From: phsjjc@emrycc.cc.emory.edu (JAMES J. CEN)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china
Subject: RE: Forward: Shen Tong? (III)
Date: 12 Oct 1992 16:19:47 -0500
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In article <39353@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> jzhang@sdcc3.ucsd.edu writes:

>I believe most people here would like to see Shen Tong released.

I agree with you 100%.  Please see "Shen Tong? (II)" (shortened and 
attached at the end, with some typos corrected).

>Whether Shen Tong was on the Chinese Government's "most-wanted
>list", or whether he came to the U.S. around June 11, 1989 aboard a
>CAAC flight bearing valid PRC passport and U.S. visa, should be easy
>to check out.

Yes, it has been checked out and it's on the record that he was NOT on 
the Chinese government's wanted lists.  Many people in Boston know
when and how he came.

>Could anybody post some authentic information?

Several days after Shen Tong told one of its reporters that he was ON the 
Chinese government's most wanted-list, CND Global News carried the following
(rare) correction in its August 31, 1991 issue.

%                        C h i n a  N e w s  D i g e s t
%
%                                (News Global)
%
%                           Saturday, August 31, 1991
%
%
%Table of Contents
%
%1. News Brief (4 items)..................................................28
%2. A Text of A Statement Made by US State Deptartment ...................28
%3. USA Congressional Critics Will Visit China ...........................45
%4. China's Response to Fall of Soviet Communists Ignores Key Concerns ...29
%5. New China News Agency Tightens Travel Controls .......................22
%6. Pravda is no longer a mouthpiece of the Communist Party ..............14
%7. A Correction regarding the Report on SHEN Tong by CND .................4
%
%			[other items delelted]
%
%---------------------------------------------------------------------------
%7. A Correction regarding the Report on SHEN Tong by CND .................4
%---------------------------------------------------------------------------
%In August 29, 1991 CND-Global news, there was a factual error regarding
%Shen Tong.  Shen Tong was not on the list of 21 most wanted students by
%PRC government in 1989.  CND apologizes for the error and thanks the reader
%for pointing out the error.
%
%+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
%|      Executive Editor of this issue:     ydw105@csc1.anu.edu.au       |
%+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

Is that authentic enough?

>In article <9210111756.AA16110@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu> phsjjc@emrycc.cc.emory.edu
>(JAMES J. CEN) writes:
><Dear Netters:
><

><        THe following is a news article appearing in the front page of the
><October 5 issue of Daily Free Press, the student newspaper of Boston
><University.  It painted a damaging picture of the Alliance of Hong Kong
><Chinese in the United States (AHKCUS).  It all started after one of the
><reporters called Stephen Ng (Wu in Manderin), the Chairperson of AHKCUS,
><to check what he knew about Shen Tong.

[deleted]

"Shen Tong? (II)"
%Dear Netters:
%
%       No matter what everyone thinks of Shen Tong, it's undeniable that
%the arrests of him and the democracy activists he visited are gross violations
%of basic human rights.  To press for their immediate release, the Aliance of
%Hong Kong Chinese in the United States (AHKCUS) sent the following letter
%to Li Peng shortly after the arrests.
%
%James J. Cen
%Emory University
%
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------
%
%                                                September 5, 1992
%
%Premier Li Peng
%People's Republic of China
%Beijing
%China
%
%
%Dear Premier Li Peng,
%
%    The Alliance of Hong Kong Chinese in the United States protest in the
%strongest terms the recent detention of Chinese citizens Shen Tong, Qi
%Dafeng, and Qian Liyun by the Public Security Bureau of Beijing.
%
%    The constitution of the People's Republic of China guarantees Chinese
%citizens the freedoms of association and expression.  We have reason to
%believe that Shen Tong, Qi Dafeng, and Qian Liyun were detained for their
%exercise of these freedoms.  Their detention exposes once again the
%continu[ing persecuation] of individuals for their political belief and
%severe abuse of human rights in China.
%
%    We demand the immediate and unconditional release of these three
%citizens as well as all other political prisoners, including but not
%limited to Wei Jingshen, Wang Juntao, Chen Zimeng, Liu Gang, and Ren
%Wanding.  All Chinese citizens should be treated fairly and equally before
%the law.  We strongly deplore any selective application of justice.
%
%
%Yours sincerely,
%
%
%Stephen K. Ng, MD
%Chairperson

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