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(Global News, No. GL96-076)
Friday, June 7, 1996
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1. News Brief (5 Items) ................................................. 65
2. Sports Highlights .................................................... 16
3. What's in June 6th's Hua Xia Wen Zhai Zeng Kan #90 (zk9606c) ......... 45
4. What's in June 7th's Hua Xia Wen Zhai #271 (cm9606a) ................. 35
5. "China Daily" News in Brief (10 Items) .............................. 151
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1. News Brief (5 Items) ................................................. 65
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(1) Beijing Police Tightens Security in Tiananmen Square
(2) Fourteen People Indicted in China Arms Case
(3) China May Postpone Nuclear Test
(4) One-child Policy More Successful in Cities Than Countryside
(5) EgyptAir Flight Ordered Back by Chinese Authorities
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(1) Beijing Police Tightens Security in Tiananmen Square
[CND, 06/04/96] At the seventh anniversary of the June 4th Democratic
Movement, police in Beijing tightened security in the city, especially in
and around Tiananmen Square, AP reported. One woman who attempted to place
a large bouquet of yellow chrysanthemums at the obelisk Memorial to the
People's Heroes in the heart of the square, was dragged away from the square
and across the street, and forced into a motorcycle sidecar. Throughout the
day, Chinese visitors on the square had identity card checked and questioned
by the police. Foreign journalists, however, were not prohibited from
photographing or videotaping the square--unlike previous years.
(Ray ZHANG, Liedong ZHENG)
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(2) Fourteen People Indicted in China Arms Case
[CND 06/06/96] The U.S. Attorney's office in San Francisco announced a
30-count grand jury indictment on Tuesday, charging 14 people and Dynasty
Holding Co., a Georgia company, in the case of smuggling arms into the United
States from China, according to a Reuters report. Seven of the defendants
have already been arrested, and seven others, including officials of China
Northern Industrial Corp., a state-controlled arms firm, are still at large.
(Shane ZHANG, Liedong ZHENG)
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(3) China May Postpone Nuclear Test
[CND, 05/31/96] Tokyo Shimbun reported that in order to avoid a
confrontation with the nuclear test-ban negotiations in Geneva in June,
China may delay a scheduled nuclear test to July, and by then it will
conduct two blasts within one month according to an AFP release. Right now
negotiations are going on for a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). The
current talks will end on June 28, with the next round scheduled on July
29. It would appear China is speeding up its test program in order to comply
with the CTBT goal of concluding a treaty by year's end. If the tests are
carried out, China would be the only country among the nuclear powers to
continue nuclear testing. China has recorded 43 tests since detonating its
first atomic bomb in 1964. (Greg GAO, Dalou JIA)
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(4) One-child Policy More Successful in Cities Than Countryside
[CND 06/05/96] China's population rose by 1.055% in 1995, said officials
of The Family Planning Commission. That is about 13 million newborns in the
year. The rate is estimated to be 1.1% this year, according to Xinhua News
Agency. The government had hoped to keep the population below 1.2 billion
by year 2000, but that number was surpassed in February 1995. The new target
now is set at 1.3 billion. The current one-couple-one-child policy had
slowed down the growth of population and delayed China to reach 1.2 billion
of population by nine years. The one-child policy has been strictly enforced
only in the cities. In rural area, the policy has met strong resistance,
because people still largely depend on their male children for labor and,
more importantly, for old age support. Families are allowed to have second
child if their first one is female. As a result of the preference for boys,
there are more men than women in the country. As of October 31, 1995, the
female to male ratio is 100:104.19, according to State Statistical Bureau
officials. The rate was higher among children. (Yungui DING, Liedong ZHENG)
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(5) EgyptAir Flight Ordered Back by Chinese Authorities
[CND, 0605/96] After seven and a half hours flight bound for Osaka, EgyptAir
Flight MS862 with 180 passengers was ordered back to Cairo by Chinese
authorities because it did not have permission to cross Chinese airspace,
Cairo airport sources said on Monday, reported by Reuters. The case is being
investigated by Egyptian aviation officials. (Liedong ZHENG)
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2. Sports Highlights .................................................... 16
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CND Sports Editor: CHEN Huxiong
Contributor: CHEN Huxiong
Soccer: Italian Clubs Visiting China
[CND, 06/05/96] The Italian club Napoli beat Guangzhou Apollo 4-1, according
to Xinhua and Guangzhou Daily. Massimo Agostini (1st, 24th), Fausto Pizzi
(31st) and Fabio Pecchia (44th) were the scorers for Napoli. Napoli led 4-0
at the end of the first half. In the second half, FENG2 Feng1 scored one goal
for Apollo.
In Changchun, Jilin Hyundai lost to AC Milan 0-2. Roberto Baggio (10th
minute) and Gianluigi Lentini (25th) scored for AC Milan.
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Men's Basketball: Asian Championship Cup
[CND, 06/04/96] Guangdong Hong2yuan3 lost to the Philippines 77-93 in its
second game at the Seventh Asian Championship Cup, Guangzhou Daily reported
from Manila. The Philippines has won a slot for the next stage of the
competition. Hongyuan will play Indonesia for another slot.
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3. What's in June 6th's Hua Xia Wen Zhai Zeng Kan #90 (zk9606c) ......... 45
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>From: CND Hua Xia Wen Zhai Editorial Board <cnd-cm@cnd.org>
Hua Xia Wen Zhai Zeng Kan
(Supplement to CND Chinese Magazine)
Special Issue #90
June 6, 1996
ISSN 1021-8602
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For Those Innocent People Who Were Killed or Wounded
Seven Years Ago
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1. News Focus: Relatives of Victims Again Appealed to The Government
at the Seventh Anniversary of "June 4th"
2. Don't Forget "June 4th":
Don't Forget "June 4th" ................................ WANG Juntao
A bit More Conscience, and a bit More Responsibility
- for Those Who Died and for Those
Who Survived "June 4th" ............................. DING Zilin
I Can't Forget ........................................... SHEN Tong
3. Random Thought on "June 4th":
Recall of "June 4th" ....................................... XING Er
Are We More Sentimental than the Occidental People? ......... LI Dao
After Watching the Film "Tiananmen Square" .............. MA Beiming
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4. What's in June 7th's Hua Xia Wen Zhai #271 (cm9606a) ................. 35
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>From: CND Hua Xia Wen Zhai Editorial Board <cnd-cm@cnd.org>
Hua Xia Wen Zhai
(CND Chinese Magazine)
Issue #271
June 7, 1996
ISSN 1021-8602
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1. Headline News of the Week (5.29-6.5) ............................... CND
2. Never Forget "June 4th":
The Story of Fang Zheng .............................. Ding Zilin
Declaration Hunger Strike in 1989
Beautiful Chinese .................................... Hou Dejian
3. Diary from Beijing: Relic of "June 4th", etc. .................. Shan Zi
4. Prose: A Letter Written in Autumn ................................ Ye Si
5. Society: Canaries in a Cage .............................. Zhang Jieying
6. A Glimpse of China: "Local Food Ration Coupon" (4 Items)
7. "WoMen": My Daughter .......................................... Xiao Yao
8. Poem: Grape Garden ............................................. Mang Ke
War ....................................................... Xi Bai
9. Information Exchange: Introduction of a Chinese TeX System ..... Qin Duo
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5. "China Daily" News in Brief (10 Items) .............................. 151
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1. Bank backs State firms with big loans
2. State set to improve supplies of power
3. Hope in sight for 65 million rural poor
4. Ambitious plan unites Hainan and Guangdong
5. State gives green light to more branches
6. Toyota JV energizes Tianjin's car sector
7. Medicine must pass go
8. National plans for car parking reach for the skies
9. Thirsty city gets a satisfying drink
10. Capital to build city's largest park
1. Bank backs State firms with big loans ---- The Industrial and
Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has allocated 6.9 billion yuan in working
capital loans to support production in 286 key State-owned enterprises.
Sources from the bank said the money is aimed at easing the capital
shortage facing the enterprises. The second quarter is usually the busy
production season when enterprises have peak demand for capital. Bank
officials said that major sectors which have been given priority include
the metallurgical, machinery, chemical, petrochemical, electronics,
automobile and light industries. Most of the money will be used as
working capital to organize production. But some enterprises are expected
to use it to carry out technical renovation projects. According
to ICBC, the enterprises were selected on the basis that their products
are well-received in the market, they are economically efficient and they
do not default on interest payments. (CD, May 23, 1996)
2. State set to improve supplies of power ---- A programme to improve the
electric power supply for China's 300 counties in 20 provinces is being
launched this year. An estimated 115 million farmers are expected to be
freed from difficulties caused by shortages of electricity. Supported by
the State Planning Commission, the programme -- the third of its kind
since 1985 -- is expected to be completed by the year 2000. Thousands of
small and medium-size hydropower stations with an installed capacity of over
3.6 million kilowatts are expected to be built, Zhu Dengquan, vice-
minister of water resources announced. The annual per-capita electricity
consumption of the 300 counties remained low due to a lack of necessary
infrastructure, particularly a reliable electricity supply. It is
expected to be doubled from the present 1.31 million kilowatts with the
construction of the planned hydropower stations, "which would give an
impetus to the full economic and social development of the 300 counties,"
Zhu said. (CD, May 22, 1996)
3. Hope in sight for 65 million rural poor ---- China is expected to
meet its goal of ending poverty among its 65 million poor people by the
turn of the century. Experts say the basic needs of the country's poor
must be met through upgrading agriculture and developing the food
industry. That forms the first point in an eight-point plan that could
help erase China's poverty problems by the year 2000. Experts from the
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the State Statistics Bureau have
written an eight-point prescription to help China meet its promise to
eradicate poverty within the next four years. China has to face an annual
task of helping at least 13 million to escape poverty to meet its
self-imposed deadline. The central government launched a campaign in 1994
to increase the annual income of poor people from 300 to 500 yuan, an
annual growth rate of 9 percent. The experts also want to encourage
people to leave the poorer regions and work in the economically-thriving
ones, both to earn a better living and to learn new work skills. (Xinhua,
CD, May 16, 1996)
4. Ambitious plan unites Hainan and Guangdong ---- A fixed transport
facility across the Qiongzhou Strait that separates Guangdong and Hainan
provinces has been proposed by Chinese engineers. If the project goes
ahead, it could involve a road or rail bridge or tunnel and might
include both road and rail links. The preliminary feasibility study for
the project was approved by experts from the Chinese Academy of
Engineering and the Ministry of Communications. The study was organized
by the Guangdong Humen Technology Service Company, with the participation
of eight domestic professional units and a Japanese firm. The Chinese
ministries of railways and communications both have plans to link Hainan
with the mainland. Options proposed by the experts include a bridge,
tunnels and combined bridge and tunnels. Though technological
difficulties exist, they can be overcome, the study concludes. (CD, May
15, 1996)
5. State gives green light to more branches ---- The State will continue
to refine procedures under which overseas law firms can open branches in
China, Deputy Justice Minister Zhang Geng said. Zhang affirmed that the
Ministry of Justice has given approval to 57 overseas law firms to open
offices in China since mid-1992. The majority are clustered in Beijing,
with 26, and Shanghai, with 15, he noted. The foreign law firms mostly
specialize in advising investors and traders from their own countries. They
are not allowed to handle domestic matters, but can offer their services
to Chinese involved in overseas legal disputes. Zhang Geng said that,
pursuant to the terms of the new Lawyers Law, his ministry will formulate
as soon as possible concrete regulations on the management of Chinese
offices of overseas law firms. Zhang also revealed that seven Chinese law
firms have already set up overseas branches, in such countries as Russia,
Singapore and the United States. (CD-Xinhua, CD, May 24,1996)
6. Toyota JV energizes Tianjin's car sector ---- A $250 million
car-engine joint venture between the Tianjin Automobile Industry Group
and the Toyota Motor Corp has been approved by the Chinese Government,
possibly heralding the full participation of the Japanese company in
China's car industry. Tianjin Automobile has assembled 0.98-litre Charade
cars and Daihatsu mini-vans since the 1980s. Demand for both, however, is
shrinking as the Beijing authorities have banned small vehicles from the
capital's road every other day and Shanghai's local government has
stipulated that new taxi licenses can only be given for cars with
engines above 1.6 litres. Very few Charade cars have been sold in Beijing
since February when the ban came into effect, and none in Shanghai since
March. Tianjin Automobile's products urgently need upgrading, the Tianjin
executive said. (CD, May 24, 1996)
7. Medicine must pass go ---- Chinese traditional medicine manufacturers
are now required to obtain licenses to export their products. Licensing
is part of China's effort to improve the quality of Chinese traditional
medicines and protect their overseas markets, which have been shrinking
in recent years, a Chinese traditional medicine trader said. "All Chinese
medicines and their manufacturers must pass quality checks by a quality
inspection agency designated by the State Administration of Traditional
Chinese Medicine," according to a new set of regulations issued jointly
by the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Ministry
of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation and other units. (Xinhua, CD,
May 27, 1996)
8. National plans for car parking reach for the skies ---- Vertical
parking facilities are being proposed to help relieve the acute parking
crunch as an automobile age dawns in the bicycle kingdom. Zou Shimeng,
director of the planning department of the Ministry of Construction, said
parking facilities have for the first time been covered in long-term
development programmes in cities and towns. Such construction entered the
central government's planning for the first time in the recently issued
Ninth Five-Year Plan (1996 -- 2000). Zou said China has received help
from United Nations organizations in planning the parking facilities,
funding for which will rely on existing channels as well as new ones. The
issue is forcing itself onto the government's agenda as the number of
passenger cars, buses and trucks doubles the present 11 million by the
turn of the century and reaches 50 million by 2010, according to
estimates. (CD Business Weekly, May 26 -- June 1, 1996)
9. Thirsty city gets a satisfying drink ---- Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi
Province and one of China's thirstiest cities, will be supplied with more
water this summer. Water from Shitouhe River, 140 kilometres west of
Xi'an, is scheduled to flow into the city in early June, adding 350,000
tons of water per day for industrial use. With 200,000 tons of water a
day already supplied by an existing project drawing water from Heihe
River, Xi'an will get a total of one million tons of water per day this
summer, which can basically meet the city's requirements. Xi'an, with a
population of more than 3 million, needs one million tons of water supply
per day for industrial and residential use. However, it is only supplied
with 700,00 tons of water per day at present, 500,000 tons from
underground and 200,000 tons from the Heihe River. Last summer, Xi'an
suffered its worst water shortage ever, getting just half the amount it
needed. More than 40 large-scale enterprises had to cut back on water
use, and many residents had to line up at midnight to get drinking water.
(CD, May 24, 1996)
10. Capital to build city's largest park ---- A development plan has
been approved for a park that, when completed, will be Beijing city's
largest. Chaoyang Park, in eastern Chaoyang District, is now under
construction, and is expected to be completed in five years as a major
park project for the capital. Covering 320 hectares in a favourable
location, Chaoyang Park will be a multi-functional park serving the
purposes of leisure, recreation, culture and public education, according
to Ren Jimin, deputy general manager of the Chaoyang Park Managing and
Developing Co. So far, investors from a dozen countries and regions,
including Singapore, the Netherlands, Thailand, the United States, the
Republic of Korea and Hong Kong, have shown strong interest in co-
developing and constructing the park project, which will need a total
investment of about 4 billion yuan, said the official. (CD, May 22, 1996)
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