We send this issue of the bulletin to the press only one day after the change of the flags in Hong Kong. We will not dwell for long upon this important political event, which for now has been left in the hands of facts and the numerous comments of international observers, but we must underline this as the greatest Chinese contradiction of the present when compared to the truly immense tragedies which are taking place in Chinese territories, including massacres, purgations, arrests, and ethnic cleansings in Tibet, in Eastern Turkestan, Inner Mongolia, and throughout the Chinese Laogai prison camps. An immediate and forceful response must be delivered with political clarity on behalf of our governments, and it is up to us to invite them to join the nonviolent and democratic struggle with every means at our disposition.In this issue we are giving extended attention to the McMillan-Scott Report, which was approved by the European Parliament, on the relations between the European Union and China and the debate

concerning the Satyagraha, which is attracting more and more attention and raising problems and worries as well as creating strategies and alliances. This issue presents the speeches of Klemens Ludwig, President of the German "Tibet Initiative Deutschland" and of Michael Alexander of "Tibet Information Service."Good reading and good work to everyone!

(Published by FREEDOM FOR TIBET/DEMOCRACY IN CHINA ! - Number 60 - 2 July, 1997)