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Subject: China News Digest (U.S.), Tue, 11/17/1992
Date: 17 Nov 92 06:25:56 GMT
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                         Tuesday, November 17, 1992

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1. News Brief (5 Items) ................................................. 53
2. China Said to Lift Overseas Study Ban but Cuts College Sponsorship ... 28
3. Capital Iron and Steel Corp. (ShouGang) Buys U.S. Steel Mill ......... 27
4. Physics Symposium in Tianjin ......................................... 20
5. Immigration Visa Numbers for December ................................ 60
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1. News Brief (5 Items) ................................................. 53
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The IFCSS HQ has made an urgent call for helping its mass mailing project.
An information package, including a call for donations, has been prepared
for use in the project. 20,000 letters are planned to be sent out before
Christmas. The IFCSS calls for CSS to send 20 names and complete mailing
addresses of faculty members and administrators in their schools, available
in each school's telephone directory, to the IFCSS HQ at <ifcss@wam.umd.edu>
so as to help its fund raising mass mailing effort. 
(From: IFCSS HQ <ifcss@wam.umd.edu>)
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A research organization in Carbondale, IL is dedicated to study the history
of the Japanese aggression against China.  Many of the researchers are on
the faculty of the Department of History, Southern Illinois University at
Carbondale.  The name and address of this organization are: Society for
Studies of Japanese Aggression Against China (SSJAC), 110 Mark Court,
Carbondale, IL 62901, Phone: (618) 549-4993. The SSJAC publishes a quarterly
journal, The Journal of Studies of Japanese Aggression Against China, in
both English and Chinese, and Japanese if the contributor is Japanese.
Subscription is $20 per year for individuals and $60 per year for
institutions. (From: Ignatius Ding <ding@HPSMTC1.CUP.HP.COM>)
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The IFCSS HQ has issued a news release on Hong Kong's political reform.
According to the news release, Geng Xiao, IFCSS President, has written an
open letter to Hong Kong governor Christopher Patten in support of his
initiative for political reform in Hong Kong, saying that Hong Kong's
political reform is "long over-due." The letter said that Patten's plan
would "help maintain long-term stability and prosperity for Hong Kong after
1997," and criticized the Chinese Government for attempting to "extend
tyranny to Hong Kong." The letter argued that Chinese Government's
uncooperative and hostile attitude toward Hong Kong's political reform would
"create turmoil and confusion, obstruct a smooth transition and would shake
peoples' confidence in Hong Kong's future." 
(From: IFCSS HQ <ifcss@wam.umd.edu>)
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A group of students, scholars and professionals from UC Berkeley and
campuses around southern California, are organizing a soccer conference for
the coming Thanksgiving holiday.  The game will be played at Berkeley on Nov
27 and 28.  Four teams have already signed up: UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UCSD
and a combined team from USC and UCLA.  People from UC Santa Barbara,
Caltech, UC Irvine, UC Reiverside are stongly encouraged to form a team or
two to participate.  Fiancial aid and certain accommodations are available.
Contact the contributor of this news item for more information.
(From: Haining Liu <liu@cs.ucsd.edu>)
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Prof. Wen Yuankai will give a lecture on Nov. 21 at Temple University,
Philadelphia. The lecture is sponsored by the Philadelphia China Peaceful
Unification Action Committee. A number of other speakers are also planned.
Prof. Wen will speak on "Analysis of China's Current Economy." For more
information on the lecture, please contact the contributor of this news
item. (From: Jim Lee <V1498G@VM.TEMPLE.EDU>)

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2. China Said to Lift Overseas Study Ban but Cuts College Sponsorship ... 28
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Forwarded by: David Shu <MTE152S@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
Source: Higher Education (British), 11/16/92

The Chinese leadership in Beijing is set to liberalise its policy on
overseas study by allowing all students to study overseas, and to permit all
returning students to leave and enter the country when they wish.

China maintained strict quotas and selection procedures on overseas study,
and very few citizens had the right to leave and enter the country.  But now
Li Tieying, minister in charge of the State Education Commission has said
that China would issue passports to all students accepted by foreign
universities.  And government would "respect their freedom of travel" on
their return to Chine after graduation.

But China intends phasing out state sponsoring of students going abroad.
The salaries of university professors are to be raised from the current
average of 400 yuan to about 1,000 yuan per month.

Chinese universities will also be permitted to set up joint programmes, new
departments and even institutions with foreign universities.

Mr Li said that while students would be encouraged to study overseas, the
authorities clearly hoped most would return on completing their courses,
emphasising again that no student would be made to stay in China.

The Chinese government wants to improve graduates' knowledge and skills in
international trading, and business and marketing.  China is also to lift
its controls on set up programmes, departments or institutions jointly run
with foreign universities.  Also proposed is the idea of permitting the
creation of wholly foreign funded institutions of higher education,
including branches of foreign universities.

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3. Capital Iron and Steel Corp. (ShouGang) Buys U.S. Steel Mill ......... 27
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Forwarded by: Jian
Source: AP-DJ and the New York Times, 11/2/92 and 11/4/92

BEIJING -- One of China's largest steel plants has purchased a closed-down
steel mill in California, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Monday.

The Capital Iron and Steel Corp., based in Beijing, bought all the factory
buildings and equipment of California Steel Co.'s No. 2 Convertor Steel-
making plant, the Chinese company officials announced. The contract was
signed Oct. 30, the report said.

The plant, which was built for $287 million by the now defunct Kaiser Steel
Corporation and went into production in 1978, has been shut down since 1982.
California Steel bought the plant from Kaiser in 1984. Even before Kaiser
filed for bankcruptcy in 1987, the Chinese has begun the series of
negotiations that concluded with the sale, California Steel's corporate
secretary and spokesman, Matthew C. MacFadden, said. Kaiser quoted the
Chinese company $60 million at the time. The final sale price was less than
$20 million, MacFadden said.

Capital Iron and Steel plans to send 300 workers to California to dismantle
the plant, which occupies an area of more than 40,000 square meters.

Company officials said equipment from the U.S. mill will help in the
rebuilding of the Qilu Iron and Steel Plant in coastal Shandong province.
The report said the project will cost 400 million dollars.

Company officials said the deal was for the purchase of the mill's main
equipment, such as a complete water treatment facility, computer control
systems and 14 heavy-duty overhead cranes, as well as all spare parts and
materials, blueprints, microfilms and technical documents.

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4. Physics Symposium in Tianjin ......................................... 20
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>From: Da Hsuan Feng <FENG@DUVM.bitnet>

The Third International Summer School on Advanced Topics in Physics will be
held in Tianjin on Sept. 1 to Sept. 10, 1993. The symposium is sponsored by
the Departments of Physics at Nankai University and Drexel University in
Philadelphia. The invited lecturers are all leading experts in these
exciting fields of physics.

The International Summer School on Advanced Topics in Physics was first held
in June of 1991 at the Institute of Mathematics of Nankai University while a
second one was held in the next summer.

Young physics researchers (advanced graduate students and postdocs)
globally, and especially from the Asia Pacific regions, are encouraged to
participate. Registration fee for the school is $80 US. Food and lodging
will not exceed $25/day.

For more information please contact Professor Da Hsuan Feng, Department of
Physics and Atmospheric Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
19104-9984, <feng@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu>.

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5. Immigration Visa Numbers for December ................................ 60
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Source: World Journal, November 10, 1992
Summarized and Translated by Bo Xiong

The U.S. State Department's Visa Bulletin for November 1992:

(Note: the dates in the parentheses are those for last month)

Employment-Based

1st (Workers with             Current for most countries including Mainland
     extraordinary skills)    China (Current)

2nd (Advanced degree
     holders and special      Current for most countries, for Mainland
     skilled workers):		    China: June 8, 1991 (April 15, 1991)

3rd (Skilled workers
     and Professionals):      Current for most countries, for Mainland
			      China: May 1, 1991 (April 15, 1991)

3rd (other workers):          For most countries including Mainland China:
			      October 15, 1987 (October 8, 1987)

4th (Special Immigrants):     Current for most countries including Mainland
			      China (Current)

4th (Religious Workers):      Current for most countries including Mainland
			      China (Current)

5th (Employment-creation):    Current for most countries including Mainland
			      China  (Current)

5th (Targeted Employment      Current for most countries including Mainland
     Areas):		      China  (Current)


Family-based preference dates are as follows:

1st: (Unmarried children of   Current for most countries including Mainland
      U.S. citizens	   )  China (Current)

2A: (Exempt from per country
     limit)		      Worldwide date: July 8, 1990 (June 1, 1990)

2A: (Subject to per country
     limit)		      Worldwide date: August 1, 1990 (June 22, 1990)
    (2A: Spouses and children of permanent residents)

LB: (Spouses and children of  For most countries including Mainland
     legalized beneficiaries) China: December 8, 1990 (November 15, 1990)

2B: (Adult children of        For most countries including Mainland
     permanent residents)     China: September 15, 1989 (September 1, 1989)

3rd: (Married children        For most countries including Mainland
      of U.S. citizens	  )   China: February 1, 1991 (January 8, 1991)

4th: (Sisters and brothers    For most countries including Mainland
      of adult U.S. citizens) China: August 15, 1983 (July 22, 1983)

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