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Subject: China News Digest (Europe/Pacific), Mon, 10/12/1992
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===================  Europe / Pacific Section (CND-EP)  ===================
                             October 12, 1992

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No. Subject                                                      # of Lines

1. News Brief (1 Item) ................................................. 11

2. President Bush Signs Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 into Law. 12

3. Text of Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 ..................... 136

4. Anger Boils over Promise on Chinese Students in Australia .......... 104

5. Call for Support of Three Charged Hong Kong Students ................ 55

6. Job Opportunities in Taiwan ......................................... 45
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1. News Brief (1 Item) ................................................. 11
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[JENSW 10/2/92] KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysian Foreign Minister Abdullah Ahmad
Badawi will visit China and Japan later this month, Foreign Ministry
officials said Saturday. Abdullah, now in New York for the current U.N.
General Assembly session, will arrive in Beijing on Wednesday via London and
Hong Kong. "We will be discussing a wide range of issues affecting Malaysia
and China," he told the Malaysian English daily Star in a telephone
interview Friday. Among topics he is expected to discuss with Chinese
Foreign Minister Qian Qichen is regional security, particularly territorial
disputes over the Spratlys, a group of atolls and reefs in the South China
Sea claimed in part or all by the two countries plus Vietnam, Taiwan, the
Philippines, and Brunei. (From: Huijie)
   
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2. President Bush Signs Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 into Law. 12
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From: IFCSS HQ <ifcss@WAM.UMD.EDU> and IFCSS-CCSA's Chairman Zhai Haiqing
Source: IFCSS HQ NR-4054 and IFCSS-CCSA Update, 10/9/92

Five minutes ago, at 10:50 a.m. this morning, we learned from Senator
Gorton's office that the President had signed S1216, the Chinese Student
Protection Act. Then, we contacted the White House and the news was
confirmed.

The HQ believes this victory is the result of the common efforts of
thousands of American friends as well as Chinese students and scholars and
wishes to thank all those who have worked hard in the past week to promote
the presidential signature.

[Editor's note: IFCSS = Independent Federation of Chinese Students and
                        Scholars in the U.S.                              ]

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3. Text of Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 ..................... 136
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From: Junwei W. Hou, <jwh3@PO.CWRU.EDU>
Source: China-Net (the Coordination Network for IFCSS), 9/30/92

                              FULL TEXT OF BILLS

                          102ND CONGRESS; 2ND SESSION
                       IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
                                  AS ENROLLED

                                    S. 1216

                                 1992 S. 1216;

SYNOPSIS:
                                 An Act

To provide for the adjustment of status under the Immigration and
Nationality Act of certain nationals of the People's Republic of China
unless conditions permit their return in safety to that foreign state.

DATE OF INTRODUCTION: JULY 2, 1992
DATE OF VERSION: SEPTEMBER 30, 1992   -- VERSION: 7
SPONSOR(S): Sponsor not included in this printed version.

TEXT:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  This Act may be cited as the " Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992".

SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT TO LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS OF CERTAIN NATIONALS
OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

(a) IN GENERAL.-SUBJECT TO SUBSECTION (C)(1), WHENEVER AN ALIEN DESCRIBED
IN SUBSECTION (B) APPLIES FOR ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS UNDER SECTION 245 OF THE
IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT DURING THE APPLICATION PERIOD (AS DEFINED
IN SUBSECTION (E)) THE FOLLOWING RULES SHALL APPLY WITH RESPECT TO SUCH
ADJUSTMENT:

      (1) THE ALIEN SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE HAD A PETITION APPROVED UNDER
SECTION 204(A) OF SUCH ACT FOR CLASSIFICATION UNDER SECTION 203(B)(3)(A)(I)
OF SUCH ACT.

      (2) THE APPLICATION SHALL BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT REGARD TO WHETHER AN
IMMIGRANT VISA NUMBER IS IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE AT THE TIME THE APPLICATION
IS FILED.

      (3) IN DETERMINING THE ALIEN'S ADMISSIBILITY AS AN IMMIGRANT, AND THE
ALIEN'S ELIGIBILITY FOR AN IMMIGRANT VISA-

          (A) PARAGRAPHS (5) AND (7)(A) OF SECTION 212(A) AND SECTION
212(E) OF SUCH ACT SHALL NOT APPLY; AND

          (B) THE ATTORNEY GENERAL MAY WAIVE ANY OTHER PROVISION OF SECTION
212(A) (OTHER THAN PARAGRAPH (2)(C) AND SUBPARAGRAPH (A), (B), (C), OR (E)
OF PARAGRAPH (3)) OF SUCH ACT WITH  RESPECT TO SUCH ADJUSTMENT FOR
HUMANITARIAN PURPOSES, FOR PURPOSES OF ASSURING FAMILY UNITY, OR IF
OTHERWISE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.

      (4) THE NUMERICAL LEVEL OF SECTION 202(A)(2) OF SUCH ACT SHALL NOT
APPLY.

      (5) SECTION 245(C) OF SUCH ACT SHALL NOT APPLY.

(b) ALIENS COVERED.-FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, AN ALIEN DESCRIBED IN
THIS SUBSECTION IS AN ALIEN WHO-

      (1) IS A NATIONAL OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA DESCRIBED IN
SECTION 1 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 12711 AS IN EFFECT ON APRIL 11, 1990;
      (2) HAS RESIDED CONTINUOUSLY IN THE UNITED STATES SINCE APRIL 11,
1990 (OTHER THAN BRIEF, CASUAL, AND INNOCENT ABSENCES);  AND
      (3) WAS NOT PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA FOR
LONGER THAN 90 DAYS AFTER SUCH DATE AND BEFORE THE  DATE OF THE ENACTMENT
OF THIS ACT.

(c) CONDITION; DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION.-

      (1) NOT APPLICABLE IF SAFE RETURN PERMITTED.
          -Subsection (a) shall not apply to any alien if the President has
determined and certified to Congress, before the first day of the
application period, that conditions in the People's Republic of China
permit aliens described in subsection (b)(1) to return to that foreign
state in safety.

      (2) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION.-IF THE PRESIDENT HAS NOT MADE THE
CERTIFICATION DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (1) BY THE FIRST DAY OF THE
APPLICATION PERIOD, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL, SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY
OF APPROPRIATIONS, IMMEDIATELY BROADLY DISSEMINATE TO ALIENS DESCRIBED IN
SUBSECTION (B)(1) INFORMATION RESPECTING THE BENEFITS AVAILABLE UNDER THIS
SECTION. TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL PROVIDE
NOTICE OF THESE BENEFITS TO THE LAST KNOWN MAILING ADDRESS OF EACH SUCH
ALIEN.

(d) OFFSET IN PER COUNTRY NUMERICAL LEVEL.-

      (1) IN GENERAL.-THE NUMERICAL LEVEL UNDER SECTION 202(A)(2) OF THE
IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT APPLICABLE TO NATIVES OF THE PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN EACH APPLICABLE FISCAL YEAR (AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH
(3)) SHALL BE REDUCED BY 1,000.
     (2) ALLOTMENT IF SECTION 202(E) APPLIES.-IF SECTION 202(E) OF THE
IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT IS APPLIED TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
CHINA IN AN APPLICABLE FISCAL YEAR, IN APPLYING SUCH SECTION-

       (A) 300 IMMIGRANT VISA NUMBERS SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN
        PREVIOUSLY ISSUED TO NATIVES OF THAT FOREIGN STATE UNDER SECTION
203(B)(3)(A)(I) OF SUCH ACT IN THAT YEAR, AND
       (B) 700 IMMIGRANT VISA NUMBERS SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN
        PREVIOUSLY ISSUED TO NATIVES OF THAT FOREIGN STATE UNDER SECTION
203(B)(5) OF SUCH ACT IN THAT YEAR.

    (3) APPLICABLE FISCAL YEAR.-

          (A) IN GENERAL.-In this subsection, the term "applicable fiscal
year" means each fiscal year during the period-
     (i) beginning with the fiscal year in which the application period
begins; and
     (ii) ending with the first fiscal year by the end of which the
cumulative number of aliens counted for all fiscal years under subparagraph
(B) equals or exceeds the total number of aliens whose status has been
adjusted under section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act pursuant
to subsection (a).

          (B) NUMBER COUNTED EACH YEAR.-THE NUMBER COUNTED UNDER THIS
SUBPARAGRAPH FOR A FISCAL YEAR (BEGINNING DURING OR AFTER THE APPLICATION
PERIOD) IS 1,000, PLUS THE NUMBER (IF ANY) BY WHICH (I) THE IMMIGRATION
LEVEL UNDER SECTION 202(A)(2) OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT FOR
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN THE FISCAL YEAR (AS REDUCED UNDER THIS
SUBSECTION), EXCEEDS (II) THE NUMBER OF ALIENS WHO WERE CHARGEABLE TO SUCH
LEVEL IN THE YEAR.

(e) APPLICATION PERIOD DEFINED.-IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM "APPLICATION
PERIOD" MEANS THE 12-MONTH PERIOD BEGINNING JULY 1, 1993.

                       Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                       Vice President of the United States and
                               President of the Senate.

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4. Anger Boils over Promise on Chinese Students in Australia .......... 104
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From: A CND Reader
Source: The Age (Melbourne) 10/8/92
By: Margaret Easterbrook

A parliamentary committee's call for the abandonment of a promise on the
future of Chinese students in Australia could become one of the most
divisive immigration issues to face the Government.

Members of Chinese groups have threatened public self-immolation and other
violent protests if the Government reneges on its promise to allow Chinese
students here at the time of the Beijing killings to stay.

The call, by the joint committee on migration regulations, has been an
unwanted reminder for the Government of the upheaval caused by the emotive
promise made - without Cabinet consultation - by the former Prime Minister,
Mr Hawke, that no Chinese would be returned against their will.

It has incensed Chinese groups that a Government that has acknowledged
Amnesty International reports that serious human rights breaches are
continuing unabated in China could even consider reviewing its position on
their status.

The proposal has seen three of the five ALP members of the committee align
with coalition policy, under which Chinese students granted four-year
temporary entry permits would be expelled if their cases did not meet
residency criteria. This could affect at least 12,000 students, and their
spouses and dependents whom they were able to nominate to join them under
the family reunion program.

The committee chairman, Victorian Labor backbencher Dr Andrew Theophanous,
and, to a lesser extent, fellow Victorian backbencher Senator Barney Cooney,
were the only members to dissent from the recommendation.

Senator Cooney has called for residency to be granted or for the temporary
permits to at least be extended while there is a need for continuing
protection. Dr Theophanous is more definite. He wants a special category to
be created under which the Chinese could stay when their visas expire in
June 1994.

While it is not unusual for parliamentary committee members to dissent from
a final recommendation, Dr Theophanous has come under fire from both ALP and
coalition members for emphasising his position, not that of the majority, in
his tabling speech and subsequent media statements.

In a letter to Dr Theophanous, the committee's deputy chairman, Mr Phil
Ruddock, also the coalition's immigration spokesman, has, on behalf of other
concerned members, called for "a very clear public statement" to redress the
distortion.

Similar claims of distortion have exacerbated longstanding antagonism
between Dr Theophanous, who also chairs the caucus immigration committee,
and his factional colleague and committee member Mr Gerry Hand, the
Immigration Minister. Mr Hand was angered not only by the backbencher's
presentation of the migration regulations' committee report, but by reports
that Dr Theophanous had told a private conference that the Government was
allowing the Opposition to set the agenda on immigration policy.

Dr Theophanous reportedly told the conference that the ALP risked losing
support because it had shifted away from its "traditional philosophies",
which included support for multiculturalism and a large immigration intake.

Support for these philosophies underlines Dr Theophanous's strong objection
to the promise made by Mr Hawke and reaffirmed by his successor, Mr Keating,
in May this year, being overturned. This is despite increasing criticism of
the Government from the Sri Lankan, Lebanese and Cambodian communities,
whose members also face uncertain futures returning to their homelands.

The discriminatory nature of a policy which, as it stands, will enable the
Chinese to decide whether they return when their visas expire while other
groups are forced to meet normal residency criteria, has fuelled the
resentment.

The most vocal critic of continued favored treatment of the Chinese, and of
Dr Theophanous, is Western Australian Labor Senator Jim McKiernan. He
recently slammed the Special Committee for Chinese Students as ingrates for
sending "insulting" and "offending" letters to MPs, claiming the migration
regulations committee report showed Australia was softening its stance on
human rights abuses in Asia.

While the majority of the committee oppose Dr Theophanous's support for Mr
Hawke's commitment, Senator McKiernan has taken the lead in attacking it.

Mr Keating and Mr Hand have three months to respond to the report's
recommendation. While acknowledging that the committee's report has
"weight", the Prime Minister has flagged a preference for the commitment to
be honored.

But this position may end up being irrelevant. The election of a coalition
government at the election due within months would see the Hawke promise
abandoned regardless of what action the present Government decides. While
this may ensure greater equity of treatment of migration applications, the
new government would face the "real and alarming possibility" - as
identified by the migration regulations committee - of Chinese citizens
rejected for residency in 1994 joining the 23,000 already seeking refugee
status.

Without offering any solutions, the committee has recognised that the cost
of processing such a large number of applicants via the refugee
determination process is something Australia can "ill-afford".

It appears there are only two options facing whichever party is in
government, and neither is attractive. Either it can continue to honor the
commitment and put other ethnic communities further offside, or it can
abandon it and risk massive clogging of the already congested refugee
queues.

Ultimately, it could be forced to accept responsibility for Chinese people
facing persecution if this last-ditch bid to stay fails.

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5. Call for Support of Three Charged Hong Kong Students ................ 55
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From: <EDT2LRF@UCLAMVS.BITNET>
Source: China-Net (the Coordination Network for IFCSS) 10/10/92

Dear netters, IFCSS leaders,

Three Hong Kong student activists are charged for participating the protest
demonstration in front of the New China News Agency building on June 5 early
this year. And the HK Federation of Students is urgently asking for
international support on their rescue campaign.

These students are being charged under excuse of the HK municipal "Public
Order Ordinance" which the colony government used to suppress student
gathering and other activities aiming the Li Peng government and its agent
in Hong Kong. Under the pressure from Beijing, the HK regime has been doing
this for three years.

During the 1989 pro-democracy movement and the years following that bloody
midnight, Hong Kong students have been giving enormous support to their
mainland peers. Now it's time for us to give our hands when they are calling
out.

Here are something we CSS in US can do to help the 3 charged Hong Kong
student cases:

Call your local or nearest British consulate to express your demand:

   "Please convey my deep concerns for the 3 Hong Kong students being
charged by the un-justifiable reason."  You don't have to talk about the
whole story to the staff of the consulate.

Send a letter to the British premier and/or the new HK governor asking them:

    "Stop suppressing students pro-democratic activities and make HK
municipal rules consistent with internationally recognized human rights
criteria."

I also suggest that IFCSS (HQ and/or CCSA) study the appeal from the HK
student Federation and consider certain action promptly.

Hong Kong is a very internationalized city in economy, and heavily relies on
the China-US trade, the more voice from the world and especially U.S., the
more caution the HK government will take before giving any harsh sentences
to the cases. International protests will definitely balance the pressure
from Li Peng.

    HK Student Federation can be contacted by fax: (852) 787-3120 or e-mail:
H8811377@HKUCC.HKU.HK.

Names of the 3 student activists are:

    "To Kwan Hang", "Tsoi Yiu Cheong", "Wong Ching Man"

They are Secretary-General of the HK student federation for 1989, 1990, and
1991 respectively, but were NOT organizers of the June 5 NCNA demonstration,
which are the reason they are charged by the HK regime in the surface.

Kevin UCLA

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6. Job Opportunities in Taiwan ......................................... 45
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From: Chow, I-Chang <FCUT001@TWNMOE10.BITNET>

The Feng Chai University (Taiwan, R.O.C) have some teaching position
opening in Dept, of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture
and Urban Planning.
  (1 Urban Design position, 2 Landscape Architecture positions,
   4 Architecture positions)

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
DEGREE: 1. PH.D. in Architecture, or Landscape Architecture,
           or Urban Design
        2. Master Degree in Architecture, or Landscape Architecture,
           or Urban Design plus 8 years of professional working
           experiences.

LANGUAGE: speak, read, write Chinese.

UNIV. START TIME: Feb. 10, 1993

DUE DATE: Dec. 30, 1992

DOCUMENTS:
       1. Resume
       2. a copy of diploma and transcript for ph.d. degree
       3. a copy of diploma and transcript for master degree
       4. a copy of diploma and transcript for bachelor degree
       5. a copy of passport and i.d.
       6. three recommendation letters
       7. list three to four courses you want to teach, and
          brief description of course contents

PLEASE MAIL THE ABOVE DOCUMENTS TO:
       Dr. Chow, I-Chang
       Feng Chia University
       Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Planning
       100 Wenhwa Road, Seatwen,
       Taichung 40724, Taiwan, R.O.C.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTECT ME:

       (O) TEL: 04-2522250 X 3175    FAX: 04-2514659
       (H) TEL: 02-3560019           FAX: 02-3223479
       BITNET:    FCUT001@TWNMOE10.BITNET
       INTERNET:  FCUT001@TWNMOE10.EDU.TW

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