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                        Friday, July 31, 1992

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1. New Brief (Five Items) ................................................55
2. Lobby Campaign Update; Database for Lobbying Established...............98
3. Foreign Student Advisors:
   Fraudulent I-20's from China Really on the Rise........................55
4. Bush: Taiwan Plane Sale Will Get Another Look......................... 36
5. WSJ Editorial: Helping China...........................................56
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1. New Brief (Five Items) ................................................55
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WASHINGTON -(AP-DJ)--U.S. Senate Minority Leader  Robert  Dole  and  a  key
Democratic  Party  supporter  of  the  administration's China policies have
urged president George Bush to "ratchet up the pressure" on China over  its
human rights and weapons proliferation record as a condition for continuing
favorable tariff treatment. (from Huijie, 7-30. Details in CND-G, 7-31)

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Chicago CBS Radio, 7/29 --  U.S. INS  announced its   "Operation Greencards
Replacement".   All  U.S.  greencards that  were issued before 1979 will be
replaced  by  August 1993 since  they were old design and are very easy  to
be  forged.   Especially those old day's greencard without finger-print and
photo on it will expire next January.  (From: Bo Xiong)

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IFCSS Supervisory Committee  Resolution:  Under  the  jurisdiction  of  the
current  version  of the Constitution of IFCSS, there is only one President
of IFCSS, who should be the one elected on the latest  annual  Congress  of
IFCSS.  The  Presidency  should  be  effective  right  about adjourn of the
Congress. The RESOLUTION-011 adopted on the Fourth Congress of IFCSS by  no
means  revised,  or surpassed the Constitution. Therefore, the President of
current term is Mr. Xiao Geng. (from <CLU@BIOMED.MED.YALE.EDU>, 7-29)

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NEW YORK (UPI) 7-29 -- The Singer Co. said Wednesday it signed a letter  of
intent  with the Shanghai-based Butterfly Co. to establish a joint manufac-
turing venture in China.  The agreement calls  for  Singer  to  take  a  70
perent  stake  in  the joint venture and Butterfly to hold the remaining 30
percent, said Ronald Peters, Singer vice president of finance.

Peters refused to disclose the amount Singer plans to invest in the project
because  discussion are ongoing. He said he expects a contract to be signed
before the end of August and construction of a new sewing- machine  factory
in Shanghai to begin shortly thereafter.(from Jian Liu and C. Mok, 7-30)

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WHITE PLAINS, N..Y. -DJ 7-30- Texaco Inc. (TX) said its gasification  tech-
nology  has  been licensed for use in the oxo-chemical gasification unit of
China's Beijing Ethylene Project.

In a press release, Texaco said  the  gasification  unit,  expected  to  be
operational  by  late  1994, will convert heavy fuel oil into synthetic gas
for the manufacture of various oxo-alcohols  used  in  household  plastics.
The  gasification  process  will  generate gas for the production of 70,000
metric tons a year of oxo-alcohols.

Texaco said the Beijing Ethylene Project is the sixth gasification  license
agreement it has signed this year. (from C. Mok)

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2. Lobby Campaign Update; Database for Lobbying Established...............98
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From: IFCSS HQ Report No. 4022,, 4023, and 4026 <ifcss@wam.umd.edu>, 7-29

The HQ has been trying its best to help the  campaign  and  coordinate  the
lobby  activities. However, the HQ has limited manpower and resources, thus
cannot keep track of development in all areas and cannot do  everything  by
its own. Therefore, any kind of help will be highly appreciated.

IFCSS ATTORNEY'S HELP:

The IFCSS attorneys' have been very helpful. Mr. John Mitchell, whose  Pro-
tection Bill Workshop is still fresh in many peoples' minds, has prepared a
complete set of "Sample Letters," "Talking Points," "Bill Analysis," "Lobby
Strategy,"  which  is  a  nine-page  long  document. Since many people have
requested this kind of documents, the HQ contacted Mr. Mitchell  who  later
at  3:15  pm  faxed the documents to the HQ. The HQ then immediately sent a
message to the lobby-net requesting help put in these documents  into  com-
puter  and  make  them  available to the public. Several people have volun-
teered to help. This project, however, will be cancelled  because  the  HQ,
with  pleasure, noticed that Dr. Zhao Haiqing has released indentical docu-
ments a while ago. His help in this regard will be appreciated.

D.C. LOBBY SUPPORT GROUP:

The bill will come to House floor in a few weeks and at that time a massive
House  on-cite  lobby  will  be  needed.  President Geng Xiao has talked to
University of Maryland student leaders about organizing a D.C.  lobby  sup-
port  group  and  received promises of full support. The group will provide
assistance to students who come to D.C. to lobby when the whole House begin
to debate the bill.

COMMUNICATION:

The recent lobby campaign has shown some vital flaws in the IFCSS  communi-
cation  system.  IFCSS official announcements can reach only a small number
of students.  The Community  Information  Center  project  and  the  recent
lobby-net  will  help  improve  the  situation.  In  addition,  the  HQ has
developed a communication plan based on a totally new concept.  A  detailed
proposal will be released in a few weeks.

LOBBY COORDINATOR NETWORK PLANNED

President Geng Xiao has been planning to organize a nation-wide lobby coor-
dinator  network.  He  is  planning to call a teleconference some time next
week to formally set up the system.

IFCSS CSS-PROTECTION ACCOUNT

The IFCSS has an account to accept donations to support the lobby efforts.

     The address:

     IFCSS CSS-Protection Account
     733 15th Street N.W.,
     Suite 440
     The IFCSS, Inc.
     Washington D.C. 20005

     Make checks payable to "IFCSS CSS-Protection Account."

IFCSS HQ will ensure that the money will be properly used and  the  account
properly managed, (to be supervised by IFCSS Council, HQ, and related agen-
cies.)
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From: Zhao Haiching, ZHAO@HUXTAL.BITNET, 7-29

         CCSA: IMMIGRATION LOBBYING PACKAGE (I) (abridged)

First, we need to get our message clear and correct.  Please read the  fol-
lowing  lobbying  package  carefully before you talk/write to congressional
offices and other American friends.

LEGISLATIVE STATUS

The bill has already passed the Senate and has also passed the house  Immi-
gration  Subcommittee  and  Judiciary Committee.  From there it goes to the
House Rules Committee, and finally  to  the  House  floor.   Since  it  was
amended  in  the Judiciary Committee, it will have to go back to the Senate
for concurrence.  After the passage from both Houses, then it  will  go  to
the President.

LOBBYING

The tasks ahead are to:

      1. Persuade the House Rules Committee to adopt a  "closed  rule"  for
         debate; that is, that no amendments be in order on the floor
      2. Persuade the entire House to pass the bill by a large margin.
      3. Persuade the Senate to pass it or hold conference  to  report  the
         bill out.
      4. Persuade the President to sign the bill.
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A comprehensive LOBBY database has been compiled and can be retrieved
aumatically through email. To retrieve the information from the
database, send your mail to

      LISTSERV@KENTVM.BITNET
with first line saying:
      GET LOBBY PACKAGE   (please don't any add other words)

For technical help, please contact b366jdx@utarlvm1.bitnet.

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3. Foreign Student Advisors:
   Fraudulent I-20's from China Really on the Rise........................55
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From: NASFA Communication Network, forwarded by Bo Xiong, 7-30

[Editor's Note:  Some readers  questioned what the  "blacklist for graduate
admission" means.   While we don't know  exactly,  the following discussion
among the Foreign Student Advisers might throw a light on the topic.]

From: Nancy E. Young, 7-29

I have noticed here at NYU and from discussions with other FSAs, that  get-
ting  F-1  visas  out  of  China  seems to be going beyond the "status quos
tough".  For example, one of our professors was asked to submit photocopies
of  his  passport  or driver"s license to verify an award letter he signed!
Needless to say, the State Dept. and I spent a lot of time on this one!

I was told by a contact there that fraud is really on the  rise  in  China,
which  of course hurts our bona fide students trying to get here.  With the
aim of being pro-active, I would like to survey the field, for any  sugges-
tions  to  pass on to the State Dept as a way to verify I-20s are authenti-
cally issued... without resorting to measures such  as  getting  copies  of
personal documents...

So, are there any brainstorms out there?  The bad  thing  about  trying  to
come up with a solution is trying to avoid extra work.  Some examples would
be each school putting a seal on its  I-20s,  numbering  I-20s  like  IAPs,
sending  them  - or a fax/copy to the Consulate/Embassy... as you see, each
of these has its own problems.

Anyway, please send any ideas my way.  I will summarize and pass them on to
State, as an FYI...

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From: Louise Shingleton, 7-30

We have been dealing with the problem of fraudulent I-20's from  China  for
some  time.  It started in 1991, and for the next year or so the Consultate
in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou would contact me when they had a  suspi-
cious  looking  I-20,  which  was quite often.  It became such a problem, I
decided that we would use a University of Utah embossed seal, which we  put
on  all  of our I-20's along with a stamp stating "Document Invalid Without
Raised Seal".

The Consulate wrote to me stating, "It is very helpful to us to  know  that
your  I-20's  have the school seal impressed on them.  We have suggested to
other schools that they do this too, but some have said that it is too much
trouble".

That maybe, but I do know that (so far) it seems to have stopped the  frau-
dulent I-20's.  If you decide to use something similar, I would suggest you
notfiy any other office on campus, such as ELP, so they may  use  the  same
seal.

It was a very frustrating time for us, and for students.  The  problem,  as
you  stated, is that this sort of thing is punishing to the legitimate stu-
dent.

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4. Bush: Taiwan Plane Sale Will Get Another Look......................... 36
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From: Charles P. Mok, and Jian Liu, 7-30
Source: Compiled from News Services

WAXAHACHIE,Texas-- Bush said Thursday that he is "taking a new look" to see
if the proposed sale of Texas-built F-16 fighters to Taiwan can go forward.

Bush spoke from Air Force One in an interview with the Texas State  Network
as  he  flew  to  Texas to save the Superconducting Super Collider from the
congressional axe.  Taiwan recently expressed an interest in purchasing  up
to  150  F-16s,  but the sale has been held up by Bush administration offi-
cials for fear of offending the rival mainland Chinese.    Up to 3,000 jobs
could be saved if the sale  is  completed,  union  leaders said Wednesday.

Bush said in the TSN interview that he understands the issues and he  indi-
cated  that  the  White House is taking another look at the proposed Taiwan
deal.

"I have an overall responsibility for the foreign policy of  this  country,
and  I  understand  this issue well and we are taking a hard look to see if
this can be done in accordance with international agreements made  in  1972
by the United States," he said.

Bush also reacted to criticism of his administration  in  Thursday's  Texas
newspapers  over the 5,800 layoffs announced Wednesday at Fort Worth's Gen-
eral Dynamics plant.

Bush said he would like to see the General Dynamics assembly line stay open
and that similar problems confront other states.

"We have the same argument in other states with other defense plants, but I
have to make this determination, and we are now taking a new look to see if
this sale of planes can go forward," he said.

General Dynamics cited declining demand  for  the  F-16  fighter  plane  in
announcing that 5,800 workers will be cut the end of 1994.

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5. WSJ Editorial: Helping China...........................................56
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From: C. Mok, 7-29
Source: The Wall Street Journal Editorial. 7-29.

One of the most difficult foreign issues for the next President is sure  to
be managing the trade relationship with China.  China is too big to ignore,
it's growing economically, and  it's  repressively  Communist.   All  these
strands  came  together recently in Congress as it wrestled with renewal of
most favored nation status (MFN) for China. The result was tangle.

It's no doubt laudable that Congress keeps signaling its desire to  promote
human  rights  in  China.  it would be more laudable still were Congress to
try pursuing this goal in ways more likely to help the Chinese  people  and
less  likely  to  hurt the American economy.  The House last Tuesday passed
two bills that would rescind China's most favored nation status unless  the
country  releases  political  prisoners and meets other human rights, trade
and nonproliferation objectives.  The two bills, which did  not  receive  a
veto-proof majority, now goes to the Senate.

Some congressmen hitched their human rights concerns to a dose  of  protec-
tionist  policy.   China's  $12.7  billion  trade  surplus with the U.S. is
second only to Japan's.  The U.S. last year imported $19 billion  worth  of
goods  from  China,  and exported $6.3 billion to China.  But it won't help
the U.S. economy for Congress to try to level the trade balance  by  simply
drying up trade and depriving U.S. consumers of Chinese products.

At the Washington-based Heritage Foundation, analyst Andrew Brick estimates
that  if the U.S. rescinds MFN for China, the resulting drop in trade would
mean the loss of 100,00 export-related American jobs.  The average duty  on
Chinese  goods  would  rise to 40% from 6%.  Chinese products now make up a
third of the U.S. toy market, 10% of the footwear market  and  15%  of  the
imported  apparel  market.   American  consumers will face a stiff bill for
Congress's protectionist version of a Chinese civil rights crusade.

There might be reason to forgo some of this trade were the  sacrifice  more
likely  to truly advance the cause of liberty in China.  But MFN happens to
help mainly the Chinese people whom Americans want to encourage.  These are
the  workers  in  the  liberalizing  coastal  provinces such as Guangdong -
source of one-third of all China's exports in 1990 - and Fujian, where pro-
vincial leaders are going their own ways and doing their best to ignore the
central government. MFn also helps the British colonial free port  of  Hong
Kong to prosper and spread its capitalist teachings.  Hong Kong handles 80%
of China's exports, and Hong Kong-based companies employ some  two  million
to three million in China. They would be hurt by the loss of MFN.

If the idea is really to rebuke Beijing  while  encouraging  trends  toward
greater  freedom  in China, a sensible Congress would attack the large flow
of funds and other aid that China receives from multilateral aid  organiza-
tions.   These  resources  are funneled through China's central government,
strengthening its purse and its power over Chinese citizens' lives.   China
is  the  third-largest  recipient  of  U.N.-sponsored development aid.  And
organizations such as the Asian Development Bank and the  World  Bank  con-
tinue  to act as sugar daddies for China's corrupt, wasteful and repressive
Communist system.

Congress, if it wishes to be constructive, could better redirect its energy
away  from  trying  to block trade, and toward trying to block U.S. backing
for multilateral aide organizations that help fund China's  Communists.   A
real  China policy would let Beijing's cadres, not American consumers, foot
the bill.

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