From: Ignatius Ding <ding@HPSMTC1.CUP.HP.COM>
Subject:      Campaign on Behalf of Ren Wanding and his Family
Reply-To: Ignatius Ding <ding@HPSMTC1.CUP.HP.COM>
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 23:34:30 GMT

The Board of Directors of Silicon Valley for Democracy in China (SVDC) held the
monthly business meeting on January 9, 1993.  Two resolutions related to
supporting Ren Wanding and his family were passed.

The first resolution was to establish a trust account to hold contributions for
the Ren family and provide continuous financial assistance to them.  SVDC will
solicit donations on their behalf and manage this trust account for them until
either their needs cease to exist or they are allowed to come abroad to receive
appropriate medical attention.

The second resolution was to initiate a plan of actions to request special
assistance from the U.S. government officials and federal legislators to call
on the Chinese government, on the humanitarian ground, to immediately release
Ren has lost sight in one eye and will soon lose sight in the other one if
nothing is done immediately.  He suffers from severe diabete and extremely poor
physical environment in prison.  SVDC will also request assistance from
international charity and human rights organizations, such as the International
Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) and Amnisty International (AI), to send
representative(s) to visit Ren in prison to determine his medical needs.

In relation to the first resolution, SVDC representatives presented a report of
the critical needs for supporting the Ren family at a dinner party to honor Dr.
Fang Lizhi in Berkeley, California on January 9, 1993 evening.  The dinner was
sponsored by the World Public Forum, a San Francisco based educational
organization and attended by about seventy people who donated a total of $464
to help Ren and his family.

Several letters and articles have been drafted to support the implementation of
the second resolution.  One letter will go to the Chinese government.  A second
one will go to the President-Elect Clinton, the Secretary of State-Designated
Christopher, Several U.S. Senators, the Co-Chairmen of the Congressional Human
Rights Caucus and the Chairman of the House Rules Committee.  One other letter
will be sent to ICRC and AI.  All these letters will ask for assistance for Ren
and his family.  In addition, SVDC will work with the English and Chinese
newspapers to publicize this rescue mission undertaken by the Overseas Chinese
and Chinese-Americans in order to gain grassroots support from the general
public.

SVDC will include this special request in a collection of position papers and
letters to U.S. officials and legislators which will be delivered in person by
a representative attending the Clinton inauguration ceremony on January 21,
1993.

Name and address of Ms. Zhang Fengyi, wife of Ren Wanding, are available to
anyone who wishes to directly communicate with her and/or send money to her.
They are stored in the three Chinese print formats: .GB file, HP LaserJet
printer-ready format, and postscript file.  Please email ding@cup.hp.com for a
copy of any of the files.  Requester must indicate the file format of interest.
SVDC mailing address is as follows:

         SVDC, P.O. Box 160308, Cupertino, CA 95016-0308

Make your donation check payable to SVDC and note that it is for "Ren Wanding".


Ignatius Ding
SVDC Communications


ps. FYI.  Ren's daughter is still mentally ill.  There is no information about
    how severe her conditions are.  She probably does not receive adequate
    treatment, if there is any.  She is not institutionalized and now living
    with her mother in a small room rented from a farmer in a rural area about
    20 miles(?) away from Beijing.
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