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PS ire 1 sep a . impus I near scribe iat she street leased nt ■villbe or the -h will Feresa Her- foper- ct the iom in ich X),000 Erath 3avid- 3 died 1917. niver- The e four es Reactions vary from signs to smiles THE BATTALION Page 3 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1979 Protesters pester Peking, premier By KAREN ROGERS Battalion Staff Hundreds of demonstrators, in cluding Taiwanese, Vietnam vete- ns and Mao Tse-Tung supporters athered in Houston last Friday and Saturday to protest the visit of hinese Vice Premier Teng Hsiao- ing. Some of the Taiwanese had ime from as far away as Oklahoma land Mississippi. Tengs two-day stay in Houston Bras the last of a four-city goodwill jour. About 200 demonstrators lathered at the main entrance of El lington Air Force base where Teng’s plane landed. Taiwanese flags fhipped in the 20-mile-an-hour inds while protestors shouted and ang the Taiwan national anthem. Many of the protesters said Teng ias not the man he seemed to be. “He comes here and shakes hands ith President Carter and makes he people think he’s a nice guy and won’t do anything bad, ’ said itikun Chiang, a Taiwanese student at the University of Houston. “But hat’s not true. Wait two or three ears, he added. Chiang said he believes that hina will eventually use force to bring Taiwan back into the People’s Republic of China. ‘When he says they won’t use force, that’s just propaganda to make the American people think they are likeable,’’ he said. He criticized Carter for his abrupt decision to normalize relations with China. He should have consulted with Congress and the people to see their reaction.” Most demonstrators questioned said they were there because “we love our homeland, Taiwan.” Other protestors at Ellington in cluded several businessmen and one Vietnam veteran who carried a sign saying “The only good communist is a dead comm n’9 and “Impeach Car ter. Teng’s motorcade escaped from a side entrance of the airforce base. Some members of the crowd began running the more than one mile dis tance, but the limousines had al ready sped away. There were no protestors at NASA, Teng’s first stop, although more than 500 persons waited at the Hyatt-Regency hotel, in downtown Houston, where Teng stayed. About 600 Houston policemen standing shoulder-to-shoulder in full riot gear kept the protestors away from the hotel’s main entr ance. Two fire trucks stood ready to spray the crowd if they became un ruly. Chia-pang Chiu, also a Taiwanese student at UH, said, “Taiwan has done nothing wrong. We re not ask ing for American sympathy, just their support. Don’t believe any thing the Chinese say. They will eventually use force on Taiwan.’’ He urged the “silent majority to write to Congress and tell them to sell more weapons to Taiwan. Al though Taiwan “has enough power for the time being,” he said, “if it cannot get support from the U.S., it cannot continue building a strong army. Houston Police Chief Harry Caldwell shook hands with many of the demonstrators, thanking them for being peaceful. Andy Lai, rally coordinator, led the group in a cheer for Caldwell and shouted ,“OK, Chief, we want you to hear we give you 100 percent support.’’ During the demonstration, Teng’s motorcade had pulled into a side entrance to avoid the protes ters. Following the three-hour de monstration, the protesters marched more than a mile back to the Albert Thomas Convention Center where they had begun the rally. Eighteen Mao supporters, who protested Teng’s leanings toward the West were arrested as they marched toward the hotel during rush-hour traffic. Teng’s first brush with a protester came when Louis Bean, a member of the La Porte Ku Klux Klan, lunged at the vice premier as he was leaving for the Simonton rodeo. He was quickly subdued by police and charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Protesters did not follow Teng to Simonton, a town 37 miles west of Houston. More than 1,000 policemen greeted protesters Saturday morn ing. Although the crowd was smal ler, the noise was not. This time, there was no way Teng could avoid seeing the crowd of about 200 who chanted “Long live free China. Most waved small plastic Taiwanese flags or large banners written in Chinese, but the message was the same: “Teng, go home,” as one man shouted. y more a fiery . More efused I a mo rn icide to that r of the it isn’t lie put n’t be- bigger easury he San shrink- 11 fight ’t wear signifi- How- roduc- nia y Sie ves. “I Hum- ported 11. She nterof Trinity lat the 7 a.m. ds. Gov. Bill Clements (center) presents Chinese Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping with a gift at Battalion photo by Scott Pendleton Ellington Air Force Base as Houston Mayor Jim McConn looks on. 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The energy official would give no details of the conversation, but offered some generalities. “The Chinese are very eager to have our help in developing their petroleum industry, on shore as well as off shore,” Schlesinger said. Schlesinger also said the Chinese wanted U. S. help in developing the coal industry but their main thrust was on petroleum. Schlesinger would not say to what degree, if any, China would assist in U.S. Middle East policy. He said part of their discussion involved Soviet actions and the Middle East, especially the struggle for control of the Persian Gulf, from which half the free world’s oil supply comes. “We talked over the global scene. ” By LYLE LOVETT Battalion Staff Choosing between communism and democracy is easy from the American point of view. But some Taiwanese students at Texas A&M University find the choice more dif ficult. There are two different govern ments in China. The communist People’s Republic controls the 900 million people of mainland China, and the democratic Republic of China controls the 17 million in habitants on the island of Taiwan. Both claim to he the official gov ernment for all of China. Since the United States nor malized relations with the People’s Republic, the threat of communist takeover is felt greater than ever in the Republic of China. But some Taiwanese students at Texas A&M say their government is as oppressive as the Communist government of the mainland — that to choose between their govern ment and the Communist govern ment leaves no choice at all. There are two peoples in Taiwan, native Taiwanese and those who immigrated from the mainland after its takeover in 1949 by the Com munists. The government in Taiwan, because it claims to repre sent all of China, is controlled al most exclusively by the immigrant Chinese who comprise only 11.6 percent of Taiwan’s population. Some of Texas A&M’s Taiwanese students spoke about their govern ment but asked that their names not be printed. They said other students here from Taiwan would report back to the government. Some said their families in Taiwan have been threatened because of things they (students) have said in College Sta tion. “If you say in public that the gov ernment is lousy, you can be ar rested immediately,’’ one Taiwanese student said. “It claims to be a free country but it’s not re ally. Compared to this country there is no freedom. So what’s the differ ence between that and Com munism?” That student came to the United States two years ago and is now a permanent resident. “If I had to go back to my country,” the student added, “I wouldn’t dare say all that.” The Republic of China has rep- resen^i ives for all of China in its legislature. Taiwan is considered one province in the republic and re ceives a only a few seats. Represen tatives elected from mainland pro vinces 30 years ago have not had to face re-election, hut Taiwanese rep resentatives are elected every few years. In this way, the 11.6 percent Chinese population of Taiwan has been able to control the island, stu dents said. “They say China is theirs. Well if it’s theirs, why don’t they go get it? If they can’t, they should forget it, ” one said. Other students expressed similar opinions. They said they thought it impossible for their government to ever unite all of China and said they would prefer an independant Taiwan with genuine majority rule to the present system. One student speaking of Chinese domination of Taiwan pointed out that the island has been controlled in the past by the Dutch, Manchu rians and Japanese. “Taiwan people are suffering from many leaders,” he said. “They are accustomed to being oppressed.” DIAMOND BROKERS Diamond Importers & Wholesalers VALENTINES DAY SALE*c? :? 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