From: donggen@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu (Zhang Donggen)
Subject: Re: Please FAX this letter to George Bush
Organization: University of Engineering, College of Engineering
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 01:19:45 GMT

In article <2AD3D8CA.4721@news.service.uci.edu> yeh@netix.com (Mr Shannon Yeh) writes:
>
>
>September 8, 1992
>
>To: President George Bush
>RE: Bill S1216
>
>Mr. Bush:
>
>Please ignore the S1216 bill for five simple reasons:
>
>1. Most of those covered Chinese students are Bu4Xue2Wu2Shu4**--when they 
>   were in China, they spent 8 hours per day for getting ready to go to
>   the US; since they came to the US, they spent more hours on the so called
>   Chinese human-rights problems while they do not dare to go back to China
>   (By the way, do you feel that this is funy?).
>
>   As students, how much time did they invest on their own thing--study?
>   Based on your instinct, please do ask yourself a question: are those 
>   students a kind of "someones" who can make "something" happen?  If not,
>   why don't you pay more attention to those Haitian refugees who really
>   have trouble to go home?
>
>2. Most of those Chinese students are liers--do they really face any danger 
>   to go back to China?  If so, what is the difference, in terms of danger 
>   to return, between the Chinese students who came to the US before 04/11/90 
>   and those who came over after?
>
>3. Regardless you will be the next president or not, you do not have to 
>   hurt the Chinese people just for those couple of thousand of students.
>   Did any Chinese national in China tell you that you supported this
>   so called protection bill?  If you could become the next US president, you 
>   are expected to fix the US economy problems; if you are out of luck, then, 
>   you don't have to get the Chinese people mad during your final days in the
>   White House.
>
>4. What can the US get from granting "protection" to those students, 
>   politically and economically?  If those handful amount of Chinese students 
>   can make the difference on the sick economy in this country, then, Bill 
>   Clinton will win the elction because those students like Clinton more than
>   you (you may have noticed that the Democrats asked the Chinese "student 
>   leader" to clamour for Bill Clinton during their convention in New York).  
>   If those small amount of Chinese students can significantly affect 
>   the China-US politics, then, they are important already--what do they need 
>   protection for?  
>
>5. President Bush, please allow me to ask you a simple question: if you 
>   sponsored my college degree work based on the understanding that I would
>   do something good for you in return in the future, and if I screw you up 
>   after I got my degree, how do you feel about my behave?  Please be reminded
>   that ALL those Chinese students were sponsored by the Chinese government 
>   when they were at colleges in China.
>
>Based on the above reasons, I urge you to ignore this S1216 bill.  Thank you
>for your attention and consideration.
>
>Best Regards,
>
>(Sign here)
>
>(Print your name here)
>
>**Please check with your Chinese speaking consultant about the meaning of
>  Bu4Xue2Wu2Shu4.


	could you let me know how many people have signed their name?

-donggen