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                    C H I N A    N E W S    D I G E S T

                          ( US Regional Service )

                               July 6 , 1991


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1. What I Have Seen in My Summer Home Trip (Part II): . . . . . . . . .170

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1. What I Have Seen in My Summer Home Trip (Part II)
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Source: CND Exclusive, edited by "Xu, Gang" <GXU@kentvm.kent.edu>

Editor: The following are the telephone interviews that CND made with one of
the Chinese students who went home for a visit recently.  We hope that his
experience will bring home closer to us.

Interview One:
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T(CND Reporter): First of all, did you get into any trouble ?

H(Interviewee): No, not at all. Everything was quite smooth.

T: Can you tell me what impressed you most in your trip back to China ?

H: I have been in Fuzhou (the capital of Fujian Province) for the last few
days. The speed of economic development has exceeded my expectation. That's
what impressed me most. In Fujian, the influence of Taiwan is ubiquitous.
Taiwan has put one fourth of its total investment to Mainland into Fujian.
Almost all of Taiwan's shoe-making industry is moved to Fujian. The dresses
of Fujian people are very in fashion, almost like in the U.S. You can almost
get anything from the market. What I feel is that the privatization of the
economy is irreversible. The change of individual high officials has little
impact in the daily life of common people.

T: Have people there ever heard about the activities of overseas
organizations, for example, that IFCSS lobbies the U.S. Congress against
unconditional renewal of MFN ? And how much do they know about the overseas
movements in general ?

H: Information flow in Fujian is quite free, due to the widespread of Hong
Kong and Taiwan news and foreign radio broadcasting. In general, they have
heard of the names of those overseas organizations. But that's about the much
they know. They usually don't know the details of overseas activities.

T: If you want to say something to overseas Chinese students in one sentence,
what would you like to say ?

H: "It is worthwhile to come back and see."

Interview Two:
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T: Okay, so what's up in last few days ?

H: First of all, I made a visit to Fudan University, my mother school. I went
to see some of my teachers there. Fudan has changed a lot. Many new buildings
have been constructed and the lab equipments have become pretty fancy. The
research system is like the U.S. now -- individual research groups instead of
the old Research Departments. Before June 4, Fudan set up a Fudan Fund in the
U.S and planned to build a U.S Center in Fudan. The construction was stopped
halfway due to June 4th.

My teachers said the students are now  enthusiastic of going abroad -- only
4 remained at graduation among the 20 graduate students admitted, and among
the Ph.D. students in Genetics Institute, all but one have gone overseas.
Beside this, the other "enthusiasm" is "sex liberation", particularly among
the female students. The university administration had to build up a wall
around the dorms of the female students to prevent male students get in
freely. And the male students protested the unfair treatment, saying "Why
don't you build a wall around our dorms too? The girls are more aggressive."

T: Did they build a wall around the male students eventually ?

H: Unfortunately not. The "sex liberation" is so rampant that the professors
can not stand any more.

Okay, when I took a taxi back home, the taxi driver talked about June 4 soon
as he struck a conversation with me. He asked whether I saw clear details on
TV's at that time and obviously he was quite impressed that western countries
are concerned with human rights. He said actually Shanghai's movement was
large too. The students stopped the vehicles and punctured the tires after
June 4th so all the taxis did not go out that day, which brought lots of money
to the motor drivers, who charged at very high rates that day.

T: Where else did you visit after your trip to Fudan ?

H: I met with a head official who is in charge of the economic development of
Shanghai. He introduced that the foreign investment in Shanghai's business
has exceed $3 billions with U.S investment as the top. Talking about MFN, he
believed that China would not accept any condition written on open documents.
However, the Chinese government is trying to please the U.S. by making
improvement effort in private, including in the political aspects. His
judgement was that U.S. would grant the MFN status.

T: What else did he talk about ?

H: He also talked about the stock market in Shanghai and the Minghang and
Pudong Development Zones which I will visit tomorrow. He talked about the
burden food subsidy has given to the economy. For example, in Beijing, the
buying-in price of rice is RMB 70-80 cents, but the selling price is only 10
cents. Shanghai spends 5 billing RMB's on subsidizing vegetables and rice
markets a year. He really hoped those Chinese students who understand how
foreign, such as American market works come back to help.

T: That's kind of curious. In such a large city like Shanghai, can't they
find a few people who really understand the U.S. market operation to give
them enough reference information to reform the market ?

H: He is talking about who really have first-hand information. He gave an
example about some researchers in the Reform Institute who paid a visit in
abroad and came back with only textbook knowledge. He is really talking about
those have worked and gained practical experience in foreign countries. It
does not really matter if you don't know enough about China. You can learn
after you come back. But those who don't know enough about foreign systems
are not of much help.

Shanghai is improving its transportation as first priority. The under-river
tunnel has been completed. First Pujiang Bridge is near the end of
construction work and can be put into use at the end of this year. Second
Pujiang Bridge is being built too. The first subway is under construction and
the second subway is in planning. The second priority is housing
construction. The current policy is to distribute the cost among government
investment, unit donation, and individual purchase, with approximately 1/3 on
each party.

T: And what's your activity after that ?

H: Then I went to an organization called "Shanghai International Talent
Exchange Association." And I talked with its head on projects promoting
academic exchange. He expressed great interest but he also said it was the
first time he ever heard of such a thing (i.e. students studying abroad going
back for short-term lecturing, seminars, technical help and consultation).

T: All right, thank you very much and good luck!

H: Bye.

Interview Three:
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T: Are Shanghai people in general happy with the present situation?

H: No. On the contrary, Shanghai people seem to have lots of complaints. The
special zones are just a very small part of Shanghai. In most places,
government-owned enterprise still play an important role. The working
environment and labor protection in Shanghai is in notorious condition.

Among the Shanghai people I asked, they all have a good impression of Mr. Zhu
Rongji, particularly because of his "Vegetable Basket Project", which set up
a few vegetable bases around Shanghai and to a large extent solved the
difficulty of vegetable accommodation in Shanghai.

T: Talking about the Shanghai officials, what is your impression of them ?

H: I'd say most of them are very open-minded. The ages of Major-rank official
are mostly in their 40's and 50's. And they are all sorts of people,
including Ph.D.'s educated overseas.

T: Oh, is it easy for overseas students to find a good job in Shanghai? Is
there any written-out policy on that ?

H: That depends. I have a friend who studied economics abroad. After
returning to China, he quickly found a promising job in the government and
now has climbed up to a high rank. Of course, he had personal connections.
Meanwhile, another friend of mine, who studied humanities in the U.S., has
not found a satisfactory job yet. So it really depends on your major and
personal connections.  No written-out policies. In any rate, the Shanghai
officials I talked to all hoped that overseas Chinese students could promote
their attraction to foreign investors.

T: What else would you like to tell us from top of your mind ?

H: Just some other general impression of Shanghai. It can be sensed the
economic development is put into the first priority in Shanghai. The City
opened all kinds of special zones with different titles to attract foreign
investment, although so far, most of those zones host labor-condensed
enterprises. In general, the productivity is enhanced. To give you an idea
about this, the switching from 6-digit phone numbers to 7-digit numbers was
done over night in Shanghai, while in Beijing, the process is still not
finished. One of the problem I have seen is the aging of population. That is
going to be a headache for the city administration. Well, that's what comes
on top of my mind.

T: O.K. Thanks. Bye-bye.

H: Bye-bye.
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