From: Bo Xiong <xiong@BSU-CS.BSU.EDU>
Subject:      An Interview with SHEN Tong's Mother
Reply-To: Bo Xiong <xiong@BSU-CS.BSU.EDU>
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 04:52:12 GMT
Comments: To: china-nt@uga.cc.uga.edu

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                              (News Global)

                       Friday, September 4, 1992

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1. News Brief (2 Item) ..................................................17
2. No Words On Shen Tong; Ross Terrill Arrives in Hong Kong .............30
3. A Mother's Tears:
   Press Freedom Guardian Interviews Shen Tong's Mother .................57
4. US Plane Deal Comes as Relief to Taiwan ..............................35
5. China Forms New Domestic Airline to Serve Most Major Cities ..........18
6. What's in Today's Hua Xia Wen Zhai #75 (cm9209a) .....................25
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1. News Brief (2 Items) .................................................17
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The World Bank has approved a 20-year, 100-million-dlr loan to China toward
the final phase of the Shuikou hydroelectric dam project.  The loan, which
includes a five-year grace on principal, carries the bank's standard
variable interest rate, which is currently 7.63%.  China's State Energy
Investment Corp. is providing 221 million dlrs toward the 321-million-dlr
final phase of the hydroelectric dam project in Fujian Province, the World
Bank said.  The World Bank loan also carries standard terms of a five-year
grace and variable interest. (From: Liu Jian)
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[AP-DJ 9/02/92] TAIPEI -- The U.S. dollar was lower Wednesday against its
Taiwanese counterpart in extremely light trading, with the values mainly
reflecting the U.S. currency's weakness in the international market.
The unit fell 2.4 New Taiwan cents to close at 25.0870 NT dlrs, contrasting
with Tuesday's 1.1-cent gain. Transactions fell to 55.5 million U.S. dlrs
from Tuesday's 64 million U.S. dlrs. (From: Jian Liu)

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2. No Words On Shen Tong; Ross Terrill Arrives in Hong Kong .............30
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From: Zhao Hua
Source: AP, Sept. 2, 1992

Shen Tong's mother, Li Yixie, said she had no news today on his status.
Late Tuesday morning, several hours after Shen's arrest, "police showed me a
letter which was written in my son's handwriting which said, 'I am eating
well in a hotel. Don't worry about me,' " Li said in an interview in her
small, dusty apartment.

"The note also said I should help the police get some materials about my
son's work," she said. The police then confiscated 23 computer disks and
reams of printed materials, "leaving behind only blank sheets of paper," she
said.  She was not allowed to keep her son's note, she said.

Meanwhile, Ross Terrill, Shen Tong's American advisor, arrived in Hong Kong
today.  Terrill, who is best known for his biographies of Mao Tse-tung and
Mao's wife, Jiang Qing, was a member of the advisory board of the China for
Democracy Fund. After Shen's arrest, he briefed Western journalists on
Shen's plans to open a branch in Beijing.

He was detained in his hotel room for two hours Tuesday after meeting with
reporters, but he was released after the U.S. Embassy intervened.

After arriving in Hong Kong, Terrill said five Chinese security officials
appeared at his hotel room early today to question him about his visit to
China. He said he was then taken to a hotel at Beijing's airport for further
questioning before being put on a plane to Hong Kong.

Terrill said he was asked to sign a statement saying he was at fault for
distributing to reporters news releases prepared by Shen.

A U.S. Embassy spokeswoman, Lorraine Toly, said the embassy had no immediate
comment on his expulsion.

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3. A Mother's Tears:
   Press Freedom Guardian Interviews Shen Tong's Mother .................57
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Source: Press Freedom Guardian, Sept 4, 1992
By: Gu Ding, Press Freedom Guardian Reporter
    Translated and Excerpted by Zuofeng Li

Los Angeles - Press Freedom Guardian reporter interviewed via telephone Ms.
Li Yixian, Shen Tong's mother, at her Beijing home, at 4:00 am PDT, Sept 9
(Beijing time 7:00 pm, Sept. 3).

In tired voice full of worry and anguish, Ms. Li told the reporter the
results of her latest inquiry with the Beijing Public Security Bureau on
Shen Tong's situation in the morning of Sept 3. There were 8 persons from
the PSB to meet with her, and the atmosphere was completely different from
that of her visits during the last two days. A policeman name Zhang
announced to her that Shen Tong performed illegal activities in Beijing, and
was therefore under the PSB's "house arrest" (Jian1Shi4Ju1Zhu4); the
location of the "house arrest" is designated by the PSB, and Shen was not
living with other detainees. To Li's question on what were Shen's illegal
activities, the policeman answered that she could not be informed of these,
though she would be, in time. Li insisted to meet her son, saying that as
the mother I should be allowed to meet him even if he was to be shot. The
policeman answered that the rules were that no meetings during the house
arrest. When Li brought up the "Nine Articles of the New Policy" toward
overseas students that the Chinese government announced recently (including
"not punishing students for their past behaviors"), and Minister of Public
Security Tao Siju's 1991 promise to U.S. senators that "Shen Tong would have
no problem to come back," and explained to the policemen that Shen was not a
member of the 3 "counter-revolutionary organizations" that the Chinese
Government has identified (FDC, CAD, CLDP), and his activities after
returning to China were within those allowed by the law, she was met with
silence.

In the Foreign Ministry Press Conference today, the spokesman gave the
answer to questions on Shen Tong as "he is under house arrest for carrying
out illegal activities in Beijing," etc.

Ms. Li Yixian is a doctor in the clinic of Beijing Chemicals Factory. Her
daughter Shen Qing now studies at a university in San Francisco, and Shen
Tong is the younger son. Her husband has died of worries and sickness after
Shen Tong's exile overseas.

Ms. Li said that she had been having diarrhea and swollen gums in the three
days after Shen Tong's arrest, and was exhausted. She brings with her pills
for heart attacks, and eats them every time she goes to the PSB.

Shen Tong was taken away in the morning of Sept 1. At about 8:30 that
morning, policemen came back to her home with a note from Shen Tong saying
in paraphrase that "I was taken to a hotel and having been talking with the
policemen. They want to know the operations of the Fund for Democratic
China, please help them to the relevant documents." The policemen took the
23 computer floppy disks and all notes in both Chinese and English, together
with the note from Shen Tong to his mother.

Ms. Li said that when she inquired about Shen Tong to a policeman that
evening, the policeman told her that Shen Tong was living in a hotel, could
eat and sleep whenever he wanted, and she should not worry. Today the
policemen showed an opposite attitude.

Ms. Li said that there was no information on the two other students arrested
together with Shen Tong, and the news blackout in Beijing was serious.

Ms. Li has received numerous phone calls from people all over the world. She
would like to express her thanks to all concerned people.

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4. US Plane Deal Comes as Relief to Taiwan ..............................35
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From: Jian Liu and Huijie
Source: AP-DJ, Sept. 3, 1992

TAIPEI -- U.S. President George Bush's decision to approve the sale
of 150 advanced F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan comes as a relief to Taipei
officials, who in recent months have watched mainland China embark on an arms
program fueled by Russia's cash-hungry military industries, The Wall Street
Journal reported Thursday.

China is purchasing at least 24 Su-27 fighters, one of the most-advanced
Russian planes, and there are indications that further sales will follow,
possibly involving co-production in Chinese factories.

But Taiwan analysts uniformly deny that the F-16 sale could fuel an arms
race in the Taiwan Straits or increase tensions with Beijing. "The key point
is, you have to maintain the military balance between the two sides," says Ge
Yeong-guang, a professor of political science at National Taiwan University.
"We want to maintain friendly relations with mainland China, but we also know
very clearly that China still regards Taiwan as its main enemy."

In the past five years, unofficial ties between Taiwan and China have grown
quickly. As much as 10 billion dlrs of Taiwan money is invested in the
mainland, and trade this year through Hong Kong is expected to reach 7 billion
dollars.

In light of this growing relationship, particularly China's need for Taiwan
capital, most Taiwanese analysts expect that Beijing's reaction to the F-16
sale will be muted. "I think they will pretend they are mad, but the protests
won't be very serious," says Su Chi, deputy director of the Institute for
International Relations, Taiwan's leading China-watching group.

Chinese Foreign Minister Qien Qichen warned the U.S.  Thursday that China
would hold the U.S. responsible for any consequences arising from the sale
of F-16 to Taiwan when he spoke at a news conference during the 6-day summit
meeting of the Non-Aligned heads of state from 1-6 September.  He said China
has lodged "a very strong protest to the U.S."

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5. China Forms New Domestic Airline to Serve Most Major Cities ..........18
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From: Jian Liu
Source: AP-DJ, Sept. 2, 1992

BEIJING -- A new domestic airline, 'Air Great Wall,' will begin flying
routes from Chongqing to several Chinese cities on Oct. 1, the state-run
Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday.

The airline headquarters will be in the southwestern city of Chongqing, the
report said.

It said the airline will be staffed by teachers from the Civil Aviation
Administration of China, which oversees China's main carrier, Air China, and
regional airlines established in recent years.

Air Great Wall will fly two Soviet-made Tu-154 planes and three Chinese-made
Yun-100 planes, Xinhua reported.

It said the airline will fly routes between Chongqing and Beijing, Shanghai,
Canton, Xiamen, Urumqi, Harbin, Kunming, Nanchong, Xichang and Chengdu.

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6.  What's in Today's Hua Xia Wen Zhai #75 (cm9209a) .................... 25
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                           Hua Xia Wen Zhai
                        (CND Chinese Magazine)
                              Issue #75
                          September 4, 1992

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1. Inside China: Mao Zedong Fever in China (Part 2 of 2)........Wei Qing
2. Information Exchange: Ftp Site for Chinese Songs
3. Mirror of Society: Dangerous Statistics.....................Yu Leiyan
4. Sports: A Blue Dream .....................................Zhuang Yong
           The Matter of Soccer---A Talk Among Editors
5. WE (Wo Men): An Ordinary Oversea Student---Cheng Yu...........Gu Ding
6. Humors: Chinese Ancient Jokes
7. Recipe: You Xiang Qie Zi (Microwave Eggplant)
8. Letter from Reader
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