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Daily Nebraskan
Friday, October 8,1982
Chinese students mark independence, democracy
By Janet H. Chu
The Republic of China celebrates Oct.
10 with formal parades, dragon dances and
fireworks. Lincoln celebrates the date on a
simpler, more domestic level.
Oct. 10, known as "Double 10," marks
the 71st year of independence and demo
cracy for the Republic of China.
More than 100 members of the UNL
Free China Association will commemorate
the founding of the first democratic
government in Asia, Tony Chen, vice
president of the Free China Association,
said.
"Last year, we had a goodwill mission
group from Taiwan come to Lincoln to
perform Chinese folk dance, but this
year, we're going to celebrate by our
selves. It will be more domestic," Pam
Shao, the association's adviser, said,
The gorup will be showing Chinese movies
Sunday.
Chen, a political science graduate
student, explained the history of this na
tional holiday and some of the controvers
ies it has generated over the years.
In 1911, the revolutionary SunYat-Sen
succeeded, on the eleventh attempt, in
overthrowing the Manchu Dynasty, which
was an authoritarian government, Chen
said. Sun is considered the founding father
of the Republic of China.
Peoples' principles
"This new democratic government was
founded on the three peoples' principles,
based on the idea of government of the
people, by the people and for the people.
It is similar to the idea of Abraham
Lincoln," Chen said.
At the end of World War II, opposing
rebels forced the new government off
mainland China into what is now known
as Taiwan. Taiwan remains a democratic
nation today, Chen said.
Thus, more than 17 million Chinese
celebrate Double 10 every year. Chen
said it is unanimously accepted among
all Chinese, both Communist and non
Communist, that Sun Yat-Sen is the found
ing father of modern China.
"But they (Communist Chinese) try to
seek into recognition that Dr. Sun also
upheld communism, which is not true
at all," Chen said.
He said there is confusion in the United
States about the relationship between.
China and Taiwan because people have
been led to believe that Communist China
represents the typical Chinese race.
Nebraska formed relationship
Shao agreed.
"You can see the difference in mainland
China and Taiwan. Mainland China is much
more backward. We can see that
communism doesn't work - it doesn't
fit the Chinese," she said.
Taiwan was no longer recognized as
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relationship with the People's Republic of
China for "strategic reasons against Rus
sia," Chen said. One of the demands of
the People's Republic of China was that
Taiwan should not be recognized as a
part of China, he added.
Today, Taiwan has no formal diplo
matic relations with the United States,
Chen said. But the state of Nebraska
formed a sister relationship with the pro
vincial government of Taiwan in January
1981.
In May 1981, approximately 30
Taiwanese government and business leaders
traveled to Nebraska on a special procure
ment mission, Joe Chu, director of Inter
national Marketing with the state
Agriculture Department, said. This year,
Chu and Bernie Rowley, director of
marketing for the department, went to
Taiwan in July and invited them to come
to Nebraska again, which they did, Chu
said.
Correction
Sponsors for the Miss
Black UNL pageant
scheduled for Nov. 14 are
the UNL Afrikan Peoples
Union and the University
Program Council Culture
Center.
A story in Wednesday's
Daily Nebraskan listed the
sponsors as UPC and the
Black Student Government,
which are connected with
the two sponsors.
Police
Report
The following calls and
complaints were received by
UNL police from 7 a.m.
Wednesday to 7 ajn. Thurs
day. 9:02 a.m. - Alarm re
portedly set off at the
Nebraska ETV Network;
mechanical problem.
8:47 a.m. - Car parts
reported stolen near the
Selleck Quadrangle parking
meters.
10:17 a.m. - Keys re
ported stolen; location with
held for security reasons.
1:33 p.m. - Backpack
reported stolen from the
food service area of Gather
Pound halls.
2 p.m. - Some tables
were reported stolen from
the College of Business
Administration Auditorium.
3:08
accident
accident
27.
p.m. - Belated
report made. The
occurred in Area
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burned out
Hall on East
4:39 p.m.
sor reported
at Chase
Campus.
5:38 p.m. - A male
suspect was reported to
have threatened a female
with violence in the base
ment of Love Library
North. He reportedly took
her cash and fled.
6:48 p.m. - Report
made of two juveniles
"casing" the bicycle racks
near Oldfather Hall. They
were gone when officers
arrived.
10:55 p.m. - Bicycle
reported stolen from racks
near Oldfather Hall.
12:20 ijtj. - Loud
music reported at 17th and
S streets; stereo was turned
down when officers arrived.
1:09 i.m. - Report of
suspicious person breaking
into car parked in Area 10
by the 501 Building. In
truder turned out to he
car's owner.
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