Subject: CND-EP Weekly Posting, February 19, 1991

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Date: Wed, 20 Feb 91 00:00:33 -0500

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=====================  Europe / Pacific Section (CND-EP)  =====================
			       February 19, 1991
 
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1. French Help Must Come with the Progress in Human Rights..............20

2. From Paris: FDC Protests Recent Sentencings in China.................15

3. Chinese Diplomats Comment on Trials at Home..........................40

4. Chinese Diplomatic Missions Try to Sabotage Student Organizations....50
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1. French Help Must Come with the Progress in Human Rights
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From: CND Correspondent in Europe Ye, Haiyan  <[email-masked]***.fr>
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 91 14:51:57	       Source: <Le Monde> Feb. 1991

	In 1991, PRC will take the place of the first beneficiary of the
French public credit, about 2 billions Francs. This puts France in the second
position behind Japan.

	In the same time the French minister of external commerce, M. Jean-
Marie Rausch, insists that French financial help must go with the Chinese open
economic policy and the improvement in Human Rights.

	Almost in the same time when Rausch was visiting China, a French
3-member human rights delegation, supported by French and US Embassies, had
failed to meet any Chinese officials during their three-day stay. One of the
members, M. Mignard, a French attorney, said China would never be considered
as respectful of basic international laws and in particular the Geneva
declaration of human rights until it allowed international monitoring on human
rights. The team would report to the Council of Europe, the United Nations
subcommittee on human rights and other organizations.

	The largest French projects are: a factory construction in Wuhan by
Citroen with 1.3 billion Francs, a telephon equipement project in Hunan by CIT
Alcatel.
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2. From Paris: FDC Protests Recent Sentencings in China
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From: CND Correspondent in Europe Ye, Haiyan  <[email-masked]***.fr>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 91 17:47:42

	FDC (Federation for a Democratic China), one of the most important
Chinese democratic organizations, protested Feb. 13, 1991 in Paris, the
Chinese goverment for their recent sentencings of some 1989's democratic
movement leaders.  Feb. 12 1991, two democratic movement leaders, WANG Jun
Tao and CHEN Zi Ming have been sentenced for 13 years of jail.

	WANG and CHEN are two of the most famous Chinese dissidents. They have
created the first research organization independent of Chinese Communist:
Beijing social, economical research institute for the goal of changing Chinese
politics, economy and society.

	During the Chinese democratic movement in 1989, they organized
"upholding constitution association" in order to avoid violence and bloodshed
and to resolve Chinese political crisis by the way of democracy and law.
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3. Chinese Diplomats Comment on Trials at Home
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>From: Liu Dong, <[email-masked]>  Wednesday, Feb 13, 1991
Provided by CND-Canada editor Chi Bo <[email-masked]>

Ottawa (Feb. 9) -- An official from the Chinese Embassy told a group of
Canadian students on Friday that the Chinese government has been "very
lenient" towards the Chinese students who took part in the 1989 pro-democracy
movement.

"We have released a large number of them. As for the small number who were
tried, the trials are open," Mr.Yang Jinshen, first secretary of the Chinese
Embassy, told the Carleton University's World Affairs Club.

The club is going to take part in a mock United Nations debate at Princeton
University next Thursday. About 40 universities from North America will take
part in this annual event. Each university will represent one country. This
year, it is Carleton's turn to represent China. Mr. Yang and a military
attache, identified himself as Colonel Yu, were invited to brief on China and
its foreign policy.

Responding to the question of alleged human rights abuses, Mr.Yang told the
group that only a very small number of those who breached laws were arrested.
"And our sentences have been very lenient, only two to seven years," Mr.Yang
said. "Besides, we have different social values," he added.

Mr. Yang emphasized the openness of the trials. "Many took part in the trials,
including their family members, friends and teachers. All are carried out
strictly according to Chinese laws."

Then he was asked to comment on Mr. Jiye Mao's trip to observe the trials.
The question was: since the trials were open, why did the Chinese government
refuse a Chinese student to return to his own country to observe them?

The atmosphere of the meeting instantly became tense. With his head half
bending forward, Mr.Yang said: "First of all, Chinese students studying
abroad, I'm not sure whether they know what happened during the June Fourth
in 1989. No government in the world would tolerate activities aiming at
overthrowing it. Secondly, Chinese students here took part in many
anti-government activities during that period of time. We are very lenient to
them. We would not punish those who went back."

When asked whether he meant that Mr.Mao's trip was an anti- government
activity, Mr.Yang promptly answered: "I would not say his trip was
anti-government. But a lot of the activities here are anti-government."

To conclude on that subject and to drive his point home, Mr.Yang challenged
the audience with this remark: "China needs stability. If what happened in
Eastern Europe happens in China which has 1.13 billion people, even if the
exodus is only one percent of the population, no country will accept it."
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4. Chinese Diplomatic Missions Try to Sabotage Student Organizations
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Provided by CND-US editor Zuofeng Li <[email-masked]>

University of Varginia, (Feb. 18) -- In preparing for a Chinese New Year
Party, a representative from CSSS-UVa contacted Mr. Hu Zhibeng, second
secretaty of education in the Chinese Embassy, and requested the Embassy to
provide fund for CSSS's Chinese New Year's party. Though previous verbal
agreement has be made in the CSSS-UVa receiving fund from the Chinese Embassy
for non-political activities, Mr. Hu refused to allocate the fund. According
to Mr. Hu, a new policy has been implemented that requires CSSS-UVa sign a
statement which declares: 1) CSSS is a welfare association; and 2) CSSS will
withdraw from IFCSS before the fund can be provided.

According to a statement from the CSSS-UVa council, the CSSS-UVa holds the
positions that Chinese students and scholars are entitles to receive the
student activity fund, and excluding the CSSS-UVa from receiving the fund is
an act of discrimination. The CSSS-UVa insists its right to join the IFCSS
and will not sacrifice this right for the sake of monetary support from the
Chinese Embassy. The CSSS-UVa wishes to remind Mr. Hu that his attempts to
split the Chinese student body at Univ. of Virginia are "non-diplomatic" and
are interference on the internal affairs of CSSS-UVa.

Following the incident, the CSSS-UVa has reported it to the relevant
University of Virginia authorities. On Saturday, Feb.16, CSSS-UVa successfully
organized the Chinese New Year party without Embassy's fund. More than 200
showed up. <[email-masked]>

St. Louis, (Feb. 19) -- In order to provide diversified entertainment to the
Chinese students and scholars in the Greater St. Louis area, the St. Louis
Association of Chinese Students and Scholars for Democracy in China (SLH)
contacted Mr. Yuan Chao, an Education Counsel in the Chinese Consulate General
in Chicago, for the purpose of obtaining Chinese movies to be shown in a
Chinese New Year Party. The request was rejected, since, according to Mr.
Yuan, the SLH is too political for the Consulate to be associated with, even
though the SLH is an elected student self-governing body. Mr. Yuan gave the
condition for loaning movies to the Chinese students and scholars in St. Louis
as the SLH changing its name to something non-political. According to council
members of the SLH, the name of St. Louis Association of Chinese Students and
Scholars was chosen, in the aftermath of the June 4 massacre in Beijing, by
majority vote of Chinese students and scholars in St. Louis, and all political
activities of SLH agree with its charter, again passed by majority vote. While
the SLH is willing to cooperate with the Chinese Consulate in serving the
Chinese students and scholars in St. Louis, the SLH's nature of self-governing
will not be changed for the sake of being able to loan movies from the Chinese
consulate. The SLH views Mr. Yuan's suggestion of organizing a separate team
by the Consulate for showing movies as an attempt to split the unity of
Chinese students and scholars in St. Louis.

The failure to loan movies from the Chinese Consulate in Chicago did not
prevent the SLH from successfully holding a Chinese New Year Celebration
Party. More than 300 Chinese students and scholars paid a nominal fee to join
the party, which boasts 2 hours of entertainment in the form of chorus,
Karaoke, Martial arts show, dances, performances of Chinese music instruments,
selections of Beijing Opera, movie show, prize drawing, and traditional
Chinese New Year food. The party lasted well into the night, and concluded in
joyful dancing.  <[email-masked]>
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