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                 * C h i n a   N e w s   D i g e s t *

                        (News General + NDCanada)

                       -- Feb. 7 (II), 1990


Table of Contents
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0  A Reader's Letter -- A Successful Case in Family Reunion Process .... 22
1. Punishment in China Report .......................................... 44
2. Li Peng Makes Conciliatory Remarks On U.S. .......................... 18
3. Gorbachev Hit From Left, Right ...................................... 20
4. A Reader's Comment (Re: Feb. 6 (I), News Digest) .................... 11
5. China's Communist Party Urges Cooperation With Other Parties ........ 39

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0  A Reader's Letter -- A Successful Case in Family Reunion Process
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From:  __@McMaster.CA Wed Feb  7 13:39 EST 1990

Hello, Bo Chi! (Current CND Editor):

There  is a piece of good news about family reunion. I'd like you
make  it  known  to everyone concerning family reunion.  Based on
the phone call from my husband in Beijing, He has got his visa on
Feb.  6.   He  began  his application two weeks ago.  But at that
time  he was given an application form for visitor visa, and made
an  appointment  for  interview on Feb. 6.  During the interview,
things  happened  according  the  way our e-mail suggested previ-
ously.  He got his visa when the interview finished.  Seems quite
easy and quite a surprise.

I'd like to thank all of those who have made great effort for fam-
ily reunion.

Good luck to everyone!

-- A Reader at McMaster University

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1. Punishment in China Report
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Source: Asia Watch
From:  (FangZhen Lin)  EDU%"lin@Neon.Stanford.EDU"

        Despite  the  lifting  of  martial  law, there has been a
deepening  of  repression  in  China  in  the last several months
according to Asia Watch. In a new report, the human rights organ-
ization  charges that arrests of peaceful dissenters are continu-
ing;  that  most  of  the  thousands  detained  have neither been
charged  nor brought to trial; that some students have been tried
in  secret  in  proceedings  wholly lacking in due process and in
which  guilt  was  presumed;  that  new death sentences have been
imposed  and executions carried out; that the Chinese authorities
are  engaged in the widespread use of torture; that prison guards
beat  detainees; that new regulations impose further restrictions
on  news  reporting;  and that martial law continues in Tibet, as
well  as  arrests of peaceful protestors, summary trials and tor-
tue.

...
        Asia Watch's report includes a list of more than 500 per-
sons,  with identifying information on them, known by the organi-
zation  to  have  been  detained in China since June 4, 1989. The
true  figure  is,  however, far higher. Most of the detainees, of
whom  it  is estimated that there are from 10,000 to 30,000, have
not  been identified. Asia Watch called on the Chinese government
to publish the names of the 573 detainees it seay it has released
and  to  give  Asia  Watch permission to go to China to interview
them.

        Asia Watch's report was written by Robin Munro, its staff
specialist  on  China.  Mr.  Munro was in Beijing throughtout the
weeks  leading  up  to  the  June 3-4 attack; he was in Tiananmen
Square  throughout  the  night of the assault; and he remained in
Beijing for more than two weeks thereafter.

        Copies  of  "Punishment  Season"  are available from Asia
Watch, 485 Fifth Avenue, New YOrk, N.Y. 10017 at $8.00.  
For more infomation:
Sidney Jones, Executive Director of Asia Watch [w] (212) 972-8400
                                               [h] (718) 398-4186
Robin Munro, Research Director                 [w] (212) 972-8400
                                               [h] (212) 222-6461

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2. Li Peng Makes Conciliatory Remarks On U.S. 
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From:  (Li, Qiang Charlie)  <QIANGLI%SERVAX.BITNET@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU>
Source:   The China World at Florida Atlantic University

BEIJING  (FEB.  5) REUTER - China's hardline Premier Li Peng sent
unusually  conciliatory  signals  to the United States on Monday,
saying  Beijing attached importance to friendship with the Ameri-
can people and to Sino-U.S. relations.

   Li,  a leading force behind the crackdown on democracy demons-
trators  in  Tiananmen  Square  last  June, made the remarks to a
visiting delegation of former U.S. congressmen. 

...
   Western  diplomats said it was hard to interpret this apparent
policy  shift  without  knowing if China had struck a secret deal
with the United States over Fang and the sanctions issue.

   Li's message could be seen as one of support for U.S
...

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3. Gorbachev Hit From Left, Right
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From:  (Li, Qiang Charlie)  <QIANGLI%SERVAX.BITNET@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU>
Source:   The China World at Florida Atlantic University

   MOSCOW  (AP)  --  Communist  Party leaders added an unexpected
third  day  to  their pivotal meeting Tuesday and sent Mikhail S.
Gorbachev back to the drawing board to fill in holes in his blue-
print for ending the party's monopoly on power.

   The  extension of the party session, which was supposed to end
Tuesday,  was  a  clear  sign  of  the  controversy  generated by
Gorbachev's  proposals  to  revamp the country's political struc-
ture.

   It sharply contrasted with previous sessions, when the Central
Committee  automatically  approved  policies that had been worked
out at higher levels.

   Central  Committee  sources  said  most  speakers  agreed with
Gorbachev's   proposal   that  the  party's  monopoly  on  power,
enshrined in the Soviet Constitution, must end.
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4. A Reader's Comment (Re: Feb. 6 (I), News Digest) 
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From:  "Young Chul KIM, IBRD" <CAFGM@IBRDVM1>

Mr./Ms. Tang, (One CND Editor)

It  is always a pleasure to contribute to CND. Even though I am a
Korean,  my heart is with your people and the students in the US.
I  am  often  impressed  by the efforts of the CND group to share
news  with  those  far-  far-  away  from home. Rest assured that
changes are made through time, effort and patience, and accept my
deepest compassion for your movement!

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5. China's Communist Party Urges Cooperation With Other Parties
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From: chenh@ucs.indiana.edu Wed Feb  7
Source: (AP) News

    BEIJING  -  The Communist Party Wednesday released a document
urging   increased  cooperation  with  China's  eight  tiny  non-
Communist parties.

    But  it  asserted  that  China will always be under Communist
rule.

    The release of the Dec. 30 document came as Communist parties
in  Eastern  Europe are abandoning their hold on power, according
to a Central Committee delegate.

    The   Soviet   Communist  Party  leaders  Tuesday  agreed  to
surrender  their  constitutionally guaranteed ''leading role'' in
society.

    China  hasn't  commented on Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's
proposals  to  abolish  the party's 70-year monopoly on political
power.

    Communist  parties  in  East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia,
and  other  Eastern  European  countries  already have eliminated
their ''leading role'' status.

    The  Chinese  document, however, stressed ''that China's mul-
tiparty  cooperation  must uphold the leadership by the CPC,'' or
Communist  Party of China, according to a paraphrase by the offi-
cial Xinhua News Agency.

    China's  state  constitution  refers to the Chinese people as
being ''under the leadership of the Communist Party.''

    The  document  said China ''differs from the one-party system
practiced in some socialist countries.''
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