From: cshi@cs.ulowell.edu (Chunde Shi)
Subject: Re: Shen Tong's Arrest Confirmed
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Lowell Computer Science
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 23:23:53 GMT

In article <BtyIoJ.76r@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> xlli@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (xiao-lin li) writes:
>In article <1992Sep1.235553.5544@ulowell.ulowell.edu> cshi@cs.ulowell.edu (Chunde Shi) writes:
>
>>   2. According to BBC this morning, in the interview with Rose Terrill, who
>>has very strong British accent, a border memeber of the Organization  and 
>>went China with Shen Tong, Rose Terrill
>>said that Shen Tong felt strang that why had not CG interven what He had been
>>doing in China for Month before the arrest. It indicated that His purpose of
>>the trip was to get arrested, to create another "human Right abuse" incident,
>>for the sake of "Protection Bill".
>>   4. In this scheme, they even had coded word for their success: "Is this
>>Andrea" to indicate Shen was arrested;
>>   5. Qute Marshall Strauss after their success, in a conference: "The Chinese
>>are faced with a public relations disaster and the rest of the world must
>>exert presure for his(shen) release". That is the real purpose, "PR disaster"
>>for the Chinese.
>>
>
>I view it differently. First Shen Tong is obviously not for PR in his
>trip to China. Most PRers are for good life in America (nothing to blame,
>human nature). He is not that type of person. He is a Robinson. He
>is adventurous.
>
>His arrest may actually benefits the course of Protection Bill, but I
>doubt it was his original purpose. In fact, I personally admire his
>courage because I don't have it. I believe he is a hero and I am not.
>
>He is not a pupet, he is a soldier, a willing soldier. I think he
>has some belief in his heart, although not as sophisticated as yours.
>His act is quite pure, he is only 24 years old.
>
>Xiao Li
>
More evidence for my argument:
    6. Today's New York Times(sept 2nd), had an claimed Shen Tong article,
titled "The Next Revolution". I have question about the it:
      a. It claimed to be written by Shend Tong and "handed to a friend
several hours before his arrest", His arrest was the day before yesterday 1pm(
East Time of U.S.). His coordinate in Newton got the info. Why took so long(
around 36 hours until last night) to
reach press when we consider a fax could do it right away? Was that a work of
Ross Terill, an white Anglo Sexon, the kind tend to be british eximperilism
apologists and defame ex-victims to distract public attension away from the
crimes committed by british before;
      b. Why is it written in English? the article's aim was to call upon 
Chinese in China?
      c. The English is beyound a non-native english speaking's ablility.
      d. It used words like "Old man", "Far more than the world realizes,
corruption, strikes, dissent, HUNGER, violence and unbalanced development are
forming storm clounds over China", "(call others to build) civil society"
(for China). Those are standard words used by Westeners, e.g. they call them
selves as "civilized world" when talking about China.
I do not think he did it for himself, I think he was sincere on his beliefe. 
I think he is a victim of West(UK, US)'s "Pyschological Warfare" and was
insulated from reality by people around him(Strauss, Terill etc).


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