CND-EP, March 25, 1996 (EP96-012)
Ming Yang XU
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Monday, March 25, 1996
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1. News Brief (4 Items) ................................................. 48
2. A CND Reader Appealing for Help ...................................... 19
3. Info Exchange: Educational and Research Grant Information Online ..... 28
4. Job Opportunities (3 Items) ......................................... 110
5. Conferences: International Conference and Exhibition on Environmental
Protection of Electric Power (ICEPEP China '96);
The 2nd International Conference on ASIC;
First Harvard Conference on Education in China;
Chinese Social History Conference;
ABMUB Symposium on Biomedical Science and Technology ... 393
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1. News Brief (4 Items) ................................................. 48
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(1) LEE Teng-hui Wins Taiwan Presidential Election
(2) A Chinese Engineer Murdered in Pakistan
(3) Freighter Carrying Urgent Food Aid to North Korea Sank in Taiwan Strait
(4) South African Foreign Minister to Visit China
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(1) LEE Teng-hui Wins Taiwan Presidential Election
[CND, 03/23/96] According to reports from Reuter, Knight-Ridder and Singapore
media, LEE Teng-hui claimed his victory in Taiwan's first direct presidential
election Saturday by attracting 54 percent of the total voters. PENG Ming-min,
the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate, gained 21.1 percent,
followed by independent candidate LIN Yang-kang with 14.9 percent and
independent candidate CHEN Li-an with 10.0 percent. There were over 10
millions voters casting their ballots and making a turnover rate of around
76 percent. Vote for PENG Ming-min is notably less than the 33.7 percent rate
gained by DPP in last December's parliamentary elections.
(CHANG Le, Liedong ZHENG)
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(2) A Chinese Engineer Murdered in Pakistan
[CND, 03/17/96] Chinese engineer Yung Yun PENG was found murdered at his
residence in Tarbela, 70 km away from Islamabad, Pakistan, according to a UPI
report. Peng's throat had been slashed when he was sleeping. It's the first
ever such cool-blooded murder of foreign nationals. Prime Minister Benazir
Bhutto has expressed her deep shock at the murder and ordered local
governments provide body guards to all Chinese workers in the country.
There are many Chinese engineers working at Tarbela which is the largest earth
filled dam in the world. (CHANG Le, Jingdong XU)
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(3) Freighter Carrying Urgent Food Aid to North Korea Sank in Taiwan Strait
[CND, 03/20/96] Reuters reports that a freighter carrying urgent food aid to
North Korea sank in Taiwan Strait near the zone where mainland is making
military exercises. The Freighter, chartered by the U.N. World Food Programme
(WFP) and registered in China, had left Bangkok on March 11 carrying 6,538
tonnes of rice and had been expected to arrive in Nampo on March 23. 15 crew
were missing and nine other crew were rescued when the freigfter sank on
Tuesday in the stormy waters. "We express our sadness over this tragic
accident and our condolences to the many families who have suffered the loss
of their dear ones," WFP executive director Catherine Bertini was quoted in
the report. The WFP plans to send another 8,200 tonnes of rice to North Korea
and shipment date is yet to be determined. (CHANG Le, Liedong ZHENG)
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(4) South African Foreign Minister to Visit China
[CND, 03/22/96] AFP English Wire reports that South African Foreign Minister
Alfred Nzo is going to leave for China on Saturday for a three-day visit in
aiming for improving bilater relations between the two countries. The visit
coincides with Taiwan's first direct presidential election. South Africa once
proposed to establish diplomatic relations to both Beijing and Taipei. The
proposal was rejected by Taipei. (CHANG Le, Daluo Jia)
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2. A CND Reader Appealing for Help ...................................... 19
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_From: jy...@eecs.wsu.edu, 03/18/96
Dear CND editor:
I am graduate student at Washington State University. My daughter had a
rare kind skin illness since her eight month old. She is seventeen months
now. The illness is developing rapidly. The red-brown papules about 4
mm in diameter around her eyes (upper lip and intra-orbital area) were
keeping enlargement and increment. The microscopic diagnosis (biopsy)
showed that is a "Xanthogranuloma" and no evidence of malignancy. No
family history of similar dermatologic problem was found. Pediatricians
and dermatologist said no treatment is need. However, the longer the
papules stay, the more the chance of the focal pigmentation and scar leave
on her face. We urgently need any kinds of help on both Western medical
treatment and Chinese traditional medical treatment. We also would like
to get help from caring people all over the world. Any suggestions and
informations will be greatly appreciated. My email address is
"jy...@eecs.wsu.edu". My phone number is (509) 334-3492. Fax: 509-335-2722.
Thank you in advance.
Sincerely,
Jiajun Yan
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3. Info Exchange: Educational and Research Grant Information Online ..... 28
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_From Min...@act.org, 03/23/96
A free online e-mail service delivering targeted research and education U.S.
government funded opportunities is now operational. The service is provided
by Federal Information Exchange (FEDIX) in cooperation with the U. S.
Department of Energy. A consolidated data base of RFPs, grants, fellowships,
scholarships, or other funding opportunities from the Departments of Energy,
Agriculture, Transportation, Veterans Affairs, and AID, NASA, NIH, EPA, AFOSR,
ONR, and DISA will generate an e-mail to subscribers.
Registration requires subscribers to outline the type of funding opportunities
to be targeted. This process can take up to 30 minutes. To subscribe, go to
(note: this long address is case sensitive):
<http://nscp.fie.com/wincgi/fed/all/any/any/foa/any/keywords.exe/Menu>
and select "Registration."
The FEDIX home page is simpler at
and has an excellent search engine for the funding database as well as useful
links to other federal sites. The gopher address is
<gopher.fie.com> and the telnet address is <fedix.fie.com>.
Daniel Minchew min...@act.org
Director
ACT * American College Testing 202 223-2318 - Telephone
One Dupont Circle, NW, # 340
Washington, DC 20036-1170 202 293-2223 - Fax
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4. Job Opportunities (3 Items) ......................................... 110
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(1) Beijing Job Opportunities
(2) Internet Job Opportunities in China
(3) Job opening in BNR Systems Engineering Department
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(1) Beijing Job Opportunities
From: Eric BARENZUNG <bare...@SYSELOG.SYSELOG.FR>, Mar 19, 1996
Nin hao !
We are looking to work in Beijing some Project Managers.
Job description: managing software development team and/or industrial
software implementation. No or few coding. Really
management (deadline, group work, etc.).
Already experienced. People should be living in BEIJING and speak Chinese
of course but also English or French.
We have other job opportunities. Keep our URL in your bookmark to keep
track of our Chinese activities... Some, like ATM "expert", may be required
soon.
Eric BARENZUNG, Asia Marketing Manager
SYSELOG / 4, avenue Morane Saulnier / F-78140 VELIZY / FRANCE
Tel: +33 1 34 65 76 10 / Fax: +33 1 30 70 68 87
email: bare...@syselog.fr URL: http://www.syselog.fr/asia
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(2) Internet Job Opportunities in China
Source: soc.culture.china, Mar 22, 1996; Forwarded by: Bo XIONG
China Internet Corporation is a Xinhua News Agency backed Internet provider
providing connection to China and the rest of the world. To cope with the
rapid expansion of our business inde China , we are now starting to build
our teams inside China.
We will have branch offices in all major cities including Beijing, Shanghai,
Guangzhou, Wuhan etc. It's our target to establish offices in 30 cities before
the end of this year. We need people specialised in sales, marketing and
computer technology.
These jobs are suitable for overseas chinese who will return to China. To
help us consider your application efficeintly, applicants should answer all
the question listed below:
1. cities you preferred to stay and which Chinese city did you come from
2. which position are you interested in (sales, marketing or technical)
3. salary you expected (stated in RMB)
4. which passport are you holding (green card, Chinese passport or others)
5. which chinese dialect you can master
6. when are you available to work in China
and you also should include your detail resume. Please send your resume to
cic-r...@hk.china.com.
Pao Wan, Project Manager
China Internet Corporation
1/Fl, Xinhua News Agency Building
5 Sharp Street
Wanchai
Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 28939100, Fax: (852) 28935245
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(3) Job opening in BNR Systems Engineering Department
Forwarded by: hon...@bnr.ca, 03/23/96
Hi, everyone,
We have some openings in the Systems Engineering Department at
Nortel. If you know of anyone looking for a job, please forward
this note to them.
About the Positions:
Systems Engineer Department
System Engineer department in Richardson Texas, is incharge of:
- Evaluating the performance and capacity of Nortel's wireless products.
- Directing the design of appropriate software and hardware
architecture.
- Developing product strategies for the corporation with regards to
wireless systems.
Position:
The person will be a member of scientific staff and will play a key role
in fulfilling the above charter of the department.
Required background:
B.S., M.S. or Ph.D. in either of the following area:
1) Operation Research
2) Computer Science or Computer Engineering
3) Electrical Engineering
Desired Knowledge:
1) Stochastics, queueing theory and optimization
2) Wireless communication systems
3) Computer architecture
4) Computer network
5) RF
6) Excellent Interpersonal communication skill
Please send your resume to:
Nikhil Jain
Address
Northern Telecom,
MS D0207, P.O.Box 833858
Richardson, TX 75083
Phone (214) 684-7394
Fax (214) 684-3775
email: nik...@nortel.com
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5. Conferences: International Conference and Exhibition on Environmental
Protection of Electric Power (ICEPEP China '96);
The 2nd International Conference on ASIC;
First Harvard Conference on Education in China;
Chinese Social History Conference;
ABMUB Symposium on Biomedical Science and Technology ... 393
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(1) International Conference and Exhibition on Environmental Protection
of Electric Power (ICEPEP China '96)
From: Yuanshu Huang <yua...@SIE.Arizona.EDU>, Mar 16, 1996
International Conference and Exhibition on Environmental Protection
of Electric Power (ICEPEP China '96)
October 11-15, 1996
This is the first international electric power environmental protection
academic conference sponsored by the People's Republic of China. The
purposes of the conference are : firstly to promote the international
academic exchange of electric power environment science, secondly, to have
foreign technical experts, enterprises, and officials comprehend the status,
program and development of China's electric power industry and its
environmental protection in furthering better cooperation. At the meantime
of academic conference, we also hold an "International Exhibition on
Environmental Protection of Electric Power."
This is also the first international exhibition on technologies and equipment
for environmental protection of electric power sponsored by the People's
Republic of China. This exhibition is the exhibition section of the
International Conference and Exhibition on Environmental Protection of
Electric Power (ICEPEP), which will be sponsored by Chinese Society for
Electrical Engineering (CSEE).
Electric power industry has achieved rapid development in China. By the end
of 1994, the total capacity of power generation in the whole country was 198
GW, the power generation was 909.1 billion KWH, which was the fourth position
in the world. There are 28 power plants which has the capacity of more than
1,000 MW (4 hydroelectric power plants and 24 coal-fired power plants). Along
with the development of power industry, the environmental protection problem
has become more and more serious. Although China has achieved a great deal of
scientific/technical progress on environmental protection of power industry,
it is still preliminary in general. Developed countries have possessed rich
experience in this field. Therefore, the conference and exhibition will
provide a chance to foreign colleagues to understand the power industry of
China, of course emphasized on environmental protection problems, in point
of views of both products/market and science/technology. Meanwhile, foreign
companies will be given a very suitable place to introduce the newest
technologies and equipment to China, and be provided the necessary conditions
to enter Chinese market.
Experts in the field of power and environmental industry will be attracted to
Nanjing by the coordination of the exhibition and conference. Technical
seminars and trade talks will be held during the exhibition.
Friends who are interested in Chinese market are warmly invited to participate
in ICEPEP China '96 held in Nanjing.
The benefits of joining the ICEPEP China '96
help you in bidding environmental projects
build up your contract/connection in China, especially in the electric
power industry
help you in finding qualified agents or representatives
help you in transferring/licensing your technology to China-based clients
help you in seeking joint venture partners
help you in selling your products
help you in gaining a better understanding of the market.
Conference Topics
Air Pollution
Desulphurization and denitrification technology.
Electrostatic precipitation technology and highly efficient operating
experience.
Air pollution monitoring for coal - fired power plant.
Flue gas diffusion calculation, simulation and assessment in coal - fired
power plants.
Green house gas emission and prevention.
New energy technology with less pollution.
Water Utilization and Pollution
Water pollution control in coal-fired power plant.
water utilization and economy in coal-fired power plant.
impact of coal-fired power plant hot water discharge.
Secondary utilization of ash sluicing water.
Fly Ash Comprehensive Utilization
Comprehensive utilization of fly ash.
Physical/chemical properties research and size classification of fly ash.
Hydropower Station Environment
The ecological environment impact incurred by hydropower station.
Nuclear Power Station Environment
Site selection and environmental assessment.
Noise Control
Environmental Instruments and Products
Magnetic/Electric Field Hazard and Prevention
Technological/Economical Policy and Regulations for Electric Power Environment
Special Subject Symposium :
During the conference, a special symposium on flue gas Desulphurization
technology will be held.
Scope of Exhibits
Air Pollution
Fly Ash & FGD By-product Comprehensive Utilization
Water Utilization and Pollution
Hydraulic Power Station Environment
Nuclear Power Station Environment
Noise Control Technologies and equipment
Magnetic/Electric Field Hazards and Its Control Technologies
Environmental Monitoring and Analysis Instruments and Products
Non-pollution Processes for Power Generation
The above list of exhibits has been compiled to provide potential exhibitors
with an indication of the categories and types of products that will be of
interest, and should not be taken as wholly inclusive.
Exhibitors are strongly encouraged to bring models to illustrate how their
equipment and technologies can optimally fit into large systems for various
applications.
Booth will be rented to exhibitors. Services and assistance will be provided
to exhibitors.
Registration:
The conference fee is :
US$450, if the registration form is received on or before June 30, 1996.
US $550, after this date.
General Information
The conference will be held at :
Liu Yuan Hotel
Southeast University
2, Sipailou,
Nanjing, 210018
P.R. China
Tel : (25) 3600111-4258
Fax : (25) 3601199
The opening session begins on : Oct. 11, 1996, at 9:00 am.
Conference adjourns on : Oct. 10, 1996 from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm.
Exhibition Venue :
Jiangsu Province Exhibition Hall
22 Xuan Wu Men, Nanjing 210009
P.R. China
Exhibition Time ; Oct. 11-15, 1996
Conference Language : English
For further information, please contact :
Mr. Xianguo Huang
ICEPEP China '96, Preparatory Section,
Xiaguan Power plant,
623, North Zhongshan Road,
Nanjing, 210011,
P.R. China
Tel : (25) 8806247
Fax : (25) 8806247
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(2) The 2nd International Conference on ASIC
Source: soc.culture.china, Mar 18, 1996; Forwarded by: Bo XIONG
ASICON 96
Second Call For Papers
The 2nd International Conference on ASIC
Sponsored by
Chinese Institute of Electronics (CIE)
IEEE Beijing Section
IEE Electronics Division
In Cooperation with
IEEE-Circuits & Systems Society
ACM Special Interest Group in Design Automation
October 21-24, 1996
Hotel Equatorial
Shanghai, People's Republic of China
The 2nd international conference on ASIC (ASICON 96) will be held in Shanghai
in October 21-24, 1996. This conference will provide the ASIC designers,
ASIC users, ASIC system integrators, ASIC manufactures as well as CAD/CAE
experts an opportunity to meet and present important new development and
research results at an international forum. The concerned government officers,
the scholars and experts from universities and research institutes, the
engineers from a variety of companies will participate the conference.
During the conference, there will be a JOB FAIR and an EXHIBITION which
includes ASIC design tools, software, testing, foundry and its products
introduction as well as the application of ASIC. Your companies are warmly
welcome to join the job fair and exhibition.
The Scope of the Conference
Suggested topics include but not limited to:
* ASICs for DSP and image processing (including video, HDTV etc.);
* Analog and mixed signal ASIC;
* ASICs for data computing and telecommunications;
* ASICs for other systems (such as auto-control, power control, medical
use etc.);
* ASIC testing and design for testability;
* PLD and FPGA technology and applications;
* CAD/CAE techniques and methodologies as well as applications (including
layout analysis and optimization, library development, VHDL, synthesis,
simulation, modeling establishment and parameters testing);
* ASIC technology and manufacturing;
* Package and reliability for ASIC;
* Other related contents on ASIC.
Papers will be evaluated with respect to their originality, quality and
relevance. Submissions of papers from universities, industry and government
organizations are all welcome and encouraged. There will be several invited
papers on emerging ASIC advanced development.
The Committees
Honorary Chair: Xie Xide
General Co-Chair: Wang Yangyuan and Douglas Fairbairn
International Advisory Committee Co-Chair: Sha Zhong
Program Committee Co-Chair: Zhang Qianling and David Ku
Organizing Committee Co-Chair: Tang Ting-Ao and Yang Lin
Submission of Papers
Prospective authors are requested to submit for review 3 copies of a
500-1000 words summary in English with no more than 4 figures, together with
a title page including an abstract, the postal address, email address, and
fax number. Submissions and inquiries job fair and exhibition should be
directly sent to:
Prof. Ting-Ao Tang
Department of Electronic Engineering
Fudan University
Shanghai 200433
People's Republic of China
Tel: 011-86-21-534-7094
Fax: 011-86-21-549-5334
E-Mail: tat...@fudan.ihep.ac.cn or zha...@fudan.ihep.ac.cn
Deadline for receipt of summaries is extended to April 15, 1996
Notification of acceptance and rejection will be sent by May 30, 1996
A Camera-ready version of the paper must be received by June 30, 1996
Contact Addresses
If you would like to know more information, you can send inquiries to:
Ms. Yu Huihua or Mr. Ren Junyan
Department of Electronic Engineering
Fudan University
Shanghai 200433
People's Republic of China
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(3) First Harvard Conference on Education in China
From: Halip Saifi <sai...@hilda.mast.QueensU.CA>, Mar 18, 1996
<< Higher Education for the 21st Century and Education Reform in China >>
To promote discussions and propose practical solutions for the high education
in China in the 21st century, the Foundation For Chinese Academy in conjunction
with Harvard University Graduat School of Arts and Sciences will held an
international conference in Boston, September 1996, on which leading education
experts from China with their American colleagues will address the pressing
issues on Chinese academy and high education. Authors are invited to submit
papers on the following four broad categories:
(1) current educational theory and philosophy,
(2) education policy in China and abroad,
(3) recent attempts at education reform in transitional societies, and
(4) the economics of higher education.
Papers should be mailed to:
The Foundation For Chinese Academy
17 Croton St.Wellesley MA 02181
USA
with 2 copies and on a floppy disk (for those paper which
will be used in the conference, we reserve the right to
publish it in English and/or Chinese after the
conference). Some papers will be used only as conference
reference, while authors of others will be invited to
participate in various panels of the conference. In both
cases, there will be small financial compensation
($100) unless being used latter for publication (in which
situation, terms will be renegotiated)
Papers should be mailed no later than 1 May. We will
inform you our decision by the end of July.
For futher information, please contact:
Xu Xun, Program Coordinator
889 Mercer St.
Albany
NY12208
Tel: 518-459-6157
Email: X7...@aol.com
Ali Saifi, Program Coordinator
The Foundation For Chinese Academy
17 Croton St.
Wellesley, MA 02181
USA
Tel: (617) 237-7821
Fax: (617) 237-3215
Email: dcf...@aol.com
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(4) Chinese Social History Conference
Source: soc.culture.china, Mar 14, 1996; Forwarded by: Bo XIONG
6TH ANNUAL MEETING OF
THE CHINESE SOCIETY OF SOCIAL HISTORY
and
AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
REGIONAL SOCIAL COMPARISONS
Chongqing, Sichuan, China, 17th - 21th, September 1996
This major meeting in China intends to bring scientists from different parts
of the world to present and discuss the most current advances in Chinese
social history research. Well known experts will attend and give presentations.
Topics to be covered:
1. The object of Social History research.
2. Studies on regional social comparison in China.
3. Characterization of Chinese Social History and other monographic studies.
Supporting Organizations:
Chinese Society of Social History; History Research Institute of Chinese
Academy of Social Science; Editorial Department of "History Research";
Nankai University; Shanghai Academy of Social Science; Northwest
University; Hubei University; Tianjing Normal University; The Tianjing
People's Publishing House; Yunnan University; Commercial Printing House;
Shanxi University; Sichuan Normal College; Dazhu Stone Inscription
Museum of Sichuan Province and Chongqing Teacher's College.
All who are interested are welcome to attend.
For registration details and for further information, please contact
the preparatory committee:
Professor Yujie LI
Dean's Office,
Chongqing Tearcher's College,
Shapingba, Chongqing, Sichuan, China 630047
Phone: 86 811 5311155 ext 683 (Office);
86 811 5311155 ext 473 (Home)
Fax: 86 811 5316566
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(5) ABMUB Symposium on Biomedical Science and Technology
From: Wei Huang <whu...@hohp.harvard.edu>, Mar 20, 1996
The Alumni Association of Beijing Medical University In Greater
Boston (ABMUB) is pleased to announce its 1996 Symposium on Biomedical
Science and Technology, which will be held in Boston on July 6 and 7. All
Beijing Medical University (BMU) alumni and associates both in U.S. and
abroad are invited to participated in this symposium. The program will
cover such topics as basic medical science, pharmaceutical science,
public health science, clinical science and bio-technology.
If you are interested and would like to obtain a copy of detailed
program, please send your mailing address as soon as possible to:
Due to our network limitation, please help us to send this
message to your local net in order to make more friends get this information.
We look forward to seeing you all in Boston in a beautiful summer
season, and have a wonderful reunion.
The Alumni Association of BMU in Greater Boston
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