HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: xhe@metz.une.edu.au (MR X HE)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china
Subject: [news] Australian Satellite Lost
Date: 22 Dec 92 10:01:47 GMT


Australian communication satellite, launched by Long-March II last night,
was lost in the space. I am not sure whose fault it is. Sad.

xh 22/12/92
From: ding@hpsmtc1.cup.hp.com (Ignatius Ding)
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 01:45:49 GMT
Subject: Somalia Relief Initiative
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china

                                 Press Release

                               December 27, 1992


What:   Fundraising event to support the "Somalia Relief" effort undertaken by
        the American Red Cross.  The program is co-sponsored by various
        organizations from the bay area Chinese-American community.

Who:    Honorary Co-Chairpersons - Representative-Elect Anna Eshoo of the 14th
        U.S. Congressional District, and Educator and retired Dean of
        Engineering of Santa Clara University, Dr. Shu-Park Chan.

        Program coordinator/spokesperson - Ignatius Ding (408) 446-2011.

When:   December 30, 1992, 7:00PM to Mid-night.

Where:  Chinese American Culture Center, 1269 Forgewood Avenue, Sunnyvale
        Phone: (408) 747-0394 or (408) 747-0395

Status: So far, over $3,000 collected through talks and contacts with
        individuals and organizations.


A coalition of religious, business, social, charity, professional, ethnic, and
human rights organizations, and many individuals, are joining forces to sponsor
a year-end donation drive to help raise funds to support the Somalia Relief
effort.  All proceed s will go through the local American Red Cross chapter to
support the international rescue mission.

Music/Dance Program starts at 7:00PM.  Donation and fundraising auction starts
at 8:00 PM.  All expenses are paid in advance by various donors.  There is no
admission charge.

Donations are fully tax deductible.  Please send contributions to "Somalia
Relief", P.O.  Box 160308, Cupertino, CA 95016-0308.  Make checks payable to
"American Red Cross" and note on either either side of the checks that it is
for "Somalia Relief".
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china,soc.culture.taiwan,soc.culture.hongkong
From: leung@DSG.Tandem.COM (Steven Leung)
Subject: Re: See Far's Prediction
Originator: leung@bittemple
Organization: Tandem Computers
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 15:14:29 GMT


In article <5d410a7f.1b2f0@digital.sps.mot.com>, chen@digital.sps.mot.com (Jinfu Chen) writes:
|> While 1993 is still a few days away, I can't seem to forget Mr/Mrs See Far's
|> prediction about China using the "push-back diagram".  Does anyone keep a
|> copy of his/her prediction?  If so could it be re-post it here?

Here it is (from one of the many messages):
==========================================================================
Date: 8 Nov 91 04:24:57 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.taiwan
Organization: University of California, San Diego

...

----
What is the Outcome of China's current situation?
In 1992, (Lee Huan of) Taiwan will liberate mainland!
A prediction appearing in usenet since September 1989.
 
  
And 1992 is coming!                       
   
==========================================================================

|> If the prediction were based on lunar calendar, sorry about my impatience.

Steven
-- 
328. Seek opportunity, not security. ...
        - Life's Little Instruction Book by H. J. Brown, Jr.
From: yao@ee.rochester.edu (Meng Yao)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china
Subject: Re: Another situation puzzle
Date: 21 Dec 92 20:05:28 GMT
Organization: Univ of Rochester, College of Engineering and Applied Science

In article <102838@netnews.upenn.edu> hxie@dps91a.cis.upenn.edu (Hong Liang Xie) writes:
>In article <1034@blue.cis.pitt.edu>, yding+@pitt.edu (Yijun Ding) writes:
>|> In article <BzL2HE.Bq3@nic.umass.edu> s9874203@titan.ucc.umass.edu (s9874203) writes:
>|> >
>|> >He is too short to reach the button.
>|> 
>|> I guess on a raining day, he can reach by his umbrella.
>|> 
>|> -- 
>|> //Yijun Ding, Pittsburgh //Go your way, be happy.
>
>So the puzzle is solved, quickly.  Here is another one.  Have fun.
>
>***************************
>A man is sitting in bed in a hotel room.  He makes a phone call,
>saying nothing, and then goes to sleep. 
>***************************
>
>-Hongliang

As other netters have mentioned, there are too many possibilities here.
One possibility is that he made a call to his office phone number to
see if there were important messages. Apparently there were not, so he just
went to sleep.

Meng
From: ren@miles.mps.ohio-state.edu (Liming Ren)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china
Subject: HXWZ permission mode!!
Date: 26 Dec 1992 19:36:33 -0500
Organization: Department of Mathematics, The Ohio State University
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: miles.mps.ohio-state.edu

Whoever manages the IFCSS ftp site:

	You put the permission mode as

-rw-r-----  1 1102       266954 Dec 25 21:17 HXWZ91_1.tar.Z
-rw-r-----  1 1102       289495 Dec 25 21:18 HXWZ91_2.tar.Z

This makes the files inaccessible to many readers. Please CORRECT it!
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china
Subject: Re: We Taiwanese have won this general election..
From: <LXH108@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 12:09:04 EST
Organization: Penn State University

with $400 in mainland, people can do things that Taiwanese can not do
with $4000.
The more I read or contact Taiwanese, the stronger I feel that we
should liberate that island soon. Teach them a big lesson with
their sheap lives of $xxxxxxx. Do not show off how rich you are.
Do not talk or even think mainlanders in a superior or arogant way,
If you do, your days will be numbered. We support liberate taiwan with
force.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china,soc.culture.hongkong,soc.culture.taiwan,talk.politics.china
From: joy@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Chien-Chung Chen)
Subject: Re: Chinese Running Dog
Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept., Ann Arbor
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 12:51:30 GMT

In article <1992Dec23.045414.13729@u.washington.edu> dan007@carson.u.washington.edu (Dan) writes:
>In article 72451, Tingli Pan (utingli@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu) wrote:
>
>>I always think it is not a strategic way to put a name to the
>>opponents, as the other side can do the same easily. For example, if A
>>calls B as KMT's running dog, then B can easily call back A as CCP's
>>running dog. Both sides can manipulate the definition conviniently to suit
>>their own requirment. That is what we've seen recently. It is fun for
>>the bystanders, but for A and B, well, at least they practise their
>>English writing.
>
>Agree, but unfortunately, quite a lot of them still wrote shabby English.

You are right. Our English is still so poor. This is the reason why we
need more practice. Let's write more and post more in newsgroups to
sharpen our English writing. :)

-- Chien-Chung Chen
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china
From: bllac@iastate.edu (Ling Zhou)
Subject: Chu Xi, please respond
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Distribution: soc
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 02:58:13 GMT


Newsgroups: soc.culture.china
From: "micky wong" <micky.wong@canrem.com>
Subject: when china wakes
Reply-To: "micky wong" <micky.wong@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: soc
Date: 1 Jan 93 16:53:37 EST

In Article: <C05DtJ.510@ulowell.ulowell.edu>
   Subject: "When China Wakes" by 'The Economist'
      From: cshi@cs.ulowell.edu (Chunde Shi) writes:

Lines deleted for clearity.

>Whose "catastropy"? Old colonists? yes.

>Chinese people were awakened by Mao. Chinese peopel are no longer
>sumissive since then. After CR, Chinese are more intolerent toward
>Government. Including you guys rebellios stands against CG, has trace
>of CR effect. It is not black-white issue, dear.

Please read the following, which was collected from CCP's own
statistics:

During 1959-1961, the wide spread starvation in Chinese rural villages
were caused by "Zong1 lu4 xian4" (collective policy?),"Da4 yue2 jin4"
(great leap forward), "Ren2 min2 gong1 she4" (people's commune); the
so called "San1 mian4 hong2 qi2" (three red flags).

In the seventies, CCP's propaganda apparatus acknowledged that the death
caused by starvation in that three years were 12-15 million. There was a
census year book published inside China during 1984, recorded the death
caused by 3 years famine were 27 million. Internationally acclaimed
Chinese writer Gu3 Hua1 learned, that in 1980, CCP's party secretaries
from 29 provinces and cities had a study session, the estimate by these
senior party officials of the CCP put the death figure to 50-60 million,
although this last figure was not official published, we can have a pretty
good picture on CCP's record of mismanagement, and CCP's contempt to human
life!

The number of Chinese people died of starvation caused by Mao's
wrong policies, far exceeds the thousands, it was in many millions.

The CCP had for many years, deceived the Chinese people and the world,
blame the hardship during that period, first to the "extraordinary
natural disaster" (Does that sounds familiar?), than it blamed to
Russia's demand for debt payment.

While at the same time, the CCP maintained the self congratulation
on it's "Greatness, Glory, and the absolute correctness"!

From 1949 to 1976, in less than 30 years, the CCP has caused the death of
more than 50 million Chinese (conservative estimate), with CCP's class
struggle ideology, it has caused the suffering and anguish of over 200
million people for that period.(Conservative estimate by CCP for the period
of cultural revolution only, the real figure could be much higher)

Can you tell me, should Chinese people thank Mao for all these?

Do you want to blame all these to the old colonists?


---
--
Canada Remote Systems  - Toronto, Ontario
World's Largest PCBOARD System - 416-629-7000/629-7044
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china
From: "micky wong" <micky.wong@canrem.com>
Subject: who is the true bully?
Reply-To: "micky wong" <micky.wong@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: soc
Date: 23 Dec 92 21:47:30 EST

The following is from today's (12/23/92) CND Global

 -AP-DJ, 12/22/1992- BEIJING -- Lu Ping on Tuesday called the British
 colony's governor, Chris Patten, a bully and accused London of trying to
 entrap Beijing. He made the remarks to Hong Kong reporters in Beijing after
 a meeting with pro-Beijing Hong Kong legislators and community leaders. "It
 doesn't matter whether or not Mr. Patten cooperates with us, because we can
 either cooperate or fight," Lu was quoted as saying by a Hong Kong news
 broadcast. He said, "I believe this bully has gone too far." (Liu Jian)

 ----  End of quote ----

 Lu Ping's remark reminds us the ancient Chinese idiom: "The thief is
 yelling: -Catch the thief- "  :-)

 This is the same Lu Ping, who had said just a short while ago: "No airplane
 which takes off from Hong Kong's (future) new airport will be allowed to
 use China's airspace" .... This "remarkable" CCP cadre, in his anti-democracy
 and anti-Patten fervor, had carelessly exposed his true mentality, it
 seems that Mr Lu Ping, by some strange and twisted logic, views
 HongKong, even after the new Hong Kong airport is constructed, (which
 shall be well beyond 1997), will remain outside of China's border....

 Or is this the true view of most CCP cadres, toward CCP's promise of
  "One Nation, Two System".

 Anyone with common sense, would understand, by the time that the
 construction of the new airport is completed, the then HongKong would
 have became part of the PRC.

 Netters should be able to draw your own conclusion:

 "WHO IS THE TRUE BULLY?"

 For those who is singing CCP's song should remind themselves, what happened
 to those past comrades of the CCP, who had been used as sacrificial lambs

            "TO SERVE THE INTEREST OF THE PARTY"

 For those shortsighted businessmen, British concerns included, ought to
 remind themselves, the miserable fate of the hundreds of thousands,
 early "Chinese patriotic national capitalists".

 To condone a bullying menace while voice of condemnation is needed, is in
 essence, commit half of the crime!

--
Canada Remote Systems  - Toronto, Ontario
World's Largest PCBOARD System - 416-629-7000/629-7044
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From: px00@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (PEIYUAN XU)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china
Subject: CHEAP AIRPLANE TICKET
Date: 29 Dec 92 21:30:57 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

From San Francisco to Newark on January 11,1993
One-way ticket, direct flight.
Asking $100
If interesting, please response via E-mail (px00@LEHIGH.EDU)
Lao Xu
-- 
peiyuan
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china
From: lwang@mariner.amc.edu.au (Luo Wang)
Subject: Re: About the pretty girl
Organization: Australian Maritime College
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 04:18:23 GMT

In article <1992Dec11.185848.20598@sunova.ssc.gov>, somebody  writes:
>
>Why is there no posting of handsome guys? Especially with the proposed ranking
>system -- my favorite part. Or is there any one dare to suggest that there is 
>no good looking chinese guys? 
>
Unfortunately, not many ;=)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china,soc.culture.taiwan
From: utingli@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Tingli Pan)
Subject: Re: World Journal
Organization: Educational Computing Network
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 19:20:57 GMT

In article <ljeoanINNbt@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> stlin@stevelin.Eng.Sun.COM (Steven Lin) writes:
>In article <Bzo240.761@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu> utingli@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Tingli Pan) writes:
>>>
>>>Though the owner is a KMT, the WJ apparently has no dedication to KMT. Though
>>>it is emphasized on Taiwan news, it is not a pro-KMT newspaper in general.
>>>
>>The editorial comments are KMT's voice, otherwise it is readable.
>>
>I really don't think so. There are more and more editorial comments severly
>criticing KMT and Lee Deng-Hui, if folks ever pay attention on it.
>I do feel that the editorial position is on the same line of overseas Chinese
>organization, Sin-Chong Hui. Of course, they have no way to support CCP.
>
But the opinions of overseas Chinese are more conservative than today's
KMT. That is why it is criticising Li Denghui. 

When ever I want to change my mood to pro-CCP, I'll read some from WJ's
editorial comments and Zhengmin. Otherwise I'll read People's Daily. It
works for me without any problem.

Tingli Pan
From: spectre@UIUC.EDU (Ian Chai  , by way of gustilo@pobox.upenn.edu)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: PH: Ramos appeals to Saudi Arabia king for Filipino preacher	(forwarded
 from SEASIA-L)
Date: 22 Dec 1992 21:19:41 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

MANILA, Philippines (UPI) President Fidel Ramos Tuesday appealed to Saudi
Arabia's King Fahd to pardon a Filipino born-again preacher scheduled to be
hung on Christmas Day in Riyadh.

``I wish to make a personal appeal to Your Royal Highness to spare Oswaldo
Magdangal from execution,'' Ramos said in a letter to the monarch. ``As you
know, 25 December is observed as a universal day of peace and forgiveness. I
believe that the significance of the season would not be missed by Your
Majesty.''

Magdangal has been accused of preaching the Christian faith in Saudi Arabia,
a Muslim country. Aside from Ramos' letter, the government also instructed
the Philippine ambassador to Saudi Arabia to help secure Magdangal's release.


Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: DPIROT@vm.ucs.UAlberta.CA
Subject: Re: "KARAOKE" Philippine original?
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 04:49:30 GMT

------------------------- Original Article -------------------------
From: andym@hpspdla.spd.HP.COM (Andy Means)
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 23:02:37 GMT
Subject: "KARAOKE" Philippine original?
Organization: HP Stanford Park - Palo Alto, CA
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino

        Any truth to the story that the "KARAOKE" or singalong
	machine originated in the Philippine?  A friend of mine
	is claimimg so.  I sort of believe him because we
	Filipinos are such an excellent crooner.

I first encountered karaoke machines in the Philippines where they were
not called 'karaoke', but 'Minus 1'. I was at first under the impression
that they were invented there, because they were so in tune with the
Filipino character, but I later learned that 'karaoke' means 'empty
stage' in Japanese, and most of the machines that I saw in the Minus 1
clubs were made in Japan. I suppose that the idea might have originated
in the Philippines and was copied by the Japanese, since they, too, seem
to enjoy crooning. The first time I ever saw a video disk karaoke machine
was also in the Philippines, about six years ago, but it was in a Japanese
club in Manila. It seemed to owe a lot to the movies they used to show
back in the 50's where the audience sang along, following the words
with a little bouncing ball.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: an3892@anon.penet.fi
Subject: Claudio Teehankee Jr. Found Guilty
Organization: Anonymous contact service
X-Anonymously-To: soc.culture.filipino
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 04:24:34 GMT

        MANILA, Philippines (UPI) -- The son of a prominent former Supreme Court
chief justice was convicted Tuesday of the 1991 murders of an American
youth and a Filipino teen-ager and sentenced to serve two life terms in
prison. Judge Job Madayag sentenced Claudio Teehankee Jr. in the deaths
of Roland John Chapman, son of a U.S. Embassy communications officer,
and Filipino Maureen Hultman on July 13, 1991.

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Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Rest of Barandino Family Released
Date: 21 Dec 92 17:00:07 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: University of Pennsylvania


	ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (UPI) -- Muslim bandits released the remaining
family members Sunday of a Filipino doctor they abducted late last month
in the southern Philippines, the military said Monday.
	Lt. Col. Laureano Palanas, a military spokesman, told UPI in a
telephone interview that the remaining hostages -- Cristina, wife of Dr.
Nilo Barandino, their four children and a nephew -- were abandoned by six
heavily armed men Sunday morning in Spillway village, Isabela town, 550
miles south of Manila.
	``The hostages, except for Mrs. Barandino who is suffering from
fever, are in good condition,'' Palanas said.
	He said no ransom was paid but a ``minimal consideration'' in kind
was given by Joey Tugong, a civilian negotiator to the kidnappers.
	The bandits had demanded $4,000 in cash, sacks of rice, medicine,
bullets and two-way radios in exchange for the captives' freedom.
	The Barandinos, who own vast tracts of land in the province, were
seized at gunpoint Nov. 27 outside Isabela town while driving to their
farm for a picnic.
	The kidnappers, led by Jun Gillang, a renegade officer of the Moro
National Liberaton Front, or MNLF, earlier released Dr. Barandino
ostensibly so he could secure the ransom.
	A separate gang is still holding Augustine Fraszczack, a U.S.
Catholic missionary abducted Oct. 21.
	Dozens of armed groups, including communist guerrillas and separatist
rebels, operate in the south and defy a government drive to disarm them.
From: lagman@CS.ColoState.EDU (annette)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: Sampuguita
Date: 23 Dec 92 04:47:50 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University

In article <271@cnmhnet.UUCP> keithg@cnmhnet.UUCP (keith garrard) writes:
>I am in the San Francisco Bay Area, and I am trying to
>find some way of obtaining the flower called "Sampuguita".

	I don't know about sampaguita, but you can get jasmine from
	a mail order company, I think it was Michigan bulbs (although
	its not a bulb) or Jackson and Perkins.  Actually, the plant
	I got looked more like sampaguita than what we call jasmine
	back home.  My plant did quite well indoors in a big pot, 
	until I went home and left it with someone else :-(.

	annette
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: RMNL69@paccvm.corp.mot.com (Les Aquino)
Subject: Re: Pilipino Movie: Lucia
Organization: Motorola
Date: 29 Dec 1992 15:13:43 HKT

------------------------- Original Article -------------------------
I think if I'm not mistaken the actress that portrayed the
mother role is Lolita Rodriguez, Miss Lucita Soriano also is
in the movie.

I saw it in it's entirety, it sure is very touching.
Dapat FAMAS contender.

John C.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Yup.  Lolita Rodriguez portrayed Lucia.   Another award-winning actress
in the film is Gina Alajar.  It's been shown here in the Philippines
on TV several months ago and was replayed once I think.  Needless to
say, it continues to be replayed everyday in the various depressed
sectors of our society.

Sadly, so many of our kababayans close their eyes on realities like
these and would rather talk about beautiful beaches, ice skating rink
in the mall, artificial snow-making machines and the like.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: jorge@tfs.com (I shall return)
Subject: Don Bosco Manda Grads
Organization: TRW Financial Systems
Distribution: soc.culture.filipino
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 20:52:26 GMT


Hi. Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon sa inyong lahat.

I just thought I'd locate all Don Bosco Technical Institute grads out there
in the net.   Particularly Grads of 1975.

Please email me at jorge@tfs.com

Thanx.
Jorge Vera
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