Newsgroups: alt.tv.prisoner
Subject: Re: what is behind Sheng Tong's arrest
From: ppugliese@pimacc.pima.edu
Date: 3 Sep 92 01:51:38 -0700


Who is this guy? (Besides being an apologist for the PRC gov., that is)

Why is this posted to alt.tv.prisoner? (Clue: The Prisoner was a TV show)

In article <1992Sep3.004535.1976@ulowell.ulowell.edu>, cshi@cs.ulowell.edu (Chunde Shi) writes:
> In article <Btx69J.3L0@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> "Ignatius Ding" <ding@HPSMTC1.CUP.HP.COM> writes:
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>>      This is a follow-up report to the UPI/CBS news report regarding the
>>confirmed arrest of Shen Tong in Beijing at 1:30AM, Tuesday Beijing time, or
>>1:30PM/EDT, Monday.  According to Marshall Strauss, Executive Director of the
>>Democracy for China Fund of Newton, Mass, two other individuals, Qi Da-Feng and
>>Qian Liyan (wife of dissident student Xiong Yang), were also arrested along
>>with Shen at his family's home.
>>
>>      Please call or fax an emergency plea immediately to the U.S. senators of
>>your state, or members of national parliament if you live outside of the United
>>States.  We must act quickly.  These three courageous young fellows might be
>>saved from severe tortures if we can generate enough pressure in the
>>international community.
>>
>>
>>Ignatius Ding
>>SVDC Communications
> ( it was written in two days, the dates are not consistant among items)
> This is carfully orchestrated PR(public relation) action to get 
> "protection bill" passed, as with the Wang Jun Tao's "hunger strike".
> Backgrounds:
>    1. Yesterday eveny(Aug. 31st), NPR(National Public Radio) reported that the PR(Public
> Relation)Firm that was hired by Kuwait Government, forged "baby incubator was
> snatched away" atrocity of Iraqis was hired by "Chinese Students" too. My
> speculation is that "Democracy for China Fund" is another "Citizens for Free
> Kuwait" pieced together with cash by the PR Firm. 
>    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".
>    3. Shen Tong is only a pupet of the Organization. Real power is in the hand
> of Marshall Strauss who control the funding. Shen Tong had to consult him
> every day through phone when Shen was in China.
>    4. In this scheme, they even had coded word for their success: "Is this
> Andrea" to indicate Shen was arrested;
>    5. Quate 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.
>     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.
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> 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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