or more letters of recommendation to:
Faculty Search Committee, Department of Experimental Psychology, Duke
University, Durham, NC, 27706.  Duke is an equal opportunity/affirmative
action employer. (Forwarded by: Yaxin Wang <yxw5@po.CWRU.Edu>)
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The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Iowa State University (ISU) seeks
to fill a tenure-track assistant professorship in observational astronomy,
in August 1993.  The Department has strong groups in high energy, nuclear,
and condensed matter physics, as well as in astrophysics.  There are seven
faculty members with research in stellar, extragalactic, and gamma ray
astronomy and astrophysics. The successful candidate will be expected to
pursue a vigorous program of research and to provide effective teaching at
both undergraduate and graduate levels. Candidates should have some
postdoctoral experience.  Qualifications required: Ph.D. with research
experience in, observational/astrophysics.  Applications and three letters
of recommendation should be sent to M. Luban, Chair, Department of Physics
and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011.  Deadline: January 31,
1993, or until position is filled.
(Forwarded by: Yaxin Wang <yxw5@po.CWRU.Edu>)
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The Fundamental Interactions research program of the Ames Laboratory at Iowa
State University is seeking an Associate Scientist to develop new
spectroscopic methods and new instrumentation in surface, resonance,
nonlinear and time-resolved Raman spectroscopy, and report these findings
through published manuscripts and conference presentations.  Qualifications
required: Ph.D. in mathematics and physics with a speciality in optics and
spectroscopy, plus one year of experience. Experience must include normal,
resonance, surface enhanced, and nonlinear Raman spectroscopy of inorganic
and biological molecules using visible near-IR and UV radiation.  Proposed
start date: ASAP.  Salary: $31,146 - $53,149.  Application: Send cover
letter, resume, plus the names and addresses of three references to Ames
Laboratory/IPRT Personnel Office, 127 Spedding Hall, Iowa State University,
Ames, IA 50011.  Deadline: December 18, 1992, or until position is filled.
(Forwarded by: Yaxin Wang <yxw5@po.CWRU.Edu>)
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A post-doctoral position is available at Auburn University in Alabama.
Applicants with hands on experience on single crystal growth and a solid
background in materials science or engineering may send a short mail to
<qiang.shen@eng.auburn.edu>. These messages will be forwarded to the
employer for consideration. (Forwarded by: Wu Yanan)

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