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Clinton Library
DOCUMENT NO.
SUBJECT/TITLE
DATE
RESTRICTION
AND TYPE
001. memo
To Sandy Berger and Jim Steinberg from Anthony Blinken and David
05/29/1998
P1/b(1)
Leavy re: Communications Strategy for the President's Trip to China
(11 pages)
002. email
From WHSR to Sandra J. Kristoff, et al., re: Presidential Visit: Site
04/05/1998
P1/b(1)
Survey in Hong Kong (6 pages)
COLLECTION:
Clinton Presidential Records
First Lady's Office
Melanne Verveer
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China (More) [Folder 2]
2013-0534-S
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2201(3).
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Beijing and Beyond
Six months have passed since we gathered in Beijing and
tively involved in grassroots organizing, political decision mak-
worked with thousands of NGO activists and government rep-
ing, and academic study in the region.
resentatives to produce the Platform for Action--a document
that brought into focus our collective aspirations for change in
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the status of women worldwide. The Platform for Action is
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the most comprehensive document yet adopted by the nations
managers from the World Bank, the UN, and the international
of the world and potentially the most effective blueprint for
media will discuss strategies for implementing the Platform for
action on behalf of women. It contains a wide range of spe-
Action with specific emphasis on Muslim societies.
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women and girls throughout the world. Over 90 governments
Speakers represent a broad spectrum of perspectives on
made commitments to specific action in one or more of the
women's status in the region. Among them are Radwa Ashour
focus areas of the document. NGOs have carefully monitored
(Egypt), Nimat Barazangi (Syria), Boutheina Cheriet (Algeria),
the commitments made by governments and international or-
Maryam Elahi (Iran), Munira Fakhro (Bahrain), Leyla Gulcur
ganizations, and have held thousands of sessions sharing in-
(Turkey), Deniz Kandiyoti (Turkey), Seema Kazi (India),
formation, sustaining the momentum, extending the networks,
Fatima Mernissi (Morocco), Yasmeen Murshed (Bangladesh),
and building on the solidarity achieved at the 4WCW. This
Azar Naficy (Iran), Bouthaina Shaaban (Syria), Leila Sharaf
assures us that the promise of that momentous gathering will
(Jordan), Sharifa Tahir (Malaysia), and Mervat Tallawy
not dissipate with the passage of time.
(Egypt).
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women's rights using the Platform for Action as the focal point.
of hard work and dedication, serves as the cornerstone in the
Please turn to the next page for a complete listing of the panels
long journey toward achieving our goals. The process of
to be presented at the conference.
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BEIJING AND BEYOND:
IMPLEMENTING THE PLATFORM FOR ACTION IN MUSLIM SOCIETIES
MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
MAY 8, 1996
1. Issues of priority for women in Muslim societies.
2. Strategies for implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action
3. Discussion of US foreign policy interests and the requirements of Muslim women's
human rights
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society building and democratization.
5. Women's role in combating extremism, terrorism, and gender-related violence.
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Roya Bahrami will play the Santur
fatima Mernissi will read from her new novel
Robin Morgan will read A Woman's Creed
Saturday, May 11, 1996
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Wednesday, May 15, 12:30 to 3:30
Arnold and Porter, 399 Park Avenue
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Our guests are:
Radwa Ashour (Egypt), a novelist and professor of English literature
at Ain Shams University in Cairo. She is currently exploring the use of
narrative to promote individual responsibility and civil society.
Munira Fakhro (Bahrain), professor of sociology at the University
of Bahrain and former Head of the Social Welfare Section, Ministry of
Labor and Social Affairs. She was suspended from teaching for
advocating women's rights and civil liberties.
Leyla Guleur (Turkey) is the coordinator of Women for Women's
Human Rights, an NGO that raises public awareness of violations of
women's rights, works to improve legal literacy, and influences
government bodies in the area of development.
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"A CONVERSATION WITH WOMEN LEADERS FROM THE MUSLIM WORLD"
with
Munira Fakhro
Yasmeen Murshed
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Chair. Board of Directors, Center for
Bahrain and Former Head, Social Welfare
Analysis and Choice and Member.
Section, Ministry of Labor and Social
Executive Committee of the Independent
Affairs
University in Bangladesh
Asma Khader
Fatima Mernissi
President. Jordanian Women's Union and
Author and Professor of Sociology,
Attorney and Human Rights Activist
Mohammed V University, Rabat
Monday, May 13th, 1996
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Silence
Too many women
in too many countries
speak the same language.
Of silence.
My grandmother was always silent --
always aggrieved --
only her husband had the cosmic right
(or so it was said)
to speak and be heard.
They say it is different now.
(After all, I am always vocal
and my grandmother thinks
I talk too much)
But sometimes, I wonder.
When a woman gives her love,
as most women do, generously --
it is accepted.
When a woman shares her thoughts,
as some women do, graciously --
it is allowed.
When a woman fights for power,
as all women would like to,
quietly or loudly
it is questioned.
And yet, there must be freedom --
if we are to speak.
And yes, there must be power --
if we are to be heard.
And when we have both
(freedom and power)
let us not be misunderstood.
We seek only to give words
to those who cannot speak
(too many women
in too many countries)
I seek only to forget
the sorrows of my grandmother's
silence.
- Anasuya Sengupta
Class of '95
Lady Shri Ram College
The Sixteen Decisions
1.
The four principles of Grameen Bank - discipline, unity, courage, and hard work - we will
follows and advance in all walks of our lives.
2.
We will bring prosperity to our families.
3.
We will not live in dilapidated houses. We will repair our houses and work toward constructing
new houses.
4.
We will grow vegetables all year round. We will eat plenty of them and sell the surplus.
5.
During the plantation seasons, we will plant as many seedlings a possible.
6.
We will plan to keep our families small. We will minimize our expenditures. We will look after
our health.
7.
We will educate our children and ensure that they can pay for their education.
8.
We will always keep our children and the environment clean.
9.
We will build and use pit-latrines.
10.
We will drink tubewell water. If it is not available, we will boil water or treat it with alum.
11.
We will not take any dowry in our sons' wedding. neither will we give any dowry in our
daughters' wedding. We will keep the center free from the curse of dowry. We will not practice
child marriage.
12.
We will not inflict injustice on anyone, nor will we allow anyone to do so.
13.
For higher incomes we will collectively undertake bigger investments.
14.
We will always be ready to help each other. If anyone is having difficulty, we will help him.
15.
If we learn of any breach of discipline in any center, we will help to restore discipline.
16.
We will introduce physical exercise in our centers. We will take part in all social activities
collectively.
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Kay Anne Johnston - Amherst College (orphanages and women's
issues in general)
Susan Greenhaugh - University of California at Irvine
(family planning, birth ratios etc.)
Regan Ralph - Human Rights Watch (women's issues)
Judith Banister - formerly at the U.S. Bureau of the Census
(research on missing girls). I think she took an academic
job somewhere???
Jonathan Hecht - Harvard Law School, East Asian Legal
Center. He worked for Ford in Beijing a few years ago.
Tel. # 617-495-4463.
This is the information I was able to gather by making
a couple of calls. I'd be happy to do more. I know most
of the people I have listed and have a number of other
contacts from my days of doing research on women in China.
Hong Kong:
There are powerhouses in Hong Kong that the First Lady
would like/should meet, including Margaret Ng, Emily Lau,
and Christine Loh.
chinarel.doc
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TO: MELANNE AND AVIVA
FR: MAUREEN
DATE: 6/12/98
The following is information I have gathered regarding Shanghai religious leaders. Hope it
is helpful. If you have questions, please call me - X62721.
CATHOLICS: Bishop Su's situation is still not clear and there remains some question as to
whether he is truly free or under house detention. It would be appropriate for the President
both to acknowledge the bishop's release and express concern about others still in
detention.
Bishop Aloysius JIN Luxian, SJ, of Shanghai is one of the best known of the open church
prelates and an honorary president of the Bishops' Conference.
Bishop James SU Zhimin of Baoding, who was released in late October. It would seem
doubtful that he would come down to Shanghai (or be allowed to).
Bishop Matthias DUAN Yinming of the Wanxian diocese in Sichuan, and his coadjutor
bishop, Joseph XU Zhixuan. The two Wanxian bishops were invited by the pope to the
recently concluded Asia Synod. It would be an extraordinary gesture if the President could
meet with them; both are "open church bishops" who are also openly loyal to the Vatican.
Bishop DUAN is 90 years old, was made bishop by Pius XII, and Bishop XU is not much
younger. By inviting them to the Synod, the pope sent a clear message about the
possibility of reconciliation within the Church.
PROTESTANTS: All of these are from official churches and would not be friendly to the
unregulated ones.
Rev. Su Decis is President of the East China Theological Seminary and General Secretary of
the China Christian Council.
Rev. Cao Shenjie is a woman and President of the Shanghai Christian Council.
Rev. Deng Fucun is Secretary General of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement
Luo Guanzong is Chairman of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement
ISLAMIC: The Muslim community numbers in the thousands and it would be important to
include an imam not just the head of the association:
Jin Youyun is Director of the Shanghai Islamic Association
Imam Jin Hongwei is at the Xizotaoyuan Mosque
Imam Bai Runsheng is at the Huxi Mosque
ACADEMICS: All of these are at the American Studies Center and could talk seriously
about religion, as opposed to the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences which will be more
general sociologists.
chinarei.doc
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Zhou Dunren
Wu Xinbo
Ni Shixiong
Liu Yongtao
Jin Xianhong
Zhu Mingquan
UNDERGROUND CHURCH: In December of 1997 Xu Guoxing was sentenced to three years
of prison. He is an evangelist who studied engineering in the 80's. When the three
religious leaders tried to meet with his family in Shanghai, they had been moved out.
Beijing: The main Catholic church in Beijing, Immaculate Conception Cathedral, is at a very
historic spot where the great Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci began his work. The open
church Catholic bishop is Michael FU, who was recently elected Chairman of the Chinese
Catholic Patriotic Association, and is known as very "politically correct."
speech
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Theresa - deliv.
Susan O'Anllin
As people band together to
CHINA
.try to improve their lives,
they're spawning thousands
of grassroots organizations.
Voice of the
A wary Beijing is tolerating
some, but mowing many
others down.
By Matt Forney in Beijing
The Divorced Women's
Teahouse was a cosy place
to drown broken mar-
riages in cups of jasmine
tea. Members of the Bei-
jing self-help discussion
group ranged from distressed women on
the verge of leaving abusive husbands to
divorcees looking for help finding dates. In
a society notoriously inattentive to the
plight of women, "we gave them a place to
talk," says founder Shi Jianping. "It had
nothing to do with government or policy."
Not according to the government. In
late 1996, a year after the divorcee asso-
ciation was formed, officials demanded it
register. That was no easy task. First, the
group needed a government sponsor. Then
it needed $24,000 in capital reserves-an
astronomical sum for Shi, who once found
it difficult to scrounge together $20 to treat
members at McDonald's. Unable to muster
the necessary sponsors or funds, the tea-
house closed last year.
Civic organizations like the teahouse
are emerging across China-much to the
consternation of a government deeply sus-
picious of any group outside its control.
As the Communist Party reluctantly with-
draws from people's daily lives, a multi-
tude of new associations are forming to
represent the interests of their members.
The new groups are helping the poor, pro-
viding health tips to homosexuals, pro-
tecting the environment, safeguarding the
rights of women and migrant workers-
emerging wherever they see a need for
teamwork.
The government says there are
200,000 registered "mass organizations."
One-man band: Property-law expert Luo Qichun lost a battle over his home
There are surely at least that many un-
registered groups that are technically ille-
cle to a triad society. Jude Howell, a spe-
jing has set up a Byzantine registration
gal, including anything from a sewing cir-
cialist in Chinese civil society at Britain's
system to weed out any organization it
University of East Anglia, compares the
deems threatening-and that includes just
On Other Pages
desire to set up new groups to "a boiling
about every independent civic group.
pot, and it's difficult for Beijing to keep
For a party that once controlled every-
13 Colourful Crusaders
the lid on."
thing from coal production to what peas-
14 Helping Hands
Indeed, civic organizations like the tea-
ants ate for dinner, organized groups
house are struggling against a government
beyond its control constitute a clear chal-
15 Thorns in the Flesh
that still wants to stay in charge. That ten-
lenge. China's leaders recall, with dread
sion is likely to intensify. A fearful Bei-
how quickly the independent Solidarity
10
FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW
MAY 7, 1998
prises, society and relevant
for its home before. Ultra-radical Red
institutions to manage
Guards had squatted there during the Cul-
themselves."
tural Revolution, and Luo's father had
Beijing,
therefore,
regained control only after Mao's death in
People
allows the existence of
1976.
groups with agendas that
Luo knew the city had to provide
dovetail with its own, such
market-based compensation. His family
as protecting the environ-
had held a deed since 1944, and new laws
ment. But it has been
in 1986 protected homes bought before
remarkably successful in
the revolution. All the city offered, how-
constraining broad-based
ever, was a small apartment miles away
networks that could one
and $4,000-a hundredth of the family
day oppose the govern-
residence's market value by Luo's esti-
ment. The government
mate. He sued for greater compensation,
figures that even though it
representing himself, and lost. Police for-
could come into conflict
cibly removed him last year, and his home
with these groups "at least
is now rubble.
it has identified the people
But the story didn't end there. His
it is conflicting with," says
experience prompted Luo to spend his
University of East Anglia's
free time offering legal advice to people
Howell. "That's easier for
facing similar evictions. He says more than
the government to deal
100 are suing the city based on his coun-
with than mass outpouring
sel. Luo considered starting a formal
like the Tiananmen demon-
organization, but decided against it
strations."
because "we'd never find approval from
Meaningful nonstate
the government we're suing."
organizations were un-
The city already has an organization
heard of from the day
to safeguard its older neighbourhoods:
Chairman Mao announced
The Beijing Association for Preservation
a communist victory in
of Cultural Relics is supposed to be inde-
1949 to the dawn of Deng
pendent-even though its members are
Xiaoping's reform era in
former officials and its offices are in the
1978. Then the 1989 Tian-
city government. By law, its existence
anmen uprising occurred,
means Beijing can't allow Luo's group to
and frightened party lead-
serve the same function.
moved to control grass-
roots movements from
t's not always easy to tell how inde-
which popular dissent
pendent a group is. All legal organiza-
could emerge, State Coun-
tions have official approval, and report
cil Order No. 43 banned
to a specific government department
any "social organization"
(which bears responsibility for the group's
that fails to "protect the
"mistakes"). Some use government office
unity of the state and the
space; others receive official stipends.
solidarity of the nation."
China, therefore, has few truly non-
More perniciously, it
governmental organizations. On the other
banned "identical or simi-
hand, mere registration doesn't indicate a
lar social organizations
puppet, and many organizations set up by
within the same administra-
the government óperate with a measure
tive area." That outlawed
of autonomy
any group serving a func-
Take the Centre for Legal Culture,
tion ostensibly filled by a
which was formed in 1995 by a group of
government-registered
Beijing law professors who registered it
organization. There can be,
with the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The cen-
but found a new cause to fight for.
for instance, no labour al-
tre has no offices and its first round-table
liance to compete with Bei-
discussion had an innocuous theme:
labour union undermined Poland's com-
jing's officially sponsored union.
munist government in 1989.
"Mores and Law in Traditional Society."
The order ruined Luo Qichun's chance
Since then, however, the centre has been
At the same time, Beijing knows that
of forming an association to help protect
pushing the limits of what is permissible.
executive fiat won't drive this newly emerg-
people's historic homes. Luo, an engineer,
A recent discussion was of a new transla-
ing "civil society" out of existence. Bai
boned up on property law in December
Enpei, governor of Qinghai province, ac-
tion of a book by Friedrich Hayek, the
1996 after workers pasted a notice on the
late Australian Nobel laureate who was
knowledged as much to China's legislature
wall of his family's graceful residence in
in March: "Things the government
perhaps the world's most eloquent critic
western Beijing announcing its scheduled
of socialism.
shouldn't manage, or can't manage, or
destruction less than a month later. Luo
The Centre for Legal Culture has also
manages badly, should be given to enter-
refused to budge. His family had fought
begun sending members to evening guest
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lectures at Beijing University, China's top
presence is simply too necessary. In addi-
networks, however, they are faring bette
school, to speak to packed auditoriums
tion to providing a service, they are
Take the coalition that formed around
about how "a strong legal system can
needed by the community to create an
Yunnan province's endangered golden
protect civil rights," says He Weifang, the
elite that will fight for the people's rights
monkey. A county government had sold
centre's co-founder. Most importantly, the
and interests, says Xiang Biao, a Beijing
loggers the right to clear 160 square kilo-
Ministry of Civil Affairs "doesn't scem
University expert on migration and him-
metres of forest-an order that would have
concerned with what we deing," He
self a transplant from Zhejiang. But he
led to the destruction of the reclusive pri-
says.
warns that "the government is especially
mate's migration route to Tibet. The first
Perhaps sensing that the growing
afraid of these groups-just as a manager
activist was Xi Zhinong, a nature photo-
number of semi-independent groups erode
is afraid of unions."
grapher who had spent several freezing
the party's control over society, Beijing
Social groups enjoy little access to the
months on the Tibetan plateau taking pic-
has tried to strengthen its hand. The offi-
government. The Women Telephone
tures of the monkeys.
cial Xinhua news agency recently released
Hotline, registered in 1992 to advise
Xi inspired students at the Beijing
a circular declaring that any social group
women on a host of troubles ranging from
Forestry College into forming the Green
with members from the Communist Party
abusive husbands to poor sex lives, has
Students' Forum. It, in turn, got in touch
must form party committees within the
been advising China's legislature on a new
with Friends of Nature, Beijing's only reg-
organization. Rigorous enforcement is
marriage law. Hotline members have
istered environmental-protection group,
unlikely, but the circular reflects the par-
argued for making marital rape, as well as
which was formed in 1993. Xi was soon
ty's anxiety about losing control.
other forms of domestic violence, a crime.
joined by environmental author Tang
The marriage law's drafters have prom-
Xiyang, and together they wrote a letter
et grassroots groups continue to
ised to "consider our opinions," says Wang
to China's top environmental official, Song
Y
grow. In the past few years,
Xingjuan, the hotline's founder. "But it
Jian. Last year, Song pressured the prov-
migrants from the countryside to
will be up to them how much they use."
ince to cancel its logging plans. Just to be
the cities have begun to organize. Since
The most successful organizations are
sure, the students organized a month-long
many have no residence permits and no
those promoting causes that fit in neatly
trip to "investigate."
legal right to stay in urban
That green network continues to
areas, the migrants are vul-
MATT FORNEY
expand. Until recently, residents of Panjin
nerable to extortion by
city on the northeast China coast hadn't
police or periodic round-
realized that their summertime visitors
ups and forced repatriation
were the highly endangered Saunders'
to the countryside.
Gulls. Only 3,000 of the birds exist, and
In Beijing, migrants
not until 1990 did ornithologists discover
from central Zhejiang
their salt-marsh roosting site in Panjin.
province live in a south-
Locals called the gulls "Old Black Heads"
ern district of the capital
for their distinctive plumage, and thought
informally called Zhejiang
their uses were predicting rain by their
Village, where most of
evening wails and providing eggs for
them run small textile busi-
food.
nesses. In 1994, the area's
Liu Detian, a journalist from a local
more prominent business-
newspaper, thought otherwise. In 1991,
men formed the Loving
he registered the Saunders' Gull Protec-
Hearts Society to mediate
tion Commission, and convinced a
disputes between the com-
vice-mayor to chair the group. Despite the
munity and officials.
high-level names on the board, the reserve
It scored some suc-
hasn't proscribed development-shrimp
cesses. A year after it was
fisheries and oil rigs dot the area, and more
formed, a policeman sav-
are to come. Last year, Liu contacted
agely beat a village resi-
Friends of Nature and was given some
dent. The society brought
advice: "more publicity." Liu has since
medical help and laid
sponsored domestic press tours, and ar-
plans to bring a lawsuit,
ranged for local schools to teach about
but backed down under
the gulls. It's not clear flying yet, but Liu
pressure from managers of
is optimistic. "Before the Beijing connec-
the local marketplace, who
tions, I was lonely," he says. "Now I feel
didn't want trouble. On
support."
another occasion, the same
Green network: Journalist Liu Detian formed a pressure
Despite the successful outcome of these
managers suddenly evicted
group to help save the endangered Saunders' Gulls.
preservation campaigns, China's social
village vendors from their
organizations remain tethered. "The gov-
stalls to develop a piece of land. The Lov-
with Beijing's own policies-environmen-
ernment wants us to be part of its sys-
ing Hearts Society mediated, but by then
tal protection, for instance. Beijing finds
tem," says a women's-rights activist who
city officials were involved. The group
itself unable to prevent local leaders from
requested anonymity. "We can just hope
was simply declared illegal and closed in
chopping down trees, polluting rivers and
for more influence as the government tries
May 1995.
fouling the air in the name of regional
to shed some of its responsibilities." So
Yet members of the society still live in
development. Locally, there's not much
far, that influence has been slow in com-
the village, and will likely re-emerge. Their
tree-huggers can do. By forming national
ing.
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HINA
ever, the "Cage Man" was set free. The
Guangdong government has since set up a
Colourful Crusaders
special commission to investigate the inci-
dent and action against the offending po-
licemen is expected soon. "If I hadn't writ-
ten the piece, they wouldn't have resolved
the matter so quickly," observes Zhang.
The media speak out for social causes
Increasingly, public outcry over stories
in the press can influence government
as an entertainment supplement, this
action. Last year, a senior policeman in
By Bay Fang in Beijing
Guangzhou-based paper now breaks more
Henan province driving on the wrong side
Mao Yin was a chubby-
social and political scoops than anyone
of the road ran over and killed an 11-
cheeked two-year-old
else-within the permitted parameters. It
year-old boy, and dragged his screaming
when kidnappers snatched
documents the Aids problem in southwest
father beneath the car for more than a
him from his father in a
China and criticizes the government tele-
kilometre before stopping. Southern Week-
hotel lobby in Xian. For a
communications monopoly, once consid-
end broke the normal media silence sur-
decade his parents
ered "sensitive" topics.
rounding police misdeeds and described
searched the country for him, but found
Some weeks ago, the paper ran an
the incident and its aftermath in graphic
government officials unable-and some-
unprecedented spread on gay life in China.
detail. The media's influence on the trial
times unwilling-to help.
Soon after, homosexual callers began clog-
was undisputed, so much so that the
Then they read an article titled "Rescue
ging up the newspaper's telephone lines
defendant-sentenced to death in Janu-
the Children" in the China Women's News
because, the editor explained, they "just
ary-reportedly proclaimed that the press
by reporter Wang Lingshu, a well-known
had killed him.
advocate for China's growing numbers of
Despite its brashness, Southern
abducted women and children. On behalf
Weekend has clear limitations.
of Mao Yin's parents, Wang asked an
Besides steering firmly away from
American organization to produce a
taboo subjects, it has also failed to
computer-generated photograph of what
publish letters that censure its own
the boy would look like as a 12-year-old.
coverage. For example, it didn't run
Wang plans to publish the picture along
a letter from a Beijing professor
with a plea for information about the miss-
who pointed out that the newspaper
ing child in his daily newspaper. "The
should have been equally critical
media need to give a voice to the people,"
of the government's decision to
he says. "The government alone can't pay
execute the officer in the Henan
attention to everyone's problems."
hit-and-run case-a punishment that
Like the self-help groups and civic
the professor found excessive.
organizations springing up around the
Most media also have shied
country, the Chinese media have begun
away from urging political reform,
lending a voice to the voiceless. Journalists
although that seems to be changing
help locate missing children, expose egre-
slowly. The Beijing-based China
gious environmental damage, bring corrupt
Business Times ran a two-page
officials to justice and, cautiously, push
editorial on April 3 casting Presi-
for political reform. Once merely the Com-
dent Jiang Zemin as an enemy of
munist Party's mouthpiece, the media
Maoist leftism. Although Jiang is in
today are increasingly testing the bounda-
The 'Cage Man' of Guangdong: He was set free
power, open discussion of reform-
ries of what is allowed. But, as with the
after a newspaper reported his illegal detention.
ist thinking is still too radical a con-
civic groups, there are limits to the media's
cept-especially for the media.
activities, and therein lies the potential for
wanted to get in touch with other gay
Indeed, the writers had been unable to
tensions. Press coverage still dovetails fre-
people in their area," treating the article as
get their editorial printed in other news-
quently with government interests, and is
a community service. With 1 million read-
papers.
never directly critical of China's top lead-
ers countrywide, the paper's reach is far.
The question for these crusaders is how
ership or party ideology.
far is too far. Dai Qing, one of China's
For the media, the metamorphosis has
ewspapers have begun exposing
N
most famous journalistadvocates, has spent
been necessary to be commercially com-
official malfeasance. "Media super-
years writing articles and books opposing
petitive in China's new, market-driven
vision is a new and trendy concept,"
the controversial Three Gorges dam
economy. The country's best papers are
says Zhang Hongchao, a reporter for the
project. She was jailed for 10 months in
financially ndependent, and find that the
Yangcheng Evening News. In March,
1989 for her first collection of essays on
saucier the stories, the better the sales. In
Zhang uncovered a story that shocked the
the dam. Now considered a dissident by
the past, the Chinese press simply regur-
country: Police in Guangdong province
Beijing, she can't get published in the coun-
gitated material from the state-run Xin-
had kept a peasant illegally chained inside
try, and the domestic media avoid her.
hua news agency. But in today's more lb-
a two-square-metre iron cage for five years
But despite her experience with censor-
eral environment they are inching towards
as punishment for attacking an officer. The
ship, Dai is optimistic about progress in
greater editorial independence.
entire village knew about the "Cage Man,"
media freedom. "You have to make some
Southern Weekend is the most daring.
but were too afraid to take on the police.
compromises," she says, "but controls
Spun off from the Southern Daily in 1982
The day after Zhang broke the story, how-
have loosened significantly."
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CHINA
from assorted donors: the Shanghai Cha
ity Foundation, the civil-affairs bureau in
Gao's district, a group of expatriate wives.
Helping Hands
In addition, the 30 students pay 1,100 ren-
minbi each per month for therapy, food
and lodging from Monday to Friday.
The problem is that Gao doesn't know
Private charities survive against the odds
how much money she can count on from
one year to the next. She had hoped for
organization that might become a poten-
annual pledges from local sources, but has
By Pamela Yatsko in Shanghai
tial hotbed of people power. The unwrit-
received only one-off contributions. "I've
Eight months after Gao
ten rule is that the government defines
received too little financial support from
Yaoli's son was born, he
the parameters of their activities-and
the government as well as domestic com-
was diagnosed with cer-
these limits would always suit its own
panies," she laments. Donations from
ebral palsy, an incurable
interests.
foreign sources made up two-thirds of last
condition caused by brain
Making it harder for groups like Gao's
year's collection. Usually, the only way to
damage which impairs
is China's lack of a modern charitable
get local donations is by exploiting a per-
muscle coordination and learning ability.
tradition. The public, accustomed to state-
sonal connection. With the school barely
Like most parents of such children in
provided services, are not used to giving
scraping by now, Gao frets that it may
China, Gao and her husband faced grim
to worthy causes. This makes life espe-
have to close down within two years.
choices. They could put their infant in a
cially difficult for enterprises that depend
Donations are not a worry for more
state-run orphanage, where he could hope
on donations. Also, the public and offi-
monied philanthropists-such as Huang,
for 15-20 minutes of muscle massage a day
cialdom alike tend to mistrust the motives
the Shanghai millionaire who started a non-
from overburdened staff. If
profit company for the eld-
they left him at home while
erly. But they have encoun-
they worked, his mind and
tered bureaucratic resistance.
body would stiffen more each
Huang earned a bundle turn-
day. If one parent quit work
ing around a loss-making
to give him years of pains-
business. In 1994, he invested
taking therapy, the loss of
7 million renminbi in a
income would strain their
project that provides ser-
already tight budget. Says the
vices-free or at a discount-
45-year-old former account-
to the elderly, such as prod-
ant: "If a family has this kind
uct delivery, appliance repair
of child, it's likely to collapse
and telephone counselling.
financially."
While it is not uncommon
That was seven years ago.
for China's new millionaires
Since then, Gao has done
to donate money to build a
what no government agency
school or help a charity,
in Shanghai, let alone a pri-
Huang is unusual in devoting
vate citizen, had attempted
his fortune and efforts so
before. In April 1996 she
entirely. "Even if you are rich
founded a non-profit rehab-
enough to have rare food
ilitation centre for children
Filling the gap: A concerned mother set a precedent by founding this
everyday, eventually you will
with cerebral palsy, financed
rehabilitation centre for children with cerebral palsy.
be fed up and won't want to
with charitable donations and
eat any more," he explains.
tuition payments. "I came to realize that
of private citizens who venture into this
The government supports Huang's
this centre was vital," she recalls.
new domain. Even when money is not a
project, encouraging state firms to offer
Although rare, Gao is not alone. Social
problem, "overcoming people's scepticism
privileges to senior citizens flashing the
entrepreneurs like her are appearing
is a challenge for anyone trying to do a
project's card. But he says individual offi-
around the country to address specific
private charity," says Huang Shouzhu, a
cials have sometimes been less helpful,
social ills-either because the state has
wealthy Shanghai businessman who started
wondering why he was meddling in mat-
traditionally ignored the problem or has
a non-profit company serving the elderly.
ters traditionally reserved for government.
retreated from funding it. "The govern-
For at least one wealthy do-gooder,
ment can no longer cover everything,"
iven her son's condition, Gao had
explains Xu Chongren, an official at the
G
bureaucratic hurdles proved insurmount-
no trouble convincing officials of her
able. Businessman Zhang Zhiqin set up a
government-affiliated Shanghai Charity
sincerity, but they doubted that she
non-profit shelter for abused wives in late
Foundation. "More and more charity
could raise the funds to keep the school
1995, only to close it down several months
organizations will appear."
going. Unfortunately they may be right.
later. According to a source familiar with
As they appear, however, privately run
Gao received 80,000 renminbi
the project, the centre's success reflected
charities must overcome a raft of obsta-
($10,000) from a Japanese company to
badly on the Shanghai Women's Federa-
cles-financial, bureaucratic and historic.
start the school, a little two-storey rented
tion, the official organization responsible
Beijing is less suspicious of charities than
building. In its first year, the school received
for dealing with domestic violence in
other types of grassroots groups, but it
100,000 renminbi in donations and 150,000
Shanghai. In the turf battle that ensued,
nonetheless keeps a close eye on any
renminbi in the second. The money came
the official organization won.
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HINA
amendments to the Companies Act, now
being debated in parliament, the registrar
Thorns in the Flesh
of companies can reject applications from
NGOs wanting to register as firms to get
around the bureaucratic minutiae involved
in declaring themselves human-rights or
public-interest groups.
Across Asia, grassroots groups test state control
If the bill goes through, the NGOs can
simply be wound up if their actions "are
dential paperwork. In order to operate in
contrary to the nation's principles and
By S. Jayasankaran in Kuala Lumpur,
Indonesia, such agencies must be approved
jeopardize the public interest." Notes
Margot Cohen in Jakarta, Ben Dolven
by the government before their donations
Sivarasa Rasiah, a lawyer and activist with
in Singapore, Shim Jae Hoon in Seoul and
are released to NGOs.
Suaram, a human-rights group: "It's virtu-
Julian Baum in Taipei
As a last resort, the government can
ally impossible for any human-rights group
They have long been awk-
opt, of course, for familiar hardball tactics:
to register as a society."
ward partners in a com-
raids, arrests and the like. These have seen
Activists in Southeast Asia now must
plicated dance that both
an alarming resurgence in recent months,
look hopefully to the north for examples
want to lead. But non-
activists say, as law and order took on the
of a healthier relationship between NGOs
governmental organiza-
highest priority to ensure a smooth re-
and governments. South Korea and Tai-
tions and Beijing are not
election for President Suharto. Between
wan once kept NGOs under tight control,
the only ones treading on each other's toes.
February and late March, at least 12 NGO
but such groups are flourishing today in
The grassroots groups blossoming in China
workers and student activists had dis-
both countries, helped by the advent of
are also springing up elsewhere in Asia-
appeared.
greater democratization in the early 1990s.
and are arousing similar official ambiva-
Hendardi, executive director of the
Choi Yul's life neatly mirrors that trans-
lence in those countries.
Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Rights
formation. In South Korea in the 1970s,
At one level, NGOs can be a cost-free
Association, a Jakarta-based NGO, ob.
Choi, then a university student, spent four
means for Asian governments to monitor
serves that the economic crisis has renewed
years in prison for criticizing President Park
and solve local social and cultural prob-
government pressure on the NGOs, rather
Chung Hee's dictatorship. Choi used the
lems. At times the groups can even serve
than led to an ac-
time behind bars to
as safety valves that defuse troubling situ-
knowledgement of
read about civil diso-
ations before they swell into crises. But
their help in solving
RMAT
SYABAS
JUSTICE
JIMIN/REUTER
bedience and environ-
they can also be "thorns in the flesh," as
problems at the grass-
FOON
mental protection.
a Malaysian minister in 1986 described
roots. "The pressure
Today in his late 40s,
seven of them in his country. Indeed, many
on NGOs is becoming
Choi is one of South
governments worry that they could serve
more intense," he
Korea's most power-
as a source of independent political power:
says. "This is creating
ful NGO activists,
Because they address people's grievances,
a climate of trauma
e
leading the Federation
they could become a potential rallying
and anxiety."
of Environmental
point for discontent.
Protection, a nation-
As a result, most Asian governments
n
neighbouring
wide group with 34
seek to control NGOs with strict rules,
Malaysia, there has
local units supported
monitoring everything from their registra-
been no such crack-
by 44,000 dues-pay-
tion to the scope of their activities. In Indo-
down, but the govern-
ing members.
nesia, for example, the Suharto admin-
ment's patience with
Choi's outfit con-
istration deploys a wide range of tools to
outspoken NGOs
seems directly propor-
BAKUN
stitutes one of five
keep the lid on the NGOs. Gatherings of
national NGO um-
more than five persons require a police
tional to the state of
brella groups in the
permit, for example. Seminars, workshops,
the economy-an at-
NGO pressure against a Malaysian dam
country, covering
even informal discussion groups are
titude that seems to
project: Government patience depends
everything from con-
covered by this rule.
be mirrored in most
on the state of the economy.
sumer watchdogs to
To secure the permits, NGOs must
other Asian countries.
anti-nuclear organiza-
often submit a host of seemingly unneces-
Federal Territory Minister Abu Hassan
tions. Other NGO bodies too have climbed
sary information, such as the names of
Omar made his infamous "thorns in the
to power through sheer numbers, and their
speakers, advance copies of papers or a
flesh" accusation a year after Malaysia's
membership and activities are growing
list of participants. Jakarta also curbs
economy had skidded into recession. Yet
rapidly. South Korea has more than 20,000
freedom of movement in its villages by
in 1992, when the country was booming,
NGOs registered nationwide, dealing with
requiring all visitors to report to the vil-
Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad was
a range of issues from equal rights for
lage chief or the neighbourhood "captain"
reconciled with the Environmental Pro-
women to corruption-free elections.
within 24 hours. That puts a severe crimp
tection Society of Malaysia. Gurmit Singh,
Soh Kyung Suk, secretary-general of
in the NGOs' community-based work.
then president of the society, recalls
the National Council of Citizens Organi-
Another key area of control is financ-
Mahathir telling him "we are no longer
zation, sees a similar blossoming of NGOs
ing. Donor agencies which operate out of
enemies."
in the rest of Asia. There is one vital
Jakarta-such as the Ford Foundation-
Now that Malaysia's economy is on the
ingredient for this to happen, however.
must report all donations to the State
skids again, there is a discernible harden-
Notes Soh: "Democratization is essential
Secretariat, the office that handles presi-
ing of official attitudes. Under proposed
for NGOs to grow and develop."
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Carole Sumner Krechman
273 South Almont Drive
Beverly Hills, California 90211
310 550-7449 Fax 310 276-6226 E-mail Carolestar @AOL.COM
Tuesday, June 16, 1998
Hilary Rodham Clinton
First Lady
United States of America
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, D.C. 20250
Dear Ms. Rodham Clinton,
I understand that you will be traveling back to the Peoples Republic of China in a few
weeks. As you might remember I spent 9 years there, doing business and making
friends from 1983 until 1992. So, I wish I were going with you on this trip. I want to
thank you for placing my name into the government job pool. Since then, I have met
with Terry Bish at the Department of the Interior and Mike Zeitlin over at The Department
of State. Currently they are looking for a SES level vacancy at either department. I want
to say that the fact there are no job openings is a positive reflection on you husband's
administration, no one wants to leave.
I am writing this letter to you in my capacity as an appointed Governor of the Natural
History Museum of Los Angeles County. I have represented Supervisor Gloria Molina
on the Trustees board for the past five years. Our Museum has a strong working
relationship with the Chinese Government established with the first cultural protocol
which was signed in 1986. We are currently finalizing plans to bring to the United States
a wonderful exhibit based on the mummies, artifacts, and textiles recently uncovered in
Western China. The most exciting part of this exhibit is the fact that the mummies,
perfectly preserved, are Caucasian.
Please see attached material on the exhibit. We are very concerned because at this late
date the Bureau of Cultural Relics has put a hold on including the mummies in the show.
We have our funding in place to mount the show in Los Angeles and travel it to various
additional museum venues through out our country. We are at risk of relinquishing the
central and unique attraction if the Chinese will not release the mummies. They did
travel to Japan in the early 90's, so there is protocol for these human remains to leave
China.
I am asking if you could add this issue to your cultural agenda during this trip? We have
worked the system both here and in China and find ourselves in need of your help.
Thanks you for your consideration. I look forward to continuing our friendship. On
another note, the Friends of the United Nations UN Women's pamphlet is in its 4th
printing. I want to thank you for your wonderful words as our preface.
Sincerely,
Carole Sumner Krechman
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
GLORIA MOLINA
YVONNE BRATHWAITE BURKE
500 WEST TEMPLE STREET, 866 KENNETH HAHN HALL OF ADMINISTRATION
ZEV YAROSLAVSKY
Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90012
DON KNABE
MICHAEL D. ANTONOVICH
(213) 974-2222 / FAX (213) 680-3283
CALIFORNIA
YVONNE BRATHWAITE BURKE
CHAIR OF THE BOARD
April 15, 1998
The President
The White House
Washington D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
As Chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, and on behalf of my colleagues on
the Board and the almost ten million people whom we represent, I am writing to request your
endorsement and support of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County's proposal to
bring to the United States from the People's Republic of China the exhibition entitled, Lost
Civilizations of the Tarim Basin.
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, one of the oldest and largest non-profit
museums on the Pacific Rim, constitutes a principal gateway for scientific and cultural
exchanges with the People's Republic of China. As the next millennium approaches, the
Museum is committed to continuing its development of exhibitions that give Americans an
opportunity to appreciate the complex and diverse backgrounds of the peoples of China.
Our Natural History Museum has been working since 1994 to organize a U.S. tour of the Lost
Civilizations of the Tarim Basin exhibition, which includes hundreds of extraordinarily well-
preserved artifacts from China's largest minority region, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous
Region. While many artifacts were only recently excavated, none of these Bronze and Iron Age
discoveries from the ancient Chinese Silk Road has ever been shown in the West. We believe
that if you were to express to President Jiang Zemin at your summit meeting in June how
important it is for this exhibition to come to the United States, that the approval, which has thus
far eluded us, would be granted.
The California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, the Field Museum of Chicago, the Liberty
Science Center, New York, the Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, and the Dallas Museum of
Natural History will be participating in the exhibition's national tour. The National Science
Foundation has awarded a $1.65 million Informal Education Grant to our Natural History
Museum to support the exhibition. The Museum is currently in negotiation with various
interested national corporate sponsors.
Although the Natural History Museum signed the contract with Xinjiang province, unfortunately,
the Museum did not receive final approval from the Bureau of Cultural Relics and the
Department of Culture in Beijing. Our sources have informed us that the reason for delay
concerns two mummies included in the list of artifacts. These objects are critical to the
exhibition because they provide an idea of what the Bronze Age people of the region looked like.
In recent years because news of these perfectly preserved persons has been featured in
National Geographic, Archaeology, The New York Times, Discover, and most recently the Nova
film on PBS, there is considerable interest on the part of the American public.
We firmly believe that the United States should receive the same courtesy that was extended to
Japan in 1992 when the Chinese government permitted the exhibition, including the mummies,
to be shown in Japan to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Sino-Japanese relations. The
Museum's request to include the mummies in the U.S. tour is, therefore, not without precedent.
The year 2000 will mark the anniversary of nearly 30 years of Sino-U.S. relations.
What better way to celebrate this milestone than to have this important cultural exchange occur
at the beginning of the new millennium? The Natural History Museum's plan is to open the
exhibition in Los Angeles during the summer of 2000, after which it would tour throughout the
United States during 2001.
During President Jiang's visit to Los Angeles in November 1997, three of my colleagues on the
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Zev Yaroslavsky, Michael Antonovich, and Don
Knabe, met privately with President Jiang to present the project to him and ask for his support
and approval. (1, unfortunately, could not join them because I was out of town. I did return to
Los Angeles in time to participate in the farewell ceremony for President Jiang.) The Los
Angeles County Board of Supervisors is unanimous in its support for this exhibition.
The exhibition has received strong letters of support from Li Daoyu, former Chinese
Ambassador to the United States, James Sasser, the U.S. Ambassador to China, and Feng
Shusen, the former Chinese Consul General in Los Angeles. Most recently, Governor Pete
Wilson also wrote to President Jiang to ask for his support. None of these efforts has produced
approval of the exhibition proposal.
If President Jiang understands how important this exhibition is to the United States and six of its
major cities and how strongly it is supported by our cultural and government agencies, he might
well approve the proposal of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. His approval
would certainly demonstrate his commitment to open and free cultural exchanges, in addition to
creating goodwill between our two countries.
Lost Civilizations of the Tarim Basin and its archaeological discoveries are central to the
unraveling of the mystery of the early East/West contact. We believe that an exhibition such as
this one will not only foster friendship between China and the United States, but will also help
the American people to understand that China values and respects its ethnically diverse
heritage. Thank you for considering our request for assistance.
Respectfully yours,
BRATHWAITE Blank BURKE, Chair
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Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
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NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM TO SEEK
LOST CIVILIZATION EXHIBITION
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS DIRECTED THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY TO WORK WITH CHINA TO SECURE THE 'LOST
CIVILIZATIONS OF THE TARIM BASIN' EXHIBITION FOR THE SUMMER OF 2000.
THE BOARD'S ACTION WAS A RESULT OF A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR MIKE
ANTONOVICH, WHO DISCUSSED THE EXHIBITION WITH CHINESE PRESIDENT
JIANG ZEMIN LAST YEAR, AND THE GOVERNOR OF XIN JIANG.
"CHINA'S TARIM BASIN, LOCATED IN THE XIN JIANG AUTONOMOUS
REGION WAS THE CENTER OF THE FAMOUS ANCIENT SILK ROAD. IT CONTAINS
THE KEY TO UNRAVELING THE MYSTERY OF THE EARLIEST EAST/WEST
CONTACTS, "ANTONOVICH SAID.
" LOS ANGELES COUNTY HAS THE DISTINCT OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEARHEAD THE NATIONAL TOUR OF THE ARTIFACTS OF THE PEOPLES THAT
INHABITED THE TARIM BASIN THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO. THESE HAVE NEVER
BEEN SHOWN IN THE WESTERN WORLD," HE ADDED.
"THE ARTIFACTS ARE ASTONISHINGLY WELL-PRESERVED DUE TO THE
DRY CLIMATE AND THE HIGH SALINITY CONTENT OF THE SOIL OF THE REGION.
EVEN HUMAN REMAINS HAVE BEEN NATURALLY MUMMIFIED IN ALMOST
PERFECT STATES. THE EXHIBITION WILL BE A VALUABLE LEARNING
EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND ENTIRE COMMUNITY. IT WILL ALSO
ENABLE OUR COUNTY TO ESTABLISH FRIENDSHIP AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE
MUSEUMS OF OUR TWO COUNTRIES FOR FUTURE COOPERATION," HE SAID.
"THIS EXHIBITION WILL OPEN THE DOOR TO FUTURE SCIENTIFIC,
CULTURAL OR BUSINESS EXCHANGES," ANTONOVICH SAID.
THE BOARD'S ACTION CALLS FOR THE MUSEUM TO SPEARHEAD A
NATIONWIDE EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE CHINESE AND AMERICAN OFFICIALS'
SUPPORT FOR THIS EXHIBITION.
THE XIN JIANG ANTIQUITIES WERE FEATURED IN THE MARCH, 1996
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Dear Mr. President:
We, the following members of the California, Illinois and Tennessee Congressional
delegations, are writing to request that you address a matter of great Importance to several
major cultural institutions in our states when you meet next month with People's Republic of
China President Jiang Zemin. Specifically, we urge you to ask President Jiang to grant
immediate approval of a proposed U.S. tour of several hundred Bronze Age artifacts and two
mummies from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China's largest minority region.
Your direct involvement is required because the exhibit's sponsoring museum, the
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, and Its advocates-inctuding the LA County
Board of Supervisors and U.S. Ambessador Jim Sasser - have exhausted all traditional
bureaucratic and diplomatic entreaties for action by the Chinese government. We understand
that President Jiang's involvement in such a specialized matter would not be unprecedented as
Premiere Li Peng personally gave the approval for a similar exhibit to travel to Japan in 1992.
Your direct involvement would necessitate a definitive response from the Chinese government
once and for all. and put an end to more than four years of agonizingly inconclusive negotiations
between the museums and the Chinese government.
The "Lost Civilizations of the Tarim Basin" exhibit is intended to showcase the
fascinating history of the ancient Chinese Silk Road, an important trade route and symbol of
China's historical interaction with other cultures. The exhibit, which has received a $1.65 million
Informal Science Education grant from the National Science Foundation, would display for
Western audiences for the first time the artifacts and the extraordinarily well-preserved remains
of two Tarim Basin Inhabitants. who were naturally mummified by the region's dry climate and
highly saline solf. The more than three-thousand- year-old mummies have received extensive
press coverage by National Geographic, Discover and other publications, and are engerly
anticipated by U.S. scholars hoping to learn more about these ancient peoples. The exhibit is
expected to attract more than 200,000 visitors during its opening run in Los Angeles in the year
2000. and record crowds and millions of dollars in ticket sales and associated revenues at
participating museums in San Francisco, Chicago, Nashville and other cities the following year.
Mr. President. the Natural History Museum of LA County, the California Academy of
Sciences in San Francisco, the Field Museum of Natural History of Chicago, and the Tennessee
State Museum in Nashville and others anxiously await word from the Bureau of Cultural Refice
and the Department of Culture in Beijing on whether they will have the honor of introducing these
ancient peoples and their culture to the American people in the millennium. We hope that you
will agree that such an exhibit can only contribute to improved relations and understanding
between our two countries, and that you will ask President Jiang to give his immediate approval
to send the artifacts and the mummies on a U.S. tour to celebrate U.S.-Sino relations at the start
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We, members of the California, Illinois and Tennessee Congressional delegations, are
writing to request that you address a matter of great importance to several major cultural
institutions in our states when you meet next month with People's Republic of China
President Jiang Zemin. Specifically, we urge you to ask President Jiang to grant immediate
approval of a proposed U.S. tour of several hundred Bronze Age artifacts and two mummies
from China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
For four years, the exhibit's sponsoring museum, the Natural History Museum of Los
Angeles County, and its advocates - including the LA County Board of Supervisors and U.S.
Ambassador Jim Sasser - have attempted to obtain China's approval to bring to the U.S. the
exhibit entitled Lost Civilizations of the Tarim Basin Unfortunately, the museum has not
been able to gain final approval from China's Bureau of Cultural Relics and the Department
of Culture.
The "Lost Civilizations of the Tarim Basin" exhibit is intended to showcase the
fascinating history of the ancient Chinese Silk Road, an important trade route and symbol of
China's historical interaction with other cultures. The exhibit, which has received a $1.65
million Informal Science Education grant from the National Science Foundation, would
display for Western audiences for the first time the artifacts and the extraordinarily
well-preserved remains of two Tarim Basin inhabitants, who were naturally mummified by the
region's dry climate and highly saline soil.
The more than three-thousand- year-old mummies have received extensive press
coverage by National Geographic, Discover and other publications, and are eagerly anticipated
by U.S. scholars hoping to learn more about these ancient peoples. The exhibit is expected to
attract more than 200,000 visitors during its opening run in Los Angeles in the year 2000, and
record crowds and millions of dollars in ticket sales and associated revenues at participating
museums including the Field Museum of Natural History of Chicago, the California Academy
of Sciences in San Francisco, and the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville.
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relations and understanding between our two countries, and that you will ask President Jiang
to give his immediate approval to send the artifacts and the mummies on a U.S. tour to
celebrate U.S.-Sino relations at the start of the new millennium
Mr. President, we thank you for your consideration of our request and look forward to
working with you to remedy this delay and present this glorious exhibit and all its associated
cultural and economic benefits to the American and Chinese peoples.
Sincerely,
Carol Moseley-Braun
Richard Durbin
Dianne Feinstein
Barbara Boxer
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GOVERNOR PETE WILSON
December 5, 1997
His Excellency Jiang Zemin
President of the People's Republic of China
c/o State Council Secretariat
Zhong Non Hai
Beijing
Dear Mr. President:
It was a pleasure to meet with you during your recent visit to California and Los
Angeles. Your historic trip made great strides toward increasing the level of economic
interaction and deepening the understanding between the people of China and California
As economic and political relations between our two nations grow, it is important
that we continue to foster scientific, educational and cultural exchanges. As an example of
this continued cooperation, we would be honored to receive your endorsement for an
exhibition of artifacts from the Chinese Silk Road Region entitled Lost Civilizations of the
Tarim Basin: Archeological Treasures from Xinjiang
I know members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors have discussed
this matter with you during your meeting with them. The exhibition has already received
strong support from Ambassador Li Daoyu and Consul General Feng Shushen in Los
Angeles. Your support will not only facilitate approval for this exhibition to travel to the
United States, but contribute greatly to the Western understanding of the rich cultural
history of China.
Thank you again for your support.
Sincerely,
Pete Wilson
STATE CAPITOL SACRAMENTO. CALIFORNIA 95814 (916) 445-2841
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MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS
November 19, 1997
GLORIA MOLINA
Supervisor, First District
YVONNE BRATHWAITE BURKE
Supervisor, Second District
His Excellency Jiang Zemin
President of the People's Republic of China
ZEV YAROSLAVSKY
Supervisor, Third District
c/o State Council Secretariat
Zhong Non Hai
DON KNABE
Supervisor, Fourth District
Beijing
MICHAEL D. ANTONOVICH
Dear Mr. President:
Supervisor, Fifth District
We wish to thank you for meeting with us on November 2, 1997 during your historic visit to Los Angeles
County. On behalf of the 9.6 million people residing in Los Angeles County, wewant you to know what
an honor we consider your visit to have been. Your decision to add Los Angeles to your itinerary was
welcomed by everyone.
Your visit has strengthened the solid economic and cultural ties between the People's Republic of China
and the greater Los Angeles area. Your speech at the Town Hall/Asia Society luncheon increased
understanding about China and gave a positive impression about future growth in the relationship
between your country and the Los Angeles County area. We are confident that your visit to Los Angeles
County will have a positive and dramatic impact.
As we explained in the meeting with Your Excellency, we, as the elected representatives of all of the
people in the 88 cities and 137 unincorporated communities in Los Angeles County, have a unique
responsibility in the area of cultural affairs because most of the important cultural institutions are under
County jurisdiction. That is why your support of the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum's
efforts to bring the exhibition about the Chinese Silk Road entitled, Lost Civilizations of the Tarim Basin:
Archaeological Treasures from Xinjiang, is so important to us. We would be most honored and
privileged to receive word that your support will make it possible for the exhibition to come to Los
Angeles and five other American cities.
Please accept our appreciation for meeting with us and accept our best wishes to you as you lead China
into the next century.
Respectfully,
zer ZEV YARDSLAVSKY Chairman
Supervisor, Third District
Don Knabe DON KNABE
MICHAEL D. ANTONOVICH
Supervisor, Fourth District
Supervisor, Fifth District
Board of Supervisors
County of Ins Angeles
MICHAEL D. ANTONOVICH
SUPERVISOR FIFTH DISTRICT
November 25, 1997
His Excellency Jiang Zemin
President of the People's Republic of China
c/o State Council Secretariat
Zhong Non Hai
Beijing
Dear Mr. President:
It was an honor for my wife, Hu Hui Ling, and I to meet you and your wife during your recent visit to
Los Angeles County. I especially appreciated your meeting with me and my colleagues, Supervisors
Zev Yaroslavsky and Don Knabe, before the November 2 community dinner at the Biltmore Hotel.
As I mentioned, economic and cultural partnerships and cooperation will bring our two great
countries closer together and will lead to a peaceful world.
Your visit has renewed the tremendous interest in China among the people of Los Angeles County
and California. The timing for announcing a major cultural exchange between China and Los
Angeles County is auspicious. We hope that you will give your most serious consideration to our
petition for your support of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County's exhibition about
the China Silk Road, Lost Civilizations of the Tarim Basin: Archaeological Treasures from Xinjiang.
As the government for our county's 88 cities including the City of Los Angeles and our 137
unincorporated communities and 10 million residents, my colleagues on the Board of Supervisors
and I believe that it would be a positive step for U.S.-China relations if the American people were
granted the opportunity to view the Archaeological Treasures from Xinjiang. We hope that your
government will be so gracious as to grant us the same privilege that was granted to Japan in 1993
and permit the Lost Civilizations of the Tarim Basin exhibition to come to the United States.
It is my intent and sincere desire to lead a delegation to China in 1998. I would like to meet with you
when I am in Beijing to pay my respects. It would also be meaninful if my visit could coincide with
a formal contract signing ceremony for this unique exhibition.
We hope that you enjoyed your visit to Los Angeles County as much as we enjoyed having you as
a guest in our community. Best wishes to you, your wife and your family for a prosperous and happy
new year.
Mike MICHAEL Supervisor, Respectfully, D. Fifth ANTONOVICH antonich
District
EMBASSY OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEIJING CHINA
May 30, 1997
THE AMBASSADOR
Dr. James Lawrence Powell
Director and President
Los Angeles County Natural History Museum
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007
FAX 213-747-4506
Dear Dr Powell
It is with great pleasure that I write in support of the Los Angeles County Natural
History Museum's effort to bring the exhibit, Lost Civilizations of the Tarim Basin. to the
United States I remember well the very professional work the staff of your museum did in
organizing the 1994 U.S tour of the Genghis Khan exhibit I had the pleasure of
participating in the opening of that exhibit at the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville
An exhibition such as this not only provides the people of America with a cultural
and educational opportunity of tremendous value, it is also a very important step in
promoting the continued improvement in relations between the United States and China
These kinds of cultural exchanges are particularly useful in furthering mutual understanding
between the people of our two countries
Please contact me if Embassy Beijing may be of further assistance
Sincerely,
James James R Sasser Dareer
THE EMBASSY OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
2300 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington. D.C. 20008
May 28, 1997
Dr. James Lawrence Powell
Director and President
Los Angeles County Natural History Museum
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007
Dear Dr. Powell,
I am SO pleased to learn that your museum is working closely with China's Xinjiang
Uyghur Autonomous Region to organize a cultural exhibition to travel to the United
States. The proposed exhibition, I understand, is to mirror the fascinating history
of the ancient Chinese Silk Road, an important route for trade and cultural
exchanges and a true symbol of friendship between the people of China and foreign
countries. Therefore I have every reason to believe that such an exhibition of
magnitude will hold a strong appeal to the American public especially at a time when
we are establishing a greater sense of cooperation to improve our relations. I
sincerely hope this wonderful project will be soon materialized.
I appreciate your diligent efforts to promote cultural and scientific exchanges
between our two countries and I challenge you to produce an exhibition more
successful than the Genghis Khan which itself of course was a blockbuster hit.
Yours sincerel
Baoyu
Ambassador
Consulate General of The People's Republic of China
443 Shatto Place. Los Angeles, CA 90020
Dr. James L. Powell
President & Director
Los Angeles County Natural History Museum
May 28, 1997
Dear Dr. Powell,
I have been informed recently that Los Angeles County Natural
History Museum is preparing for an exhibition of cultural relics from the
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, the People's Republic of China,
and will tour it throughout the United States of America. In fact your last
exhibition Treasures From the Homeland of Genghis Khan
is still fresh in our memory. I do appreciate your efforts on the significant
cultural and scientific exchanges between China and America, and hope
that you will continue to work on it.
I understand that you are seeking support for the Xinjiang project
from your government's National Science Foundation. Now I am writing
to you, on behalf of the Consulate General of the People's Republic of
China in Los Angeles, to express our full support of your efforts to bring
the Xinjiang project to fruition. We are confident that this exhibition will
be a great success in Los Angeles and throughout the United States as it
travels to other museums. We believe that it will not only help the people of
the United States gain a deeper understanding of the rich diversity of the
ancient culture of the Silk Road in China, but also promote the friendship
between our two countries. We encourage you to proceed with this project
and would be delighted to assist you in any way that we can.
Sincerely yours,
BEPA
FENG Shusen
Consul General
The People's Republic of China
C.C.: Michael D. Antonovich, Los Angeles County Supervisor
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
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900 Exposition Boulevard
LOST CIVILIZATIONS OF THE TARIM BASIN
A BLOCKBUSTER EXHIBITION FOR THE MILLENNIUM
Los Angeles, California 90007
OPPORTUNITY - A remarkable opportunity exists for an unprecedented cultural exchange with the
People's Republic of China. While many Chinese cultural exhibitions have traveled to the United States,
nothing like the Lost Civilizations of the Tarim Basin exhibition has ever appeared.
SIGNIFICANCE Lost Civilizations includes over 250 extraordinarily well-preserved Bronze and
Iron Age artifacts as well as two spectacularly preserved mummies. The mummies date from three to four
thousand years ago and offer a rare and first-hand look at the appearence of the Bronze Age people of this
region. They are truly one of great wonders of the world's archaeological records. The ancient Tarim
people formed advanced civilizations and the question of their origins is one of the greatest riddles
facing archaeologists today.
PROJECT BACKGROUND - The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHMLAC) has
spearheaded the development of the Lost Civilizations exhibition with a goal of touring major cities
throughout the United States. In 1992 a similar exhibition traveled to Japan where it was a national
blockbuster sensation.
PHILOSOPHY - - The year 2000 will mark the start of a new millennium and will also commemorate
nearly 30 years of Sino-U.S. relations. The Lost Civilizations exhibition is a great way to celebrate both
occasions. The NHMLAC firmly believes that the United States should receive the same courtesy that was
extended to Japan in 1992 when Premier Li Peng permitted the exhibition, including the mummies, to be
shown.
PROBLEM - Premier Li Peng's involvement in 1992 with Japan set a precedent requiring high-level
approval for future travel of such exhibitions. It is not possible for the Bureau of Cultural Relics in Beijing
to approve any exhibition including mummies on their own authority. They have approved Lost
Civilizations without the mummies, but approval for the mummies must come from President Jiang
Zemin. Lost Civilizations without these amazing mummies could be compared to the King Tut
exhibition without the sensational gold burial mask.
NECESSARY ACTION- - The NHMLAC respectfully suggests that if the President Clinton were to relay
to President Jiang how important this exhibition is to the United States and its people, the Millennium
celebrations, and how strongly supported it is by U.S. cultural and government agencies, President Jiang
might well approve its travel to the U.S.
DESIRED OUTCOME - - Approval by Chinese President Jiang Zemin. Once approved, the
exhibition would begin its U.S. tour in Los Angeles in the summer of 2000. Museums in Chicago, New
York, Nashville, Dallas, and San Francisco are probable host venues during the tour through 2001.
IMPACT - - This exhibition is an outstanding vehicle to promote science education among American
students. The process by which archaeologists have uncovered and studied the Lost Civilization of the
Tarim Basin will captivate our youngest students. It is a milestone in scientific and cultural exchange
between the People's Reublic of China and the U.S.A., and will be a catalyst for future cooperative work to
delve deeper into the mysteries that have yet to be unearthed in China's westernmost province, the Xinjiang
Uyghur Autonomous Region.
George C. Page Museum, Hancock Park, 5801 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90036, (213) 857-6311
William S. Hart Museum. Hart Park 24151 San Fernando Road. Newhall. California 91321 (805) 254-4584
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION - - In recent years news of these perfectly preserved mummies and related
archaeological finds has been featured in National Geographic, Archaeology, The New York Times,
Discover, and, most recently the Nova film on PBS. There is tremendous interest on the part of the
American public.
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.65 million Informal Education Grant to support
the exhibition over three years - the single largest federal grant to be awarded to NHMLAC in its history.
The NHMLAC is currently in negotiation with various interested national sponsors.
The exhibition has received letters of strong support from the Los Angeles County Board of
Supervisors, Li Daoyu, (now) former Chinese Ambassador to the Untied States, James Sasser, the U.S.
Ambassador to China, and Feng Shusen, (now) former Chinese Consul General in Los Angeles. Most
recently, California Governor Pete Wilson also wrote to President Jiang expressing his support for the
exhibition.
BACKGROUND OF THE NHMLAC - The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County was
founded in 1913 and is the oldest cultural institution in Los Angeles. It is one of only a few natural and
cultural museums that is engaged in on-going research. It is one of the largest natural and cultural museums
in the Western United States. More than 35 million specimens and artifacts from over 4.5 billion years of
Earth's history are found in the Museum's collections. Annually, the museum welcomes more than one
million visitors and nearly 250,000 school children.
Since 1986, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County has actively engaged in developing
projects of cultural and scientific exchange with the People's Republic of China. In 1994, for instance, the
NHMLAC launched an exhibition entitled, Empires Beyond the Great Wall: The Heritage of
Genghis Khan, which included hundreds of national treasures, thousands of years old, gathered from ten
of China's Inner Mongolian museums. It was extraordinarily popular and was seen by over two million
people in nine cities of the U. S., Canada, and New Zealand and was written up in well-known
publications such as Time, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal. Traveling for over three and a
half years, it had the distinction of being the longest running exhibition of cultural treasures from the
People's Republic of China in this entire 20th Century.
For further information, please contact Dr. Adam T. Kessler, Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles County, (office) 213-763-3395, (fax) 213-747-4506, (e-mail)
[email protected]
April 15, 1998
FACT SHEET
In 1994, our museum began work on the exhibition, entitled Lost Civilizations of
the Tarim Basin It includes hundreds of extraordinarily well-preserved artifacts
from the Chinese Silk Road of China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
None of these amazing discoveries have ever been shown in the West, while many
were only recently excavated. The California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco,
the Field Museum of Chicago, the Liberty Science Center, New York, the Tennessee
State Museum, Nashville, and the Dallas Museum of Natural History are interested
participating in the exhibition's national tour. The National Science Foundation has
been awarded of a $1.65 million Informal Education Grant to support the exhibition.
There are various corporatations interested in becoming the exhibition's national
sponsor
POLICY ISSUES
1. While our museum has signed the contract and the artifact list with Xinjiang
province, unfortunately we have failed to receive final approval from the Bureau of
Cultural Relics and the Department of Culture in Beijing. As far as our sources
inform us, the main reason for this delay has to do with two mummies which are to
be included in the exhibition. Such objects are essential to the exhibition because
they offer a concrete demonstration of the appearance of Bronze Age people of the
region - truly one of great wonders of the world's past. In recent years because news
of these perfectly preserved persons has been featured in National Geographic,
Archaeology, The New York Times, Discover, and, most recently the Nova film on
PBS, there is considerable interest on the part of the American public.
2. While the Bureau of Cultural Relics' reasons for not allowing the mummies to be
exhibited in the U.S. have remained obscure, they could have to do with the fact
that the mummies are Caucasoid. Their reservation may also stem from a long-
running scholarly controversy concerning the Bronze Age people of central Asia.
We are convinced that the inclusion of the mummies will make one of the great
exhibitions of our era - perhaps even rivaling the renowned King Tutankhamen
show. We anticipate as many as 300,000 visitors for each of its scheduled five tour
venues. We expect the Chinese experts to contribute their understanding of these
mysterious people.
3. Currently, the institutions of many countries send such objects out for exhibition.
Given recent developments in U.S./China relations, approval by the Chinese
government would signal China's openness to engage in scientific and cultural
exchange between one of its major minority regions and the United States. In other
words, China would thereby demonstrate that they are considerate to their minority
population. Their refusal would, on the other hand, suggest that the authorities are
anxious concerning such matters; worse, it would leave an impression that they are
not yet able to tolerate free scientific and cultural exchanges with the United States.
NEED FOR PRESIDENTIAL REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF
EXHIBITION AT SUMMIT WITH
PRESIDENT JIANG ZEMIN
1. As far as we know, the Bureau of Cultural Relics and the Department of Culture
in Beijing may not be able to approve the exhibition on their own authority.
Nonetheless, in 1992 a similar show traveled to Japan including the mummies to
commemorate 20 years of the normalization of Sino-Japanese relations only after
having been approved by Premiere Li Peng himself. This set a precedent requiring
high-level review for future travel of such an exhibition.
2. Since October, 1997, we have worked steadily to have this project brought to the
attention of the highest authority of the Chinese government. Besides letters of
support from Los Angeles County Supervisors Zev Yaroslavsky and Michael
Antonovich, the U.S. Ambassador to China, James Sasser, the Chinese Ambassador
to the U.S., Li Daoyu, and California Governor Pete Wilson, on November 2nd,
1997, at a private meeting in Los Angeles, Supervisors Yaroslavsky, Antonovich,
and Knabe formally presented the project to President Jiang Zemin and asked for his
support.
3. We firmly believe that the United States should receive the same courtesy that
was extended to Japan in 1992 when the Chinese government permitted the
exhibition, including the mummies, to be shown in Japan to mark the 20th
anniversary of Sino-Japanese relations. The year 2000 will mark the anniversary of
nearly 30 years of Sino-U.S. relations. We respectfully suggest that if the President
Clinton were to relay to President Jiang how important this exhibition is to the
United States and how strongly supported it is by our cultural and government
agencies, President Jiang might well approve the proposal of the Los Angeles
County Museum of Natural History. In this way, the United States of America could
have this important cultural exchange in order to celebrate the U.S./China relations
at the beginning of the new millennium. The plan is to open the exhibition in Los
Angeles during the summer of 2000, after which it would tour throughout the
United States during 2001.
BACKGROUND OF THE MUSEUM
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County was founded in 1913
and is the oldest cultural institution in Los Angeles. It is one of only a few natural
and cultural museums that is engaged in on-going research. It is one of the largest
natural and cultural museums in the Western United States. More than 35 million
specimens and artifacts from over 4.5 billion years of Earth's history are found in the
Museum's collections. Annually, the museum welcomes more than 1 million
visitors and nearly 250,000 school children.
Since 1986, the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History has actively
engaged in developing projects of cultural and scientific exchange with the People's
Republic of China. In 1994, for instance, we launched an exhibition entitled, Empires
Beyond the Great the Great Wall: the Heritage of Genghis Khan, which included
hundreds of national treasures, thousands of years old, gathered from ten of China's
Inner Mongolian museums. It was extraordinarily popular and was seen by over 2
million people in nine cities of the U.S., Canada, and New Zealand and was written
up in well-known publications such as Time, the New York Times, the Wall Street
Journal. Traveling for over three and a half years, it had the distinction of being the
longest running exhibition of cultural treasures from the People's Republic of China
in this entire 20th Century.
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Ruth R. Harkin
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International Affairs and Government Relations
Chair, United Technologies International
May 29, 1998
Hillary Rodham Clinton
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Re:
Yet another China opportunity
Dear Hillary,
Both personally and professionally, I am very hopeful that your trip to China
with the President is successful.
Last year, United Technologies created the Rong Hong Endowment. The
Endowment offers scholarships to Chinese undergraduate students, endows
professorships, supports research projects at Chinese Universities, and pays the
expenses for four Chinese students to study in the United States each year. Rong
Hong was the first Chinese citizen to graduate from a U.S. university (Yale), and
received both bachelor's and law degrees. He then headed the Chinese
Education Commission to encourage many other Chinese students to study at
American Universities.
Tongji University, located in Shanghai, is headquarters to our Chinese subsidiary
research company and Rong Hong Endowment partner. What makes Tongji
especially unique is President Wu Qidi, a woman who is the first president of a
Chinese University elected by the faculty, not chosen by the Chinese political
leadership.
We would love to have you preside over an award ceremony at Tongji, with our
Chairman George David and President Wu, to present this year's scholarship
awards and perhaps a bust of Rong Hong to the school.
Please let me know if this coincides with your schedule and interests and I can
provide your staff more information and begin making preliminary arrangements.
Again, I hope this trip is the most successful yet
Sincerely,
Ruth
Ruth R. Harkin
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THIS IS A REPEAT OF SHANGHAI 1392 SENT MARCH 23.
1. TO AID THOSE WHO ARE PLANNING HOW AND WHERE THE PRESIDENT
MIGHT BEST SPEND HIS TIME IN CHINA, WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING
IDEAS FOR SHANGHAI:
2. AS CHINA'S LARGEST AND MOST DEVELOPED CITY, AND WITH A
HISTORY OF INTERACTION WITH THE WEST, SHANGHAI PROVIDES AN
EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE NEW IMAGES OF THE U.S.-CHINA
RELATIONSHIP. NOT ONLY ARE U.S. COMMERCIAL INTERESTS
HEAVILY INVOLVED HERE, BUT THERE ARE A HOST OF NON-
GOVERNMENTAL, NON-COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES GOING ON IN WHICH
AMERICANS AND CHINESE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE ARE WORKING
TOGETHER. THE EXTENT OF THE AMERICAN PRESENCE ITSELF WOULD
NO DOUBT COME AS A SURPRISE TO MOST AMERICANS. SOME OF THE
IDEAS BELOW MIGHT NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE PRESIDENT
HIMSELF, BUT MIGHT BE USEFUL FOR MEMBERS OF THE FIRST FAMILY
OR OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PRESIDENT'S PARTY.
3. PROMOTING ECONOMIC AND TRADE INTERESTS
SHANGHAI STOCK MARKET: THE SHANGHAI SECURITIES EXCHANGE HAS
JUST MOVED.INTO GLEAMING NEW QUARTERS IN THE PU DONG
FINANCIAL DISTRICT. WHILE TRADE ON THE SHANGHAI EXCHANGE IS
COMPUTERIZED (HEWLETT-PACKARD MAINFRAME), THE EXCHANGE STILL
BOASTS THE LARGEST TRADING FLOOR IN ASIA. WITH A HUGE,
MULTI-COLORED, DIGITAL MARKET ACTIVITY DISPLAY BOARD AS A
BACKDROP, THE PRESIDENT COULD DELIVER A SPEECH ON ECONOMIC
AND TRADE LIBERALIZATION FROM THE CENTER OF THE FLOOR (AFTER
THE MARKET CLOSES, OF COURSE).
CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY BREAKFAST: BOTH THE AMERICAN CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE (REPRESENTING NEARLY 1000 COMPANIES) AND THE
U.S.-CHINA BUSINESS COUNCIL. ARE INTERESTED IN HOSTING THE
PRESIDENT TO MEET WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. AN ADDRESS
TO, OR EXCHANGE OF VIEWS WITH, A JOINT MEETING OF U.S. AND
CHINESE BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY LEADERS WOULD BE A GOOD
OPPORTUNITY TO ADVOCATE U.S. BUSINESS AND TRADE PRIORITIES.
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SCiENCE MUSEUM: SHANGHAI IS SOON TO CONSTRUCT A WORLD-CLASS
INTERACTIVE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MUSEUM. THE CHINESE
RESPECT U.S. TECHNOLOGY AS THE BEST IN THE WORLD AND IT IS
AN AREA OF INCREASING PROMISE. A U.S. FIRM IS ON THE SHORT-
LIST FOR THE DESIGN CONTRACT. ASSUMING WE GET THE BID (AND
THE POSSIBILITY OF PRESIDENTIAL ATTENTION MIGHT HELP), THE
PRESIDENT'S VISIT COULD COINCIDE WITH THE GROUND-BREAKING.
LARGE MURALS OF THE MUSEUM-TO-BE COULD FORM THE BACKDROP.
TRADE PROMOTION EVENTS: U.S. COMPANIES ARE REGULARLY
INVOLVED IN LIVELY AND COLORFUL TRADE FAIRS AND PROMOTIONAL
EVENTS IN UP-SCALE DEPARTMENT STORE AND COMMERCIAL
DISTRICTS. THERE ARE MANY SECTORS, PARTICULARLY FOOD
PRODUCTS, IN WHICH THE U.S. IS THE MAJOR SUPPLIER IN CHINA.
THE PRESIDENT COULD DO A WALK THROUGH OF SUCH AN EVENT TO
HIGHLIGHT U.S. EXPORTS TO CHINA. IF WE MOVE IMMEDIATELY, WE
COULD ORGANIZE A "MADE IN AMERICA" PROMOTION IN ONE OF THE
LARGE SHOPPING MALLS. THIS WOULD FEATURE A STRING OF U.S.
CONSUMER PRODUCTS, E.G., KODAK FILM, HAAGEN DAZ ICE CREAM,
BUICK ADVERTISING, U.S. COSMETICS, ETC.
4. HIGHLIGHTING PEOPLE TO PEOPLE EXCHANGES
PROJECT HOPE: PROJECT HOPE IS SOON TO COMPLETE A WORLD-CLASS
CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER IN SHANGHAI, IN COOPERATION WITH
SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES. THE RECIPIENT OF
USAID ASHA TRAINING GRANTS, IT WILL BECOME THE PRIMARY
TRAINING FACILITY FOR PEDIATRIC CARE GIVERS FOR ALL OF
CHINA. MOST OF THE EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN DONATED BY U.S.
CORPORATIONS. LEADING U.S. HOSPITALS (E.G., BOSTON
CHILDRENS) ARE COOPERATING IN TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR THE
SHANGHAI STAFF. AS A SHOWCASE OF PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE SHARING
AND CARING, THE FACILITY REPRESENTS THE BEST IN U.S.-CHINA
COOPERATION. A VISIT COULD INVOLVE INTERACTION WITH YOUNG
PATIENTS.
SESAME STREET: SESAME STREET RECENTLY BEGAN PRODUCTION IN
SHANGHAI FOR BROADCAST IN CHINA. GENERAL ELECTRIC IS THE
MAJOR CORPORATE SPONSOR. ANY OR ALL MEMBERS OF THE FIRST
FAMILY COULD HELP BIG BIRD TEACH CHINESE KIDS HOW TO WRITE
THEIR NAMES IN CHINESE.
THE PEONY PAVILION: A 400 YEAR-OLD CLASSICAL CHINESE
OPERATIC FORM WAS ON THE VERGE OF EXTINCTION UNTIL THE
LINCOLN CENTER PROVIDED A GENEROUS GRANT TO SAVE IT. ONE OF
THE MOST ENDURING, AND BEST LOVED, OPERAS OF THIS
REPERTOIRE, "THE PEONY PAVILION" IS BEING READIED IN
SHANGHAI FOR ITS OPENING IN NEW YORK IN JULY. FOUR HUNDRED
FARMERS, PRESERVING THE TRADITIONAL ART FORMS, ARE STITCHING
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THE COSTUMES ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF SHANGHAI. THE CAST IS ALL
CHINESE; THE DIRECTOR IS AMERICAN. THE PRESIDENT AND/OR
FIRST LADY COULD VISIT A DRESS REHEARSAL.
SHANGHAI SUNRISE: THIS IS A PRIVATE INITIATIVE IN WHICH
DOZENS OF AMERICANS JOIN OTHERS IN PROVIDING FUNDS FOR THE
EDUCATION OF HUNDREDS OF DISADVANTAGED CHINESE CHILDREN IN
SHANGHAI. THE ORGANIZATION SPONSORS AN ANNUAL GET-TOGETHER
AT WHICH THE SPONSORS MEET THEIR CHILDREN. SUCH A GET-
TOGETHER COULD BE ARRANGED DURING THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT.
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JAZZ CONCERT: SHANGHAI BOASTS NOT ONLY YOUNG CHINESE JAZZ
AND BLUES MUSICIANS AND THE PEACE HOTEL'S FAMOUS OVER-70
"OLD MAN JAZZ BAND," BUT SOME EXCELLENT AMERICAN PERFORMERS
AS WELL (INCLUDING THE CONSULATE'S ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER.)
THE PRESIDENT MIGHT ATTEND A CONCERT OR AN INFORMAL JAM
SESSION AT WHICH AMERICANS AND CHINESE PARTICIPATE.
MILITARY BANDS/SPORTS HEROES: IF A U.S. MILITARY BAND COULD
TRAVEL TO CHINA, JOINT PERFORMANCES WITH A CHINESE MILITARY
BAND MIGHT BE ORGANIZED FOR A MIXED AUDIENCE OF CHINESE AND
AMERICANS. U.S. SPORTS HEROES ARE ALSO WELL KNOWN HERE AND
ANY SORT OF EXHIBITION GAME OR PERFORMANCE WOULD CREATE A
LOT OF INTEREST AND GOODWILL. IS MICHAEL JORDAN AVAILABLE?
'YOUTH CONCERT" AT THE SHANGHAI SPORTS STADIUM: A CONCERT
AIMED AT SHANGHAI'S YOUNGER GENERATION AND FEATURING BOTH
WESTERN AND CHINESE MUSIC CELEBRATIES COULD GENERATE IMAGES
OF ENTHUSIASM FOR THINGS AMERICAN. THE TIME IS RIPE. BOTH
STAR TELEVISION'S "CHANNEL V" AND MUSIC TELEVISION (MTV) ARE
DISTRIBUTED WIDELY IN CHINA. MTV HAS INDICATIONS FROM ITS
CHINESE CONTACTS THAT "LIGHTER" SOUNDS MIGHT BE ACCEPTABLE,
E.G., KENNY G, WHITNEY HOUSTON, AND POSSIBLY MARIAH CAREY
YMCA PROGRAMS: SHANGHAI IS HEADQUARTERS TO CHINA'S YMCA,
ONE OF CHINA'S FEW REAL NGO'S. THE YMCA HAS BECOME
INCREASINGLY ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. A
VISIT TO A YMCA-RUN NURSING HOME, A TRAINING CENTER FOR THE
DISABLED, OR ANOTHER SOCIAL SERVICE PROJECT IS A GOOD
SETTING TO ENCOURAGE MORE ACTIVITIES BY BOTH LOCAL AND
INTERNATIONAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL GROUPS. PROMOTION OF NGO'S
SUPPORTS AN OPEN SOCIETY AND PROVIDES A CONDUIT FOR PRIVATE
AND COMMUNITY COOPERATION IN AN ERA WHEN GOVERNMENT-TO-
GOVERNMENT AID IS NOT IN THE CARDS.
CHAT WITH ORDINARY CHINESE: A WALK-ABOUT MIGHT BE ARRANGED
IN WHICH THE PRESIDENT TALKS TO INDEPENDENT SHOPKEEPERS OR
STREET VENDORS WHO REPRESENT SMALL BUSINESS AND AN
ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT. OR THE PRESIDENT AND HIS FAMILY
COULD VISIT THE HOME OF A "TYPICAL" MIDDLE CLASS FAMILY WITH
ONE CHILD OF CHELSEA'S AGE FOR A DISCUSSION OF THE
SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES OF RAISING A CHILD IN THE TWO
COUNTRIES.
5. STANDING UP FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
SHESHAN SEMINARY & BASILICA: UNDER THE ENERGETIC
LEADERSHIP OF AN ELDERLY JESUIT BISHOP WHO SPENT 27 YEARS IN
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PRISON, SHANGHAI IS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S MOST INNOVATIVE
DIOCESE IN CHINA. ITS SEMINARY, CHINA'S FINEST, ATTRACTS
STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE MAINLAND AND ITS FACULTY INCLUDES
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FOREIGN PRIESTS. MANY OF ITS LIBRARY BOOKS WERE DONATED BY
AMERICAN CATHOLICS. VISITORS HAVE INCLUDED MOTHER THERESA,
CARDINAL SIN OF THE PHILIPPINES, CARDINAL KIM OF KOREA, AND
FATHER HESBURGH. ITS LOCALE IS PICTURESQUE--A RURAL SETTING
ON THE SIDE OF A HILL ON TOP OF WHICH A PROMINENT BASILICA,
A TRADITIONAL PILGRIMAGE SITE, OVERLOOKS THE AREA. A TALK
WITH SEMINARIANS HERE, PERHAPS IN THE COMPANY OF AN AMERICAN
CLERIC, MAY BE AN EFFECTIVE MEANS TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR
RELIGION. THIS IS THE "OFFICIAL" CHURCH APPROVED BY
BEIJING, BUT THESE ALSO ARE CATHOLICS WHO MAINTAIN CLOSE
TIES TO THE VATICAN.
BIBLE PRINTING/HOSPICE: A STOP AT THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE'S
PRINTING OPERATION WHICH PRODUCES BIBLES FOR CATHOLICS
THROUGHOUT CHINA SEEMS LIKE A NON CONTROVERSIAL ACTIVITY
WITH GOOD SYMBOLIC VALUE. ONE ADVANTAGE IS THAT IT IS
CONVENIENTLY LOCATED IN CENTRAL SHANGHAI. THE PRESIDENT OR
FIRST LADY COULD COMBINE THIS WITH A VISIT TO A CATHOLIC-RUN
HOSPICE NEAR THE PRESSES. (A MUCH LARGER PROTESTANT BIBLE-
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PRINTING ENTERPRISE--FUNDED BY THE WORLD BIBLE SOCIETY--IS
LOCATED IN NANJING.)
SHANGHAI SYNAGOGUE: DURING THE RECENT VISIT OF THE
RELIGIOUS DELEGATION, SHANGHAI'S MAYOR PROMISED TO RESTORE A
FORMER SYNAGOGUE THAT HAS BEEN USED BY THE EDUCATION BUREAU
TO STORE BOOKS. RABBI SCHNEIER WHO VISITED THE SYNAGOGUE
WAS IMPRESSED TO SEE THAT THE BUILDING RETAINS MUCH OF ITS
ORIGINAL CHARACTER. THE PROSPECT OF A PRESIDENTIAL VISIT
COULD SPEED UP ITS RESTORATION. RABBI SCHNEIER MIGHT
ACCOMPANY THE DELEGATION AND CONDUCT A SERVICE IN THE
RESTORED BUILDING. THE EVENT WOULD ALSO HIGHLIGHT
SHANGHAI'S HISTORIC ROLE AS A HAVEN FOR PERSECUTED JEWS
DURING WWII.
BUDDHIST & TAOIST TEMPLES: THE CITY CONTAINS MANY LIVELY
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TEMPLES WHERE RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY BY PRIESTS AND WORSHIPPERS
CAN BE SEEN EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK. A STOP TO OBSERVE
ORDINARY WORSHIPPERS IN ACTION CAN BE ANOTHER POSITIVE WAY
TO DEMONSTRATE SUPPORT FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
6. PROMOTING THE RULE OF LAW
EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF POLITICS & LAW: SHANGHAI'S PREMIER
LAW SCHOOL, HEADED BY A YOUNG AND DYNAMIC PRESIDENT, MIGHT
BE A GOOD PLACE FOR A TALK OR ROUNDTABLE ON THE RULE OF LAW.
AN INTERESTING QUASI-RELIGIOUS TIE-IN IS THAT THE LEAFY
CAMPUS IN PRE-LIBERATION DAYS WAS ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY, AN
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ELITE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE. ITS DISTINGUISHED ROSTER OF
GRADUATES INCLUDES SOME HIGH-RANKING PARTY OFFICIALS. ST.
JOHN'S ALUMNI, WHO ARE TRYING TO REVIVE THE UNIVERSITY IN
CHINA, COULD BE INVITED TO ATTEND A FUNCTION.
MOOT COURT EXERCISE: FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WILLAMETTE
(OREGON) LAW SCHOOL HAS ORGANIZED A SUMMER SESSION AT EAST
CHINA UNIVERSITY OF POLITICS & LAW FOR AMERICAN LAW
STUDENTS. NORMALLY ABOUT 30 LAW STUDENTS FROM A VARIETY OF
LAW SCHOOLS IN THE U.S. PARTICIPATE. PERHAPS THE PRESIDENT
COULD OBSERVE OR EVEN PARTICIPATE IN A MOOT COURT EXERCISE
INVOLVING U.S. AND CHINESE LAW STUDENTS. (TO GIVE IT EVEN
MORE SPLASH, MAYBE AN AMERICAN JURIST OR HARVARD'S
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW SCHOLAR LAWRENCE TRIBE, WHO WAS BORN IN
SHANGHAI, COULD JOIN S/P PAUL GEWIRTZ AT THE EVENT.)
7. INTERACTING IN A TOWN MEETING
IF A "TOWN MEETING" TYPE MEDIA EVENT IS PURSUED, SHANGHAI
MAY BE A GOOD PLACE TO TRY IT. BECAUSE OF ITS RELATIVE
OPENNESS, ITS IMPORTANCE AS AN INTELLECTUAL AND MEDIA CENTER
OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL, AND, NOT LEAST OF ALL, SUPPORT WE CAN
EXPECT FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS, SHANGHAI OFFERS SOME
ADVANTAGES. SOMETHING SIMILAR WAS QUIETLY ORGANIZED FOR THE
GERMAN PRESIDENT A YEAR AGO. IT WORKED. DESPITE CHINESE
RESERVATIONS, A RELATIVELY FREE-WHEELING DISCUSSION (WITH
GERMAN-SPEAKING CHINESE) EXCEEDED GERMAN EXPECTATIONS.
THE EVENT MIGHT FOCUS ON CURRENT STUDENTS AND YOUNG
BUSINESSMENPROFESSIONALS (I.E. INCLUDING THOSE WHO WERE
STUDENTS A DECADE AGO AND THE NEXT GENERATION.) ANOTHER
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FORMAT MIGHT BE TO INVITE RETURNING CHINESE STUDENTS (FROM
U.S. UNIVERSITIES) AND MIX IN YOUNG AMERICANS WHO ARE
STUDYING HERE. SHANGHAI OFFERS A VARIETY OF UNIQUE
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SETTINGS--E.G., JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY (PRESIDENT JIANG'S ALMA
MATER), THE AMERICAN CENTER AT FUDAN UNIVERSITY (BUILT WITH
U.S. AID), THE NEW SHANGHAI LIBRARY, THE STOCK EXCHANGE, THE
HARD ROCK CAFE.
8. HIGHLIGHTING THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN CHINA
THERE ARE SEVERAL POSSIBILITIES FOR THE PRESIDENT AND/OR
FIRST FAMILY TO CONNECT WITH THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY HERE.
SUCH EVENTS WOULD CONVEY THE REALITY THAT CHINA IS NOT SO
FAR AWAY--A PLACE WHERE AMERICANS FROM MANY WALKS OF LIFE
ARE ALREADY HEAVILY ENGAGED. SOME EXAMPLES: VISITS TO
AMERICAN STYLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AND/OR THE AMERICAN
SCHOOL, CHATS WITH AMERICAN TEACHERS/PROFESSORS AND/OR
SMALL-SCALE AMERICAN ENTREPRENEURS, A RECEPTION AT THE
AMERICAN CONSULATE, OR A CHURCH SERVICE FOR EXPATRIATE
AMERICANS. THERE IS EVEN AN AMERICAN FARMER PLOWING FIELDS
IN SHANGHAI WHO HAS AN INTERESTING STORY TO TELL.
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Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
20500
3/13/98 from Jo Luck, enclosing e-mail she received from
Professor Pu Jiabi in China, who is also the HPI Director
there. He is hopeful that you and/or the President might
visit one of their HPI projects in Sichuan. With concern
about the condition of the drive to the rabbit project, the
suggestion was made that the government might build a new
road if You should visit.
To Melanne, Diane D
for review/consideration
of visit to HPI project
3/13/98
To Hillary - I Received THis
E. mail from PROFESSOR Pu Jiabi
iN CHiNa. HE's THE HPI DiRECTOR in
CHina and is THE PERSON THAT
asked if HE could have your
picture & QUOTE From QuRDisplay
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THE women's conference in
Bejing so HE could putit on his
wall. HE is a big Fan
of yous! (over)
I THOUGHT you would get a warm smile
FROM Reading part of his message to
Ambassador James Sasser & Mary. I've
highlighted THE part about you of THE
President.
Read & Enjoy. you deserve a smile - and
I want you to know how much others
around the world think of you!
you're very special. Just remember
that every day!
Hugs,
toluck
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Prof. Pu Jiabi", ", 02:48 PM 3/13/98, Re: US President
To: "Prof. Pu Jiabi" <[email protected]>, "Mr.& Mrs.
Ambassador" <[email protected]>
From: Jo Luck <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: US President
Cc: "Dr. Robert K. Pelant" <[email protected]>, "Dr. Jim DeVries"
<[email protected]>, "Mr. Kees Keur" <[email protected]>
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Why, Professor, you are turning into quite the masterful
politician!
Three cheers for your message. I know the Sassers will
appreciate it.
Very good thinking, my friend. Keep up the good work.
And I add my greetings to the Sassers and to Kees!
With best regards,
Jo Luck
At 05:21 PM 3/4/98, Prof. Pu Jiabi wrote:
>Mr. & Mrs. Ambassador
>Embassy of USA in Beijing
>
>Dear James & Mary Sasser
>
>Warm greetings from HPI China Office.
>
>Thank you for your e-mail of 2 March that you agree to write a
statement
>acknowledging HPI's fine work in China. I am always in deep
appreciation
>for your constant support for our Program. Here, I would like to
report
>some updates coming up with our Program in recent days to you as
follows:
>
>Dr. Robert Pelant, HPI A/SP Program Director, visited our
program in
>Sichuan On 20-26 February. He arrived in Chengdu on the evening
of 20
>February. I accompanied him to visit Wenchuan Goat Project in
Wolong Panda
>Reserve Area on the morning of 21 Feb, and visit Lixian Goat
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Prof. Pu Jiabi" ", 02:48 PM 3/13/98, Re: US President
Project in the
>afternoon, staying overnight in Wenchuan. We visited Songpan
County Yak
>Project in the morning of 22, and went back to Wenchuan in the
evening. We
>visited Pixian Rabbit Project on the morning of 23 Feb and
returned to our
>office after lunch. Dr. Pelant had two days' meeting with our
office staff
>and some of the project holders in our office on 24-25 February.
It so
>happened that HPI Turpan Dairy Cattle Project Holder led a
delegation of 20
>HPI recipient farmers to visit Sichuan projects. During the
meeting, Dr.
>Robert K. Pelant praised us that HPI China Program is one of the
most
>successful programs in HPI family. It's a great encouragement to
our staff.
>We will work harder to fulfill HPI's mission and support more
poor farmers
>to improve their lives in the future.
>
>Through US Consul General Mr. Kees Keur's arrangement and
introduction, Dr.
>Pelant and I had a chance to meet with the high-level USA
Religion
>Delegation at Chengdu Airport on 26 Feb. The Delegation of 8
top USA
>religion leaders including Mr. Don Argue, President of the
National
>Association of Evangelicals, Mr. Rabbi Arthur Schneier,
President of Appeal
>of Conscience Foundation, and Archibishop Theodor McCarrick from
Newark
>Roman Catholic Archdisar. They were visiting China at the
invitation of
>China President Jiang Zeming. They were on transition from Tibet
via
>Chengdu to Hong Kong by air. Coincidentally, Dr. Pelant was
going to take
>the same departure flight with them to Hong Kong. Dr. Pelant,
Mr. Keur and
>his wife Sommy, I and my wife Liu Shixian had a working lunch
with one of
>the leader David James Randolph, Ph. D at an airport restaurant.
We briefed
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Prof. Pu Jiabi", ", 02:48 PM 3/13/98, Re: US President
>HPI work in China over the last decade, and distributed some
related
>publicizing materials to them. When we presented our project
proposal for
>the Tibetan people who are suffering from the recent snowstorm
disaster in
>Rang Tang County of Sichuan Province and Yu Shu Prefecture of
Qinghai
>Province, it seemed that they had attached their great concerns
to the
>people in those areas. We had very friendly conversations. Two
days later,
>Dr. Pelant called me from Indonesia that he had further
discussion with
>the American Religion Delegation regarding this project in Hong
Kong, that
>they said it was very possible for them to fund this project.
Dr. Pelant
>asked us to re-send the project proposal to our HQ and try to
get approved
>first. This fruitful and meaningful meeting for HPI side would
be all
>attributed to Mr. Keur's arrangements and excellent
coordination.
>
>Also, this morning (Tuesday, 3 March), to our great honor, Mr.
William C.
>McCahill, JR, Deputy Chief of Mission, USA Embassy, visited
one of our 22
>projects. Accompanied by Mr. Keur, Mr. Yang, Secretary, and Mr.
>Administrative Consul from USA Consulate General in Chengdu, Mr.
McCahill
>visited Ms. Yan Huayu's family, the fifteen generation recipient
of HPI
>Rabbit Project in Gaoli Village, Ande Township, Pixian County.
They were
>on the national highway No. 213 to visit Du Jiang Yan Irrigation
Project
>and Wolong Panda Reserve. However, the Pixian HPI rabbit
project is about
>30 km away from Chengdu and just 1.5 km diverted away from the
national
>highway. They arrived there at 9:00 am, then directly walked to
the project
>recipient family, for the driveway to the village, usually for
tractors, is
>too narrow to drive on. Despite that the 1.5 km driveway was
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very muddy and
>slippery, they all enjoyed walking on the country road in the
bright
>sunshine. Three diplomats had about half hour vivid interactions
with the
>recipient family speaking Chinese language.
>
>Yan started with 10 rabbits from HPI in 1996. Her family at
present are
>raising more than 200 breeding rabbits. In the past two years,
they were
>able to earn more than 5,000 yuan annually through providing
local market
>with meat and breeding rabbits respectively at 8 yuan or 16 yuan
per kg.
>Each doe rabbit can reproduce 6 litters per year, 6-8 kids per
litter.
>Generally speaking, one doe rabbit can reproduce 40 young
rabbits per year.
>Rabbits had made tremendous difference on their livelihood. The
visitors
>were impressed by this family that they are constructing a new
two-story
>house with the financial support partially from raising
rabbits.
>
>As I know Mr. Keur is working very hard to make the visit
possible of Your
>Excellency Mrs. & Mr. President to Sichuan . Therefore I asked
Mr.
>McCachill whether his trip is the pre-visit for Clintons'
coming visit to
>China or not. His answer was positively yes. Like Mr. Keur, I
am eagerly
>looking forward to the visit of Mrs & Mr. President to Sichuan,
especially
>their visit to one of our HPI projects in Sichuan. I expressed
that I
>really warmly welcome Bill & Hillary Clinton to inspect one of
our HPI
>Projects in China. Mr. McCachill said that it is possible for
Hillary to
>visit this rabbit Project. When I expressed my concern on the
1.5 km of
>poor condition of the driveway to the village, he said the
government might
>build a new road to the village if Hillary should visit it. He
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Prof. Pu Jiabi" , ", 02:48 PM 3/13/98, Re: US President
also joked
>that "Hillary will pave it with gold". In other words, the visit
of Your
>Excellency Mrs. President to the village will not only improve
the
>friendship between the two countries, but also the livelihood of
local
>villagers. Besides, I had strongly recommended our newly
established goat
>Project for Qiang Minority in Wolong Panda Reserve, to Mr. Keur
and Mr.
>McCachill for the consideration of possible visit of Mrs. & Mr.
President.
>As the project village is just beside the highway in Wolong, it
takes only
>minutes to get to the project recipient houses. If Mrs. and Mr.
Clinton
>are on the way to Panda Breeding Center, that village would be
perfect for
>them to squeeze some time to visit. So, I was wondering if you
could help
>us to have at least one of Your Excellency Clintons to visit
one or two
>of our projects. I heard that our HPI President Ms. Jo Luck is
a friend
>of the Clintons. If our respected Mrs. & Mr. Ambassador make
this
>suggestion, I think Mrs. & Mr. Clinton might agree with you.
Please
>convey our warmest welcome to them. Also, I would like to warmly
receive
>you Mrs. & Mr. Ambassador in Sichuan at your convenience.
>
>Our office will air mail you more information about our HPI
Program.
>
>It is always very inspiring to hear from you.
>
>Sincerely yours,
>
>Prof. Pu Jiabi
>HPI China Director
>
>CC: Ms. Jo Luck, President of HPI HQ
>
Dr. Jim DeVries, International Program Director, HPI HQ
>
Dr. Robert K. Pelant, A/SP Director, HPI HQ
>
Mr. Kees Keur, US Consul General in Chengdu
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>
>
>>From: [email protected]
>>Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 15:33:56 +0800
>>Subject: Re: E-mail to Jim Hardy
>>To: Pu Jiabi <[email protected]>
»
»
>>Dear Dr. Pu,
»
>>We would be pleased to write a statement acknowledging HPI's
fine work in
>China.
>>I will send it to by e-mail by the end of this week or the
first of next
>week.
»
>>Warm regards,
»
>>Mary Sasser
»
»
>
>
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Dear President Clinton and Mrs. Clinton,
We are very glad to learn that you plan to visit China in the forthcoming
June.
Fudan University set up a Lincoln Forum, which is named for the 16th
President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, in 1996 at the Center
for American Studies at Fudan University with the aim of inviting world-
renowned persons to lecture at Fudan University. This Forum is
financially supported by Lincoln National Corporation from the United
States.
Fudan faculty and students find their vision and knowledge broadened by
those inspiring lectures. It is a great honor for us to invite Mr.Clinton or
Clinton to deliver this year's Lincoln Lecture at the Center for
American Studies at Fudan during your stay in China.
Yours sincerely,
June Yay
Fujia Yang
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