From: gaojeng@durras.anu.edu.au (J. Gao)
Subject: CND-US, Wed, September 2, 1992
Summary: CND
Keywords: CND
Organization: Computer Services Centre, Australian National University
Date:  2 Sep 92 07:17:11 GMT

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			Wednesday, September 2, 1992

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1. News Brief (3 Items) ................................................. 46
2. IFCSS, SVDC React to Shen Tong's Arrest .............................. 29
3. PRC Consulate General in Toronto Starts Changing 
   Public-Affairs-Passports to Private-Affairs-Passports for CSS ........ 20
4. Application for Advance Parole; Extension of F-1 Visa ................ 54
5. Conference Info; Job Openings (3 Items) .............................. 86
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1. News Brief (3 Items) ................................................. 46
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The IFCSS HQ has chosen at least one contact person from over 60 schools
which cover 35 states for the lobbying campaign on the Chinese National
Protection Bill. A special network has been established. States that have
contact persons for the lobbying campaign are: Alabama, Arizona, California,
Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachussetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri,
Montana, New Mexico, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma,
Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
Virginia, Washington, Washington D.C., and Wisconsin. Schools without
contact persons are encouraged to elect their contact persons for the
campaign. (From: IFCSS HQ, <ifcss@wam.umd.edu>
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Sponsored by the Washington Center for China Studies (WCCS), Sino-American
Cultural Society (SACS), and the George Washington University, a symposium
on "the Character and Current State of Chinese Culture" will be held at the
Marvin Center Theater of the George Washington University (800 21 St. NW,
Washington D.C.) on September 12, 1992 (Saturday, 9:00 AM-5:30 PM).

The primary speakers of the symposium will be three Chinese and American
leading scholars in the field: Prof. LI Ze-hou from the Institute of
Philosophy at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (emerged in the late 1970s
as "a mentor of intellectual enlightenment" in China, Prof. LI will
make this his first speech to a large audience in the American capital city
since he came abroad early this year), Prof. Benjamin I.  Schwartz from
Harvard University, and Prof. LIN Yu-sheng from University of
Wisconsin-Madison. By inviting these leading scholar-to speak and discuss,
the symposium is designed not only to engage an inter-cultural dialogue
among academia but also to provide the general public a unique forum to
review the correlation between the cultural legacy and the social
changes of modern China. (From: JIA Hao, <LZ956C@GWUVM.BITNET>)
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Bill H.R. 4418, now being considered by the U. S. House of Representatives,
would return the graduate student fellowship stipends to tax-exempt status.
That is, stipends given in the form of a scholarship or program for teacher
education, as opposed to stipends which are given as a return for service,
which would still be considered taxable income.  Prior to the Reagan-Bush
era, graduate student fellowship stipends were not taxed. H.R. 4418 not only
would make these stipends tax-exempt, but would also return all taxes paid
since 1986 on these stipends.  The National Association of Graduate-
Professional Students (NAGPS) supports this bill as a first step in
completely returning all graduate education stipends to tax-exempt status.
You can call or write your Congressmen to offer your opinion on the bill.
(From: Liu Yuhe, <liu@ATMOS.UMD.EDU>)

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2. IFCSS, SVDC React to Shen Tong's Arrest .............................. 29
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Source: China-Net, Sept. 1, 1992

[Editor's Note: For details and more development on Shen Tong's arrest, 
                please read Sept. 1 and Sept. 2, 1992's CND-Global.]

>From: Lai Anzhi, <HWANGK@VTCC1.BITNET>. Abridged by CND

In a statement on Shen Tong's arrest, the IFCSS HQ expressed astonishment at
and deep concern over the incident. The statement presented that Shen Tong's
arrest cast serious doubts on the Chinese Government's pledges on the safety
of overseas Chinese students. The IFCSS demands that Shen be released
immediately and allowed to return to the U.S.; that pratical measures be
adopted to ensure free entry and exit by home-visiting students and
guarantee their personal safety; and that all violations of legitimate
rights of overseas students be terminated.
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>From: Ignatius Ding, <ding@hpsmtc1.cup.hp.com>

Shen Tong's sister, Shen Qing, will read a protest letter to the Chinese
Consulate in San Francisco, tomorrow, wednesday at 10:30 a.m.

Silicon Valley for Democracy in China (SVDC) has launched a fax-letter
campaign to contact key members of the Congress regarding the arrest of Shen
Tong, Qi Dafeng, and Qian Liyan. SVDC requested emergency intervention by
the US legislators to gain their release.

The Congressional Human Rights caucus has drafted a protest letter, signed
by Congressman John Porter, to request the immediate release of the three
individuals detained by the public security and safe return of Shen Tong to
the United States to continue his education.

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3. PRC Consulate General in Toronto Starts Changing 
   Public-Affairs-Passports to Private-Affairs-Passports for CSS ........ 20
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>From: CND-Canada Correspondents
Source: CND-Canada, August 31, 1992

Toronto, Ontario -- Per article 03, File 44 of PRC State Council (see
People's Daily August 21, 1992), PRC Consulate General in Toronto starts
processing passport changes for people holding For-Business-Purpose
passports changing to For-Private-Purpose passports on August 28, 1992. A
number of Students as well as other professionals around Toronto areas have
finished the hand-in process.  Due to the shortage of passport booklets, a
great number is expected to arrive in batchs from China. So the waiting time
for the whole processing (from the date hand-in to pick-up) is about two
months and subject to changes. There has been no such reports from other
areas in Canada.

To change the passport from For-Business-Purpose to For-Private-Purpose, one
is needed to provide the following documents in general.

    1. A copy of your PR paper
    2. The For-Business-Purpose passport
    3. Two passport-size photos (no other kind in different size accepted)
    4. 12.00 Canadian dollars (cash for processing fee)

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4. Application for Advance Parole; Extension of F-1 Visa ................ 54
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>From:  JoAnn Bennett, <VAGABOND@WITTENBG.BITNET>
Source: NAFSA Communication Network, Sept. 1, 1992

The method for filing advanced parole is as follows:

The following list is sent with an office cover letter (showing support and
addresses for questions/replies) to the local INS office.

         - A completed Form I-131
         - 3 passport size, color photographs
         - Original I-94 and I-20/IAP-66
         - Photocopy of Passport name page, picture page, and visa stamp page
         - check/money order for $65
         - and if entry prior 4/11/90 is not evident, proof of this early entry

Student is then issued a form I-512 with photo and a special notation allowing
entry in the US under the "same status (and time remaining)" as on depature.

There will be no need to contact an Embassy or consulate then.  A time frame
from one month to six months prior to departure may be needed to apply for
advanced parole (dependent on location).
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>From: Lucy S. Dawson, <dpjdb@ttacs.bitnet>
Source: NAFSA Communication Network, Friday, Aug 28, 1992

I asked the NAFSA net how people were handling late requests for extensions
of F-1 visas, as well as requests from students who were not eligible for
conversion to the unwritten grace period under the interrim guidelines.  My
question was also fueled by an attorney who questioned whether the grace had
to be specifically written on the I-20.

Among the answers received, one person suggested a filing system according
to completion dates, facilitating an office to be able to notify students
when they need to come in for extensions.  Another person said they have
taken a fairly strict interpretation, holding students responsible for
keeping up with the laws and their own documents.

Two others took a more liberal view, doing extensions for students who had
an unwritten grace period, even if not eligible for the conversion (ie-in
their grace period on October 1,1991) since it is all very confusing.  It is
mentioned also that under the old laws, students who had received an
extension of stay were allowed to complete the degree listed on their I-2,
even if it went beyond the date to which they had requested the extension.
Therefore, the respondent is processing requests for extensions in such
situations as well, while only reinstatements were done for those who have
gone past even their unwritten completion dates.

As for what we have determined: we have decided to do extensions for those
who request it up to 21 days after their completion date, since we have 30
days in which to get the notice to INS.  For those claiming ignorance of the
law change and are still in the unwritten completion date, we are requiring
reinstatements.

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5. Conference Info; Job Openings (3 Items) .............................. 86
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>From: ling@csd.uwo.ca (Charles X. Ling)
    
The 3rd International Conference for Young Computer Scientists is accepting
papers now. The conference will be held in Beijing, July 15-17, 1993, and is
sponsored by Chinese Computer Federation and China International Conference
Center for Science and Technology. It is also co-sponsored by ACM, HKCS(Hong
Kong), IEEE, IEICE(Japan), IPS(Japan), NZCS(NEW Zealand), and SCS
(Singapore), the conference is devoted mainly to the computer professionals
under 40 worldwide for providing an opportunity for them to communicate
research achievements.

The focus of topics is on "Towards Future of Computer Science and
Application." Topics of interest include the following areas: Architecture,
Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Neural Networks, CAD & CAE & CAI & CAM &
Computer Graphics, Computer Vision & Robotics, Database, Foundation of
Computer Science, Networks & Distributed Processing, Pattern Recognition &
Image Processing, Software Engineering & Tools, Applications and Others.

Authers are requested to submit 4 copies of a full paper(in English) with
key words of related topic, not published elsewhere, limited to six pages,
not later than Nov. 15, 1992, directly to one of the Program Co-chairmans:

      Prof. Wen Gao                          Prof. Jianping Wu          
      P.O.Box 321,                           Dept. of Computer Science  
      Harbin Institute of Technology,        Tsinghua University        
      Harbin 150006, China                   Beijing 100084, China      
      Fax: +86(451)32-1048                   Fax: +86(1)256-2768        

                         Prof. Charles X. Ling         
                         Department of Computer Science
                         University of Western Ontario 
                         London, Ontario               
                         Canada N6A 5B7                
                         Fax: 1-519-661-3515
                         email: ling@csd.uwo.ca

Every submitted papers will be reviewed by three members of Program Committee
of ICYCS'93. 

                              IMPORTANT DATES
                     Submission deadline: Nov. 15, 1992
            Notification of acceptance or rejection: Jan. 20, 1993
            Camera-ready version on special sheets: March 15, 1993

For conference information, please contact: Dr. Yamin Li, Dept. of Computer
Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. Fax: +86(1)256-2768

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>From: yfz@XHMEIA.Caltech.Edu

The Applied P & Ch Lab (APCL) have several job opennings in the following
fields:
      * Wet chemical analysis;
      * Instrumental chemical analysis (GC, GC/MS, AA, ICP etc);
      * Chemical industrial analysis;
      * Machinist Previous experience is essential. Please mail your resume
to: Personnel Department, APCL, 4066 E. Mission Blvd., Pomona CA 91766.
Applications through E-mail will not be accepted.
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>From: <jialin@dogwood.botany.uga.edu>

Department of Botany, University of Georgia is looking for a System
Administrator who is available to work as soon as possible. The department
has 100+ PC's, Mac's, Sun Workstations and 50+ printers(mostly laser). Your
work will be making sure all of them are running and users are happy.

The job requires you know: 

      - Unix system administration; gopher, wais etc.
      - inside/out about PageMaker and WordPerfect 
      - hardware repairs and trouble shooting: including PC's, 
        hard disks, monitors and laser printers
      - trouble shoot network problems
      - configure new systems, initiate new setups
      - programming in C, Pascal and Fortran; support current existing
        special setups, interface with Scantron
      - program SAS 
      - user support, write user's guide, user's manuals etc.
       
Please send your resume in plain ascii text to
<jialin@dogwood.botany.uga.edu>.  Please note that the department will not
pay for your trip to the interview.

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