From: cshi@cs.ulowell.edu (Chunde Shi)
Subject: what is behind Sheng Tong's arrest
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Lowell Computer Science
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 00:45:35 GMT

In article <Btx69J.3L0@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> "Ignatius Ding" <ding@HPSMTC1.CUP.HP.COM> writes:
>
>      This is a follow-up report to the UPI/CBS news report regarding the
>confirmed arrest of Shen Tong in Beijing at 1:30AM, Tuesday Beijing time, or
>1:30PM/EDT, Monday.  According to Marshall Strauss, Executive Director of the
>Democracy for China Fund of Newton, Mass, two other individuals, Qi Da-Feng and
>Qian Liyan (wife of dissident student Xiong Yang), were also arrested along
>with Shen at his family's home.
>
>      Please call or fax an emergency plea immediately to the U.S. senators of
>your state, or members of national parliament if you live outside of the United
>States.  We must act quickly.  These three courageous young fellows might be
>saved from severe tortures if we can generate enough pressure in the
>international community.
>
>
>Ignatius Ding
>SVDC Communications
( it was written in two days, the dates are not consistant among items)
This is carfully orchestrated PR(public relation) action to get 
"protection bill" passed, as with the Wang Jun Tao's "hunger strike".
Backgrounds:
   1. Yesterday eveny(Aug. 31st), NPR(National Public Radio) reported that the PR(Public
Relation)Firm that was hired by Kuwait Government, forged "baby incubator was
snatched away" atrocity of Iraqis was hired by "Chinese Students" too. My
speculation is that "Democracy for China Fund" is another "Citizens for Free
Kuwait" pieced together with cash by the PR Firm. 
   2. According to BBC this morning, in the interview with Rose Terrill, who
has very strong British accent, a border memeber of the Organization  and 
went China with Shen Tong, Rose Terrill
said that Shen Tong felt strang that why had not CG interven what He had been
doing in China for Month before the arrest. It indicated that His purpose of
the trip was to get arrested, to create another "human Right abuse" incident,
for the sake of "Protection Bill".
   3. Shen Tong is only a pupet of the Organization. Real power is in the hand
of Marshall Strauss who control the funding. Shen Tong had to consult him
every day through phone when Shen was in China.
   4. In this scheme, they even had coded word for their success: "Is this
Andrea" to indicate Shen was arrested;
   5. Quate Marshall Strauss after their success, in a conference: "The Chinese
are faced with a public relations disaster and the rest of the world must
exert presure for his(shen) release". That is the real purpose, "PR disaster"
for the Chinese.
    6. Today's New York Times(sept 2nd), had an claimed Shen Tong article,
titled "The Next Revolution". I have question about the it:
      a. It claimed to be written by Shend Tong and "handed to a friend
several hours before his arrest", His arrest was the day before yesterday 1pm(
East Time of U.S.). His coordinate in Newton got the info. Why took so long(
around 36 hours until last night) to
reach press when we consider a fax could do it right away? Was that a work of
Ross Terill, an white Anglo Sexon, the kind tend to be british eximperilism
apologists and defame ex-victims to distract public attension away from the
crimes committed by british before;
      b. Why is it written in English? the article's aim was to call upon 
Chinese in China?
      c. The English is beyound a non-native english speaking's ablility.
      d. It used words like "Old man", "Far more than the world realizes,
corruption, strikes, dissent, HUNGER, violence and unbalanced development are
forming storm clounds over China", "(call others to build) civil society"
(for China). Those are standard words used by Westeners, e.g. they call them
selves as "civilized world" when talking about China.

I do not think he did it for himself, I think he was sincere on his beliefe. 
I think he is a victim of West(UK, US)'s "Pyschological Warfare" and was
insulated from reality by people around him(Strauss, Terill etc).