Subject: CND-EP Weekly Posting, June 9, 1990

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=====================  Europe / Pacific Section (CND-EP) =====================
                                  June 9, 1990
 
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1. June 4th Rallies in Pacific Area: Massacre in Tianamen Mourned.......55

2. Chinese Ambsassador Irritated South Australians on Monument Issue....70

3. Letter from Sweden: The End of A Life-time Follower of CCP...........70

4. 365 Nights Concert and Candlelight Vigil Held in Copenhagen 
   Events in Denmark to Commemorate Anniversary of June 4th Massacre...110
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1. June 4th Rallies in Pacific Area: Massacre in Tianamen Mourned
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>From: [email-masked]   Thu Jun  7 13:26:16 1990
Source: Excerpt from South China Morning Post

Chinese students and their supporters around the world staged rallies yesterday
to mark the first anniversary of Beijing's brutal military crackdown on the
pro-democracy movement of June 3 to 4 last year.

In Taiwan, several hundred people braved a steady drizzle to offer incense at
an altar to those killed when China's army charged into Beijing's Tiananmen
Square last year.

Organisers had also planned an evening rally and pop concert, including a
candlelight vigil and live telephone calls with Chinese dissidents who escaped
to the West.

In Australia, thousands of people, predominantly Chinese, gathered in major
cities for rallies to condemn the Beijing killings.

Speakers at the rallies urged the Australian Government and public to maintain
pressure on China to end its human rights' violations.

A crowd estimated at 10,000 from Sydney's sizeable Chinese community converged
on the city's Town Hall square for a 70-minute rally.

Later, the crowed marched to the nearby Chinese consulate where they placed
wreaths on the high surrounding fence, erected since similar demonstrations
there last year.

In Melbourne, around 1,000 people stagged a rally in the city square, where an
organiser, Mr John Tan, told the crowd that they were being watched by Chinese
government officials.

In Brisbane, hundreds attended a memorial ceremony with calls for the
Government to allow Chinese students to remain in Australia because of the
danger of reprisals back home.

In Canberra, Chinese students and supporters were to begin an all-night vigil
yesterday outside the old Chinese embassy.

In Japan, about 400 people, half of them Chinese, marched through central Tokyo
in memory of the Tianamen crackdown.

Organisers said police prevented the marchers from approaching the Chinese
embassy but allowed three representatives to place a protest letter in the
embassy's letter box.

The letter said the Communist Party had initiated a rein of terror within the
country, telling lies to its people about what happened in Beijing last June.

In New Zealand, more than 175 Chinese students ignored a warning from their
embassy in Wellington and attended a "Remember Tiananmen" religious service,
the Sunday Star reported.

Some HK newspapers reported the rally in HK to be 250,000 while some estimated 
it to be more than 100,000.
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2. Chinese Ambsassador Irritated South Australians on Monument Issue
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>From: "Weimin Zhang (08) 343 3200" <[email-masked]>

	On 4 June 1990, the Freedom and Democracy Monument 1989 was unveiled
in South Australia. This event has attracted the media attention for a whole 
week. Since 2 June, at least for 4 days, it is the first piece of news on front 
pages of local newspaper. This was partly due to the intervention of Chinese 
Ambassador Mr Zhang Zai.
	The monument was proposed by the Chinese Democracy Support Group of
South Australia Inc. (CDSG) for the democratic martyrs of 4 June in Beijing
massacre. By the end of last year, the proposal was modified upon the request 
of local governments to make it more general. This was agreed, taking 
consideration of the historical changes in East Europe. 
	The inscription was then decided as "1989. Dedicated to the people 
of the world who gave their lives for freedom and democracy. We will never 
forget." The Chinese inscription was that democratic martyrs will live in 
our heart forever (Min2 Zhu3 Lie4 Shi4 Young3 Chui2 Bu4 Xiu3). The CDSG's 
name and unveiling date, 4th June, 1990 will also be appeared on it.
	After a news report on a Chinese newspaper collecting Chinese 
calligraphy, Chinese embassy picked it up and complained to Australian Federal
Department of Foreign Affairs. The complaination was denied and as the 
monument construction is within the protection of Australian law. 
	The Ambsassador then made his special trip to Adelaide at Easter and 
pressured the local government. He threatened that the monument would 
jeopardise the friendship of the two countries especially the SA state and 
Shandong province. He even claimed that trade sanction would be applied 
against South Australia, and deligates and exchange 
students could be stopped sending to South Australia.
	The Ambassador also met local Chinese organizations and individuals
and request them write letters to the local governments. He singled one 
Chinese student leader of CDSG out when met with representatives of Chinese 
Student Society. Since then, other high ranked embassy officials, including 
Ambassador's secretary, tried every effort to presure the local governments.
Their local agents, the few leadsers of Chinese Association, following the 
order from the embassy, lunched an intensive campeign lobbying the local 
governments to stop the construction.
	Under the presure, the Adelaide City Council re-discussed the monument
in a secret meeting. As a means of compromise, it resolved that the Chinese 
inscription be changed to a direct translation of the English one and delete 
the unveiling date of the 4th June 1990. This first council decision was 
accepted but the second was ignored. 
	The plaque was manufactured with the unveiling date on it. Just before 
a few days of the unveiling date, the Council forced the CDSG submitted the 
plaque and the date was machanicaly grind away. 
	At the mean time, seeing the monument still going on, a few leaders of 
local Chinese Association employed a lawer whom threatened to lay an injunction
on the City Council. 
	On 1 June, one of the local TV station, Channel 10 reported this story. 
the next day's newspaper, the Advertiser also reported as the first item at 
its front page. 
	On a mass rally on 3rd June in commemoration of Beijing massacre, a 
former premier of South Australia, Mr Don Dunstan promissed he will re-paint 
the date on the monument. All of the public opinion accused the Chinese 
Government and the coward City Council. 
	At the cndle light unveiling ceremony on 4 June, Mr Dunstan carried 
out his promise in front of all the TV cameras and more than 1,000 people. 
Before this action was made, the Council made an immergency decision that to 
allow Mr Dunstan to paint date on.
	On the local nespaper The Advertiser, there are overwhemingly letters
accuse the Chinese Government's intervention and the Council'e succumb to the
pressure. It becomes partly a local political issue due to certain degree of 
the coward and contradictory of democracy principle committed by local 
governments. 
	This monument is the first of such kind in Australia. The vigorors 
opposition from Chinese Government has proved it is a big victory. While 
it is a permanent memorial to the democratic martyrs of 4th June massacre, it
also serves as a symbol of the genuine friendship between the people of 
South Australia and China.
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3. Letter from Sweden: The End of A Life-time Follower of CCP
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>From: [email-masked] (Yu Zhang)
Source: soc.culture.china                         Date: 4 Jun 90 22:12:46 GMT

Recently, one of the staff of PRC Embassy in Stockholm has warned us, the 
Chinese students and scholars in Sweden,

"Those who oppose the Government will certainly come to no good end."

Some of our fellow countrymen appear to be unmoved by this warning just
because they consider themselves as the royal followers of CCP's leadership
and government. I cannot help advising them to read the following letter
written by the son of a life-time follower of CCP.  Both of the father and
son had, perhaps have, been the sincere believers of Marxism.  The problem
to them is that CCP will never grant its followers a good end so long as
they keep on being human.  I hope it may also be helpful to post this letter
to SCC group.  For some consideration, I have to cancel the name of its
writer.
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Dear Sirs/Madams, 
 
     This letter is to present the case of my father's imprisonment as an 
evidence of the continuing violations of human rights in China. 
 
     My father, aged 66, a pensioner and an amateur writer of history of 
the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), was arrested without charge by police 
in Wuhan (Hubei Province) on 22 September, 1989. On that day, the police 
of the Public Security Bureau of Wuhan City arrived his home, searched 
his study, collected his manuscripts, reference notes and writing tools 
(pens, inks, paper sheets, etc.), and took him into custody for "shelter 
and investigation" (Shouron Shencha). The exact reason for his detention 
has not been given yet and is unlikely to be given. So far, this has even 
violated China's Criminal Procedure Law which permits police to detain 
people without charge or trial for maximum three months. 
 
     My father started taking part in CCP-led revolution when he was 17. 
Since then, he *has* been an adherent of CCP (Note: there has not yet been 
any evidence that he might already have abandoned his belief in 
communism). After he was retired form his post of a deputy factory 
director in 1980, he had been concentrating his effort to the study on 
the history of CCP until he was arrested. None of his publication (16 
articles during that period) is related to the politics in the years 
later than 1930s. He has got neither contact with any current political 
body, nor involvement in any illegal activity. It is informally said, 
from the official sources, that he is suspected of having written some 
anonymous letter(s) to the leadership of CCP in which there were "serious 
political mistakes" (Yanzhong Zhengzhi Cuowu). I, as well as other 
relatives, has not yet been able to get confirmation of whether he did 
send such a letter, nor to know, if he did, what he had written, and how 
he could have been suspected since the letter was said anonymous. In his 
letters to me, however, he never expressed his opinions on the recent 
politics including the social reforms and the student-led protests that 
have been accused by the Chinese authorities as "counter-revolutionary 
rebellion". Only in some of his reference notes sent to me concerning the 
history of student and intellectual pro-democracy movements against the 
past dictatorships before CCP took the power in 1949, was there some 
hints that he had definitly be displeased at any military crackdown on 
the civilians and the following mass arbitrary arrests. Nevertheless, my 
father's arrest and his detention of indefinite duration have grossly 
violated China's Constitution that recognizes the citizen's liberty of 
speech and expression. 
 
     After my trying to communicate various Chinese authorities, including 
the top leadership of CCP, without responds, I have to appeal to you 
for help. I am willing to take action on any effort toward freeing my 
father and other prisoners of conscience and combating the human rights 
violations in China. 
 
XXXXX, a Post-doc.  
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4. 365 Nights Concert and Candlelight Vigil Held in Copenhagen 
   Events in Denmark to Commemorate Anniversary of June 4th Massacre
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>From: [email-masked]  Fri Jun  8 07:41:47 1990  Source: soc.culture.china
By Wu Zineng , a Chinese student in Denmark

  365 nights concert to express the Chinese Hope for a better future

          To commemorate those young  students and Peking citizens who
dead in the  bloody military assault in Peking on  June 4th last year,
Danish Monthly  magazine "Presse",  FDC branch  office in  Denmark and
Tian An Men  Committee in Copenhagen jointly held an  open air concert
in a Copenhagen park to mark  the anniversary on June 3rd, 1990. About
1,000 people showed up at  the memorial concert, which arrangement was
assisted by four  well-established rock and pop bands.  A huge Chinese
Character "To Hope" (Pan) hang over the stage.
          The concert was originally a  part of the dropped radio ship
project (Goddess of Democracy). It  had been planned to be transmitted
to mainland China by "Goddess of  Democracy" radio ship as part of the
world effort to break the news  blockade set up by Chinese authorities
following the last year's military crack-down.
          At  8 pm,  chief-editor of  "Presse" opened  the concert  by
reminding  the audience  that this  hour 365  nights ago  Chinese Army
opened fire on unarmed demonstrators in  Beijing, in and round Tian An
Men Square.  Between pauses,  when rock bands  were changing  stage, a
pro-recorded speech by a Chinese who was one of the student-leaders on
the square  in the final days  before Chinese military action.  He was
among the last group of demonstrators who left the square by using the
"so-called negotiated safe passage" made  by the famous pop singer Hou
Dejian and  a senior  army officer.  He fled  China after  having gone
underground for hiding in several months in the countryside.
          In the pro-recorded  speech, he expressed his  agony that he
failed  to take  the  promise  he made  to  his  slain classmates.  "I
promised my  dear friends to  bring some flowers  at their tombs  if I
survived the bloodbath.  Now, far away from my motherland,  I can only
prick some  foreign flowers to  commemorate those young men  and women
who sacrificed their  lives for our nation.", said he  in an emotional
tone.
          Representative  of   Amnesty  International  also   used  to
opportunity to report the current human right situation in China after
the military crackdown.
          Before the concert ended at 11:30 pm, representative of FDC,
Danish  branch, one  of the  co-organizers of  the concert,   told the
crowd he was convinced that  after darkness freedom and democracy will
come to  China. "We  hope that day  will come soon  with the  help and
sympathy of people all over the world.
          Although the concert was one  of the major event round first
anniversary  of June  4th  Massacre,  only 30  of  100 strong  Chinese
students community in Copenhagen joined in the concert.
          Furthermore,  the  arrangement unfortunately  collided  with
Copenhagen Carnival festival which occurred  on 2nd to 4th June. CSCE,
meeting of 35  European foreign ministers attracted  most attention of
the media.

Candlelight  Vigil  held  in  front  of  Chinese  Embassy  in  Denmark
midnight, 3rd-4th June.

          Arranged by Danish left-wing  activists, 100 went to Chinese
Embassy  in Denmark  to  stage a  candlelight vigil  in  front of  the
embassy main building. Both Danish  and Chinese activist made speeches
to the  crowd expressing their  continuing indignation to  the Chinese
government.
          A banner  display on  the opposite of  main entrance  of the
embassy read " We will never forget,  no matter it is 50, 500, or 5000
both in Chinese and Danish.
          With permission from the  police on duty, the representative
tried  to deliver  a  written  protest to  the  embassy. However,  the
embassy personnel failed to come out and receive the letter.
          Never-the-less, two video cameras  filmed non-stop the whole
process behind windows in the  dark room, where light was deliberately
turned off. It is quite understandable that only 10 Chinese dared show
up in  front of the  embassy building,  since the video  cameras tried
vigorously  to focus  on  Chinese  and Danish  whom  the Chinese  were
speaking with.

Tian An Men  Committee, Copenhagen arranged <<China,  One Year After>>
Conference on June 5th, the Danish Constitution Day.

          To mark  the anniversary of  June 4th Massacre, Tian  An Men
Committee held <<China,  One Year After>> Conference on  June 5th, the
Danish Constitution Day.
          Tian  An  Men Committee  was  established  by mostly  Danish
citizens  last year  after  military crackdown  to support  democratic
movement in China and help exile Chinese in Denmark.
          Among   the  invited   speakers,   there  were   sinologist,
economist,  Danish   students  who  just  returned   from  China,  and
representative from  Amnesty International and local  Danish branch of
FDC. Chairman  of Tian An  Men Committee  gave a brief  orientation on
Chinese official  evaluation of international and  domestic situation,
and  Chinese real  policy to  overseas students  based Chinese  secret
documents presumably released by a  defecting Chinese diplomat who was
stationed to supervise Chinese students in USA.
          Chinese  economic  situation   after  last  year's  military
crackdown  was  one of  the  focus  of  the conference.  Benefits  and
disadvantages of  Western sanctions in  response to the  Chinese hard-
line policy  were discussed.  Representative stressed  that continuing
press from western nations has  given and still give results. Economic
sanctions adopted  by western  nations is the  main tool  to influence
Chinese policy makers to the right direction. Sanctions are not only a
punishment for  what the  Chinese regime  did last  year, but  also an
effective  and powerful  negotiation  leverage. Sanction  is the  only
language the Chinese leadership can understand. Respecting human right
should be the pre-conditions for any future aid to China.

Chinese Christian Society  in Copenhagen going to  hold church service
on June 9th to honour the victims of June 4th Massacre.
          Before ending  this report, the  writer was informed  that a
church service will be held by Chinese Christian Society in Copenhagen
on June 9th. Prof. Chih-wei Hsu will preach at the church service.

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