Historical recovery status: Verbatim Archive Recovery source located; exact issue date still under verification.
A surviving FreeChina.net page preserves Free China Movement Update, Vol. 1, No. 5. Its contents review the June 4, 1998 coalition announcement, media activity surrounding President Clinton’s China trip, advocacy concerning political prisoners and religious freedom, the Adidas forced-labor controversy, cooperation with activists in mainland China, and organizational fundraising and coalition-building.
The issue contains broad retrospective claims about FCM’s influence and relationships with other institutions. Those statements are preserved as the movement’s own contemporaneous account and should not be treated as independently verified without corroborating records.
Provenance
- Verified year: 1998
- Exact original date: not yet established from the surviving page
- Historical URL: http://www.freechina.net/fcmupdate/v1n5.html
- Wayback capture: March 2, 1999
- Recovery classification: Verbatim Archive Recovery source located