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February 1, 1999
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1. Conferences:
(1) The Second Symposium of Chinese Youth Scholars on Materials
Science and Technology ...................................... 170
2. Two Letters from Readers on Nanjing Massacre
(1) "A Scientific Research on the Nanjing Incident" (by Itaru Okamoto)
(2) "Let Everybody Know What Happened in China in World War II"
(by Xinsheng Wu) ............................................ 90
3. Medical Advice Sought (1 Item) ....................................... 22
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1. Conferences:
(1) The Second Symposium of Chinese Youth Scholars on Materials
Science and Technology ...................................... 170
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(1) The Second Symposium of Chinese Youth Scholars on Materials Science
and Technology
_From ehhan@icpm.syb.ac.cn Wed Jan 20 17:15:37 1999
_From: En-Hou Han <ehhan@icpm.syb.ac.cn>
The Second Symposium of Chinese Youth Scholars on Materials Science
and Technology
First Circular
Hangzhou, China
Oct 8 ~ 12, 1999
Organized By
l Chinese Materials Research Society Youth Branch
l Zhejiang University
l Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
l Institute of Metal Research of China Academia Sinica
Web site: http://www.chimeb.edu.cn
Conference Objective
China is stepping into a new developing period in the near 21th. It has a
great opportunity to develop our Science and Technology and Economy under
the policy. In order to connect all the materials researcher who are
domestic and abroad to contribute to our homeland, we associated the
relative organization to hold this meeting, which has a main topic of
Materials and High Technology in twenty-one Century. This meeting is the
Second Symposium of Chinese Youth Scholars on Materials Science and
Technology.
The First Symposium of Chinese Youth Scholars on Materials Science and
Technology was hold in Xi'an in October, 1995. Communist Party and Nation
leaders and some old materials researchers attend the meeting. The
President Jiang Zemin talked warmly with part of the representative and
gave an important speech. Symposium of Chinese Youth Scholars on Materials
Science and Technology has been hold in Qingdao, Dalian, Wuhan, Changsha
and Jinan since 1987 in Shenyang. It is a good chance for Chinese Materials
Scholars to communite each other termly.
The objective of this symposium is
to strengthen and extend the communication and cooperation in the materials
science field between domestic and abroad youth scholars;
to promote the united of technology and economy, to accelerate the technical
fruit transferring to products;
to introduce new and high technology and outstanding materials researchers
for the industry module's adjustment of state grand company, the need of
kernel technique of economy development and transition to knowledge economy
of villages and towns corporation;
to find, cultivate and train new excellent youth technologist, to promote
the level of our materials science research and the development speed of
new-high technical industry.
Conference Organization
This symposium is sponsored by Chinese Materials Research Society Youth
Branch, ZheJiang University, Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology, and Institute of Metal Research of Academia Sinica. And it is
co-sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China, Ministry of
Education, Ministry of Science and Technology, Chinese Science and
Technology Society, Chinese Academy of Science, Communist Youth League of
China Central Committee and Materials related Universities, Institutes and
other Corporations.
The representative attending the conference is about 300, including 100
from abroad and 200 from domestic.
Date and Place
Place: Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
Date: October 8-12, 1999
Conference Scope
Besides academy communication, we arrange the seminar about contribution to
homeland of Scholars abroad, seminar of new materials and high-tech
industry and other activities. The detail arrangement is as follows:
Academic Report
We intend to arrange inviting report, academic report, and poster to
reflect the latest achievement level and tendency in materials science
research, and hope to reach the aim that communicate with high academic
level in domestic and abroad. We have eight main topics:
1. Preparation and Processing of Materials
2. Materials Structure
3. Properties and Application of Materials
4. Advanced Ceramics Materials
5. Metal and Intermetallic Compounds
6. Optics and Photoelectric Materials
7. Polymer Materials
8. New Materials and Frontier of Materials Science
The papers of symposium will be published in key journal by a method of
supplement, some of the outstanding paper will be selected as a special book.
Seminar about contribution to homeland of Scholars abroad
During the symposium, we plan to discuss the method of contribution to
motherland by scholars abroad and promote some outstanding scholars to
contribute our country in various means. This seminar is supported by
National Natural Science Foundation of China, Ministry of Education,
Ministry of Personnel, and Communist Youth League of China Central Committee.
Seminar of new materials and high-tech industry
We plan to unite some small and middle companies of China to publicize
some urgent problems which is relative to materials. According to the
seminar of new materials and high-tech industry, we prospect to resolve
some of the problems and achieve some essential fruit. This activity is
supported by Ministry of Science and Technology, Economy and Commerce
Committee, Ministry of Education, Chinese Science and Technology Society
and other middle and small companies of China.
Exhibition of New Materials and high-tech Industry
We intend to invite some domestic and abroad new high-tech industries in
Materials and relative instrument manufacturer to hold a Exhibition in
Hangzhou.
After symposium, we will arrange some of the domestic and abroad
representative to talk with the leaders of relative ministries and visit
some famous industries, institutes and universities in China.
Qualification of representative
The one who can meet one of the qualifications can be invited as
representative and can be sponsored by the committee.
1. The one who has outstanding academic paper
2. The one who has research achievement and conveyable project, which can
be approved to be feasible in China
3. The one who can solve the technical problems
Registration Fee
Registration fee is 500/person (Student is 300/person), room and board is
supported by self.
Important Date
Feb 30, 1999: Deadline for symposium receipt
Jun 30, 1999: Deadline for Paper
Jul 30, 1999: Deadline for paper accepting
Oct 8-12, 1999: Symposium
Oct 13-18, 1999: Visiting, Discussing
Preliminary Registration Form
Name:
Title/Position:
Affiliation:
Address:
Tel:
Fax:
E-mail:
Title of Paper, which you want to submit:
Title of achievement, project, and technical problem, which you want to
submit:
Corresponding:
Dr. Li Yichun
Address: Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering,
Tsinghua University, 100084
China
Tel: +86-10-62785767
Fax: +86-10-62770338
E-mail: qwh@chimeb.edu.cn
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2. Two Letters from Readers on Nanjing Massacre
(1) "A Scientific Research on the Nanjing Incident" (by Itaru Okamoto)
(2) "Let Everybody Know What Happened in China in World War II"
(by Xinsheng Wu) ............................................ 90
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(1) "A Scientific Research on the Nanjing Incident" (by Itaru Okamoto)
From: "itaruo" <itaruo@email.msn.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 23:23:50 -0500
I am a Ph.D. candidate in International Relations at The Paul Nitze School
of Advanced International Studies, the Johns Hopkins University. Besides my
dissertation topic, I am interested in Japan's activities in Asia in the
first half of 20th Century. As you can guess from my name, I am a Japanese
national.
Everyone who wants to know the reality of Nanjing incident may be surprised
that how few well-grounded evidences we have: Witnesses' evidences
contradict each other; news media didn't document the "atrocity" even though
dozens of western journalists lived in Nanjing at the very moment of the
"massacre"; and, there is a reasonable doubt on the accuracy of burial
record.
As far as I know, the most reliable statistical research on the "Nanjing
incident" was done by Dr. L. S. C. Smythe, an expert on the study of war
damage. From March 9, 1938 to June 15, 1938, he made a sampling research on
one in fifty households in and around the city of Nanjing with a help of
many Chinese students. His study result was:
Chinese civilians died at battle: 850 ...(1)
killed by Japanese Army: 2,400 ...(2)
wounded by Japanese Army: 3,400 ...(3)
kidnapped by Japanese Army: 4,200 ...(4)
According to Dr. Smythe, most kidnapped Chinese civilians (The category 4
above) were killed by Japanese.
Even if every kidnapped Chinese were killed and every wounded people died
from the wounds, the death toll is 10,850. If you have the slightest
knowledge on statistics and sampling research, you must admit that the
figure in Dr. Smythe*s research (10,850) and Chinese "official" figure of
death (345,000) are MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE!! If you still insist that the "real"
figure was 345 thousand, you have to explain how and why the Smythe research
was wrong.
Of course, killing ten thousand (mostly) innocent Chinese civilians is
unacceptable in today's standard. Nevertheless, if we consider the chaotic
situation of Nanjing then and the Japanese Army's fear of Chinese guerrilla
warfare, it is quite difficult to assume that Japanese killed every of those
ten thousand Chinese civilians simply from a sadistic pleasure.
Therefore, my conclusion is that what is written in your site
(http://www.cnd.org/njmassacre/ -Ed.) is totally inconsistent with
the scientific mind and normal human reasoning.
I hope you get out of the illusion and face the reality.
Best regards.
Itaru Okamoto
Washington, DC
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(2) "Let Everybody Know What Happened in China in World War II"
(by Xinsheng Wu)
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 00:19:29 -0800 (PST)
From: XINSHENG_WU@HOTMAIL.COM (XINSHENG WU)
Dear Sir,
I am a Chinese in the USA. I have known what happened in China in World
War II. Unlike Germany, Japan refuses to admit his crime in China In WWII.
At the same time, it said that China made history. We do not forgive Japan
and Japanese.
This book ("The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II"
by Iris Chang, see http://www.cnd.org/bookshelf/history/Nanjing1.html -Ed.)
will make easy to know Japanese crime in China for people who speak
English. This is very important. History is history, fact is fact. The
Covering crime on purpose will be not forgiven. I thank US for its firing
A-bomb in Japan. Maybe that revenged for China partly.
Yours
Xinsheng Wu
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3. Medical Advice Sought (1 Item) ....................................... 22
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(1) Seeking Alternative Treatments for Thyroid Disease
From: Chengyun Yue <cyue@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 22:04:02 -0800
SEEKING ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS FOR THYROID DISEASE
My mom has had the swollen thyroid gland for years. As it's getting
bigger and bigger, she is thinking about to have a surgery to remove it.
All the exams show it's benign. However, she was told by the doctor (in
Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai) that the operation could be very
complicated and the complication could be life-threatening, as the
goiter has covered the winpipe and the voice box. She is wondering if
there are any alternative treatments to prevent the further growing of
the goiter. If she doesn't do the surgery, will she be endangered by the
goiter? Any comments or suggestion will be appreciated.
Please send your responses to cyue@worldnet.att.net . Thank you!
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