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FCF News Reports Index (1999)

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The Forum’s news report page as archived in October 1999 (the same text was captured again in July 2001). The headlines below are the page’s own index; the stories they pointed to were hosted across the network and are recovered individually elsewhere in this archive where they survive.

  • 2.Fasting for Freedom
  • 3.EVENT: LECTURE ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA
  • 4.WASHINGTON COMMEMORATES JUNE 4TH WITH DECLARATION
  • 5.Exiled Chinese dissidents form new coalition
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  • Copyright 1998 Federal Information Systems Corporation
  • FNS DAYBOOK
  • JANUARY 20, 1998, TUESDAY
  • EDITION: FINAL
  • SECTION: GENERAL NEWS EVENTS
  • LENGTH: 49 words
  • HEADLINE: EVENT: ANTI-CHINA PROTEST DEMONSTRATION
  • TIME: 12:00 noon
  • BODY:
  • arrest of former student leader Zhao Changquing.
  • LOCATION: Chinese Embassy, 2300 Conn. Ave. NW. — January 20
  • CONTACT: 703-645-9054
  • 2.Fasting for Freedom
  • LEVEL 1 – 2 OF 3 STORIES
  • Copyright 1997 News World Communications, Inc.
  • The Washington Times
  • December 26, 1997, Friday, Final Edition
  • SECTION: Part A; WORLD; EMBASSY ROW; Pg. A15
  • LENGTH: 698 words
  • BYLINE: James Morrison; THE WASHINGTON TIMES
  • BODY:
  • FASTING FOR FREEDOM
  • Dissidents from China, Hong Kong and Tibet will stage a 24-hour hunger
  • strike over the weekend in front of the Chinese Embassy.
  • The strike, organized by the Free China Forum, begins tomorrow at noon at
  • the diplomatic mission at 2100 Connecticut Ave. NW.
  • The Washington Times, December 26, 1997
  • "This is part of a worldwide campaign to get Chinese dissidents out of
  • jail," said Joel Segal, the American director of the forum. "We want to give
  • the Chinese people some hope."
  • "There are thousands and thousands of political and religious prisoners of
  • conscience," he said.
  • The hunger strikers will include two leaders of the Tiananmen Square
  • democracy movement, Shengde Lian and Zhou Yongjun.
  • For more information, call 703/645-9054 or 703/329-6836.
  • 3.EVENT: LECTURE ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA
  • LEVEL 1 – 3 OF 3 STORIES
  • Copyright 1997 Federal Information Systems Corporation
  • FNS DAYBOOK
  • DECEMBER 16, 1997, TUESDAY
  • EDITION: FINAL
  • SECTION: GENERAL NEWS EVENTS
  • LENGTH: 52 words
  • HEADLINE: EVENT: LECTURE ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA
  • TIME: 7:00 pm
  • BODY:
  • SUBJECT: George Washington University hosts a lecture titled "Human Rights
  • Violations in China and Tibet," by the Free China Forum.
  • LOCATION: GWU, Marvin Center, Second Floor Commons. — December 16
  • CONTACT: 703-645-9054
  • FNS DAYBOOK DECEMBER 16, 1997
  • LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
  • LOAD-DATE: December 16, 1997
  • 4.WASHINGTON COMMEMORATES JUNE 4TH WITH DECLARATION
  • Copyright 1998 Central News Agency Central News Agency
  • June 5, 1998, Friday
  • LENGTH: 593 words
  • HEADLINE: WASHINGTON COMMEMORATES JUNE 4TH WITH DECLARATION
  • BYLINE: By Nelson Chung and Flor Wang
  • DATELINE: Washington, June 4
  • BODY: Washington D. C. Mayor Marion Barry on Thursday declared June 4th "Freedom and Democracy in China Day" to commemorate the deaths of thousands of protesters killed in a bloody military crack down in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989.
  • Announcing the declaration at a news conference, Barry said Washington D. C. supports all those who have fought for democracy, as freedom belongs to every citizen around the world.
  • Central News Agency, June 5, 1998 Meanwhile, more than 100 mainland Chinese dissidents based in the United States launched a three-day seminar here on Thursday to mark the ninth anniversary of the June 4 incident.
  • Lian Shengde, co-founder of the Free China Forum which sponsored the symposium, called the gathering a historical "meeting of union" among all mainland Chinese dissidents living in exile abroad.
  • With assistance from US congressmen, academics, human rights and religious groups, as well as former government officials, Lian said they are planning to set up a " Free China Movement" in an effort to gain support from the US government for pro-democracy activists and political reformists in the mainland.
  • The US government should revoke the most favored nation trading status and impose trade sanctions on mainland China until Beijing agrees to respect human rights, end the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and resolve international disputes through peaceful means, Lian claimed.
  • Wang Dan, a former pro-democracy student leader and prominent dissident who was recently released by Beijing on medical parole to the United States, sent a congratulatory message to Lian to show his support for a free China.
  • Central News Agency, June 5, 1998 Ye Ning, a lawyer from mainland China who has reportedly suffered over 200 incidents of torture by communist authorities since he was 14 years old, called the regime in Beijing the biggest threat to world peace as it is responsible for the slaughter of over 60 million people.
  • The "strategical partnership" engagement policy adopted by the US government to deal with mainland China will impede the democratization process in the mainland, Ye said. He called on Washington to suspend any move which would help Chinese communists foster.
  • Zhou Yungjun, one of the leaders in the 1989 student-led protests, urged American people to back democracy movements in the mainland and assist them in their efforts to bring about changes there.
  • On the eve of the June 4 anniversary, New York City Mayor Rudolph Guiliani declared Thursday as "New York Backs Democracy in China Day" to commemorate those killed or persecuted for seeking democracy and freedom.
  • Giuliani said in a public statement that New York City admires all those who sacrificed their lives in a struggle for democracy, especially those in mainland China. The efforts pro-democracy advocates have awakened the American people, he said, allowing them to understand that millions of people still live under Central News Agency, June 5, 1998 a repressive regime.
  • Giuliani has always been a staunch supporter of democracy in mainland China and often publicly criticizes Beijing for its autocratic rule.
  • The mayor refused to meet mainland Chinese President Jiang Zemin last November while Jiang was visiting New York. But he received Wei Jiangsheng, the most prominent mainland Chinese dissident who was set free by Beijing on medical parole to the United States, shortly after that.
  • More than 300 overseas Chinese and democracy activists from mainland China, including Wang Dan, also took part in a protest outside Beijing's consulate here on Thursday to mark the June 4 massacre.
  • LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
  • 5.Exiled Chinese dissidents form new coalition
  • LOAD-DATE: June 6, 1998
  • LEVEL 1 – GROUP 1 – 9 OF 10 NEWS & ANALYSIS
  • Copyright 1998 Kyodo News Service Japan Economic Newswire
  • JUNE 5, 1998, FRIDAY
  • LENGTH: 400 words
  • HEADLINE: Exiled Chinese dissidents form new coalition
  • DATELINE: WASHINGTON, June 4 Kyodo
  • BODY: A large group of exiled Chinese political prisoners and dissidents gathered in Washington on Thursday, the ninth anniversary of the military crackdown at Beijing's Tiananmen Square, to announce a new coalition for democracy and human rights in China.
  • More than 100 exiled Chinese traveled from all over the United States and from abroad to participate in a meeting where they declared the formation of the new coalition, called the ' Free China Movement. '
  • Japan Economic Newswire, JUNE 5, 1998 Representatives of the new coalition said they want U.S. President Bill Clinton to meet them before making a state visit to China later this month, and some want to accompany him to Tiananmen Square to lay a wreath there as a memorial to those killed in the 1989 pro-democracy demonstration.
  • 'This new coalition seeks to invite and gather together all those committed to the cause of political freedom and democracy in China so we may build a movement for real change,' said Shengde Lian, chairman of the Free China Forum, a principal group organizing the meeting, said.
  • Shengde Lian, who was among the Tiananmen Square leaders and was sentenced to two years in prison, said, 'We Chinese people deserve democracy and deserve freedom. We believe we can make this if we work together.'
  • He read out a message from Wang Dan, a recently released Chinese dissident who is a symbol of the 1989 pro-democracy student movement.
  • In the message, Wang, who was freed in April on medical parole and exiled to the United States, urged the Chinese government to release many other political prisoners.
  • Japan Economic Newswire, JUNE 5, 1998 'Today, there are thousands of…prisoners of conscience. They are still in jail even if I and several others were released,' Wang was quoted as saying.
  • Ye Ning, a lawyer for the Free China Forum, said he wants Clinton to urge Chinese leaders to 'stop stabilizing the dictatorship, stop legitimizing the dictatorship and stop subsidizing the dictatorship.'
  • Ye said he was tortured more than 200 times by Chinese authorities from age 14.
  • Clinton will leave June 24 for China and return home July 3.
  • He is expected to appear in Tiananmen Square for a welcoming ceremony during his four-day state visit to the Chinese capital from June 26.
  • But domestic critics, especially Republicans, have urged Clinton, who will be the first U.S. president to visit China since the Tiananmen Square crackdown, to stay away from Tiananmen.
  • LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
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Provenance

  • Source: http://www.freechina.net/fcf/newsrpt/
  • Archived capture: Wayback Machine, 19991009022846.
  • Reconstructed 2026-10-23 under the FCM-ARCHIVE-UX-20261022 programme. Navigation and counter chrome of the original page are not reproduced.