From: ping@bnlux1.bnl.gov (Shiping Zhang)
Subject: Re: [News] PRC Announces Further Loosened Policies on Overseas Students
Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 02:55:33 GMT

In article <BtoKK0.38B@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> xiong@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Bo Xiong) writes:
>The following is carried in August 28's CND-Global:
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>
>[Ap 8/26/92] Ethnic Chinese who live abroad can return to their roots after
>death by buying a burial space in an imperial cemetery, the Xinhua News
>Agency said Wednesday. Xinhua said a 9-square-foot plot in the Qing dynasty
>cemetery in Zunhua, about 170 miles south of Beijing, will cost $100 to
>$500. Many Chinese cities offer incentives to ethnic Chinese to come to the
>"motherland" with investments or high-technology ideas. Zunhua is one of
>only a few places trying to lure them back in death. (From: <izzyhc1@ucla>)

  One more reason why people like to have foreign PR. Once you have the PR,
  then you have a real motherland.

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>2. PRC Announces Further Loosened Policies on Overseas Students ........ 56
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>Source: People's Daily Overseas Edition, August 21, 1992
>Summarized and Translated by Bo Xiong
>
>According to People's Daily Overseas Edition (08/21/92), on August 12, the
>General Office of the State Council of PRC issued its (1992) No.44 Document
>regarding the new policies towards overseas students and scholars, it
>contains nine articles, the following is a summary of the document.
>
>1) The government welcomes overseas students and scholars to come back to
>   work, visit, conduct academic exchange and etc..  The government will
>   not investigate their wrong doings in the past, even if some overseas
>   CSS had joined overseas counterrevolutionary organizations and/or done
>   something harmful to the country, they will not be looked into as long
>   as they obey PRC laws and are not involved in anti-government activities
>   after they return.

  Whether or not the government will investigate CSS's wrong doings
  remains to be seen (at the government's mercy). But the domcument
  indicates that the government has been investigating CSS's wrong doings.
  And the tricky point is "as long as ...".  Who's going to judge you
  and by what laws on whether or not you obey PRC laws (whose laws? what
  laws?) and are involved in anti-government activities?  And of course, if
  you are charged of those wrong doings (automatic guilty), your wrong
  doings (yes wrong doings, which are just temporally forgiven, but
  certainly not forgoten) at overseas will definitely be punished too.

>2) The CSS, who bear expired public-affair passport or good-for-one-trip-
>   only passport, may have their passport renewed or be issued new passport;
>   They are also allowed to change their passport to private-affair
>   passport; For those who have acquired foreign citizenship, they should
>   renounce their PRC citizenship per the PRC Citizenship Code, and will be
>   treated as foreign Chinese.

   That means entitled for a slot in the Qing dynasty cemetery.
   Just save $500.  :-)

>5) The domestic units of overseas CSS should enhance their communication
>   with the CSS and care their well-being.  Returned CSS may look for job
>   on their own, job-hunting and hiring procedure should be "choice of both
>   sides".  With approval of their employer, they may take concurrent
>   overseas post.

    How can?

>6) Family members of overseas CSS may apply to visit the CSS and their
>   applications should be approved by Public Security Bureaus per PRC
>   Citizen Exit and Entry Code.

    What does "may apply" mean?  Didn't earlier policy already say that
    all citizens have the right to go abroad?  And what does "should be
    approved" mean?  That's a requirement for PSB, or a requirement for
    the applications?

>7) All local authorities and administrations should follow the guidelines
>   in the No.44 document and should simplify their procedures for
>   exit/entry for the CSS, and should help returned CSS to handle the
>   matters in their daily life and work.

   What if they don't?

>8) In the places that there are large numbers of returned CSS, local
>   government or social groups may establish organizations for returned
>   CSS and service center to help those returned CSS.

   How about returned CSS establshing organizations themselves?

>9) PRC overseas embassies and consulates are in charge of overseas CSS
>   affairs and represent their interests on behalf of the country, they
>   shall protect CSS's interests and provide assistance to overseas CSS.

   Protect?  Or to make some people sick?
 
-ping

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