1) From: Shiping Zhang 11/28/95

Dear CND editors:

I think it is everyone's rights to express such diverse views of the issue of Wei JinSheng. I am not surprised that he is being charged. However, this , for me, is not a political issue or a moral one. It is a legal matter. Wei, like us, is a private citizen. Since he has been involved in many antigovernment activities, he should not be immune to any charges on the part of the government. He is one of the richest man in China. He has received a lot of funding from foreign sources. I don't think he deserves any special status. Let him face realities on his own. Some of our viewers tend to moralize this issue but I think that is unjustifiable. It is not an issue of human rights. Since he has been willing to cooperate with the White House to create social unrest in China, he, in my view, is not innocent. He was not and will not be the father of chinese democracy in that he is not able to differentiate between antithesis toward a party and hostility toward the country. I am unimpressed by his past conduct. He is

not above the law and should not be treated likewise as would some of our viewers have thought. This is an internal legal affair that should be dealt with in due legal procedures. At the same time, I am also amused by the fact that some of our countrymen once again turn to Bill Clinton for help. In fact, however hypocritical many Amercians are, they also indulge in being self-righteous. It is like a young, sexy lady begging a rapist to help her. Anyway, these remarks are my reflections on the issue. I would appreaciate it if we all can make this discussion cool and rational. I enjoy reading such a wide spectrum of ideas, some of wihch I refraining from commenting on here. Best regards to all.

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2) From: ****@****.duke.edu 11/28/95

Dear CND editors:

Thank you for CND's special reports on Wei, Jingsheng's arrest. You have covered impartially all kinds of reactions to Wei's case. Some are against the move of Chinese government; some are for it; and some care to tell others not to care about the single person. But people all care for China. I view Wei only as a China's political prisoner, he was and he is. Wei was arrested when Deng came back to the power to start his economic reforms, and Wei is put back into jail on a possible death roll when Deng is dying. If there were good reasons for the fear of Wei 15 years ago, I simply don't see what is so fearsome about Wei today. Wei has no tank or gun, and he is no longer a better agent to steal and sell government's secrets with or without the close watching of policemen. Our country has besome so strong that she has kept going forward and doing better in spite of numerous officials and their liaisons selling and eating on the government from inside and many `traitors' and `agents' trading and living on Chine

se people from outside. How can a single person overthrow the government or reverse the reforms ?

Deng freed political prisoners from Mao dynasty and let them stand or fall, swim or sink in a reformed China. Why not free his own political prisoners likewise ? Since China still holds political prisoners, I am asking to have my email address completely withheld if my response to you is to be posted.

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3) From: Xiaodong Zhu 11/28/95

Dear editors,

I guess that the Chinese government was irritated by Mr. WEI Jingsheng because he was not going to be silent after more than 14 years' imprisonment. In our history, many Chinese died of expressions of what they believed. Personally, I am not sure that Mr. Wei's idea represents the best interest of China now. But I do think what the Chinese government has done is outrageous. If the government officials believe that their policy benefits the majority people, they should not worry or mind different opinions. If appreciation of each other's differences is too far, when can we start to try to understand the differences among ourselves? We cannot count the US government to do it for us. Even many Chinese expressed their thoughts in CND did not enclosed their names because of our intolerance. I want to thank CND for providing an opportunity for us not only to speak up but also to see our diversity of opinion.

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4) From: <***@***.ucalgary.ca> 11/29/95

Dear editor,

By secretly detaining Wei Jingsheng for 20 months without charge and barring visits by relatives, the chinese government has violated both the Constitution of the PRC and the Law of Criminal Procedures of the PRC.

it also appears that the present charge against wei jingsheng has no legal basis in the Criminal Code of the PRC.

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5) From: "Shuquan Zong (BME)" 11/28/95

Dear Editor:

After reading all of the letters concerning the issue of Mr.Wei, I do know that Chinese is still Chinese although they are oversees Chinese. Some of them are still the people who just the same as what LU Xun describes willing to eat the "bloody ban", others just careless watching. It is pretty sad that I get this confirmation again and again from the Chinese community, from the network, media that we Chinese are lack of sense of RIGHTEOUSNESS although I am not willing to accept this. It is not a crime to peacefully express one's opinion, it is not a shame to use supporters' fund to do something good to others(some one accused Wei's source of money in the eamil), but it is a shame to accuse the others while youself could do nothing. How about think Wei's case in this way, suppose you were in the same situation as his, your head were going to be chopped off simply because you had said somthing, are you going to worry about?, are you going to say "Who cares!". If you do not have sense of RIGHTEOUSNESS right no

w, you have no right to expect the others have the sense of RIGHTEOUSNESS to help you when you fell in the trap of unrighteous accusation which is pretty common in our own country.

We all love our country, we all hope to see a stronger China.(maybe as somesaid Harry Wu don't). I agree that the western including the surrounding countries do not want to see a strong China. But the strong China is nonecessarily means a big power with dictatorship, or with group dictatorship, or the strong government misteating their lay people. What we really expecte is a country not only with strong defense force and also with a good standard inner mechanism that can allow the lay people have a high quality of life including free speech. i think that is also what Mr.Wei has been striving for. Maybe you also have the experince of going back our home coutry, the strong contrast between the way of running of the Chinese and US government really impressed me, that is not the style most people like.

I agree with some readers that CND is somewhat politically polarized, especially on the issue of Harry Wu. But at least, it is a free sound of some people! So I like to read it just as like to listen to the others, Definitely every readers have right not to accept the opinions, If you dislike it, simple discard it or comment on it to the editors, OR you can create another CND like email network in the way you think it should be if possible, I think the new network will be welcome for most oversees.

For Mr.Wei, the charge is a bad thing, for the Chinese lay people, the charge is a bad thing because it hurts their right; for the Chinese Government, the charge is a bad thing too. It can blacken their face and give US and other western country a gun to point at them in this very time that Taiwan are going to have the first election, China wants to join WTO, US wants more from the table of negotiation, Vietnam claim the sovernty of NanSa Island, especially China need to coop with Germany and other western coutries other than US. I think that the Chinese leaders have not enough news sources and wrongly estimate the China's situation. We already compromise a lot, such as cut the import goods tax from 35% to 24%, why we could not let a non violent speaker free to create a good international environment, I could only say the leaders are not wise or half-deaf.