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"4 PEKING GARDEN Chinese Restaurant AUL YOU CAY EAT Noon Buffet Mon. -FrI. 8398 Evening Buffet F rt ., s*,., s„„. 8 4 98 Buffets include: egg roll, fried rice, fried wonton soup, chicken lou mein, sweet and sour pork, beef with broccoli and fried honey banana > OPEN DAJEY: 5$. College / 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. 1313 s College c? 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p. m. 822-7661 8 Page 8B/The Battaiion/Friday, August 31,1984 Taiwanese feel safe in China Fishermen smuggle goods United Press International Now Is The Time To Leam To Fly TAKE A $20 DISCOVERY FLIGHT AND... DO IT NOW! You can discover for yourself the sights, sounds and sensations of learning to fly for only $20.00. With a Cessna Pilot Center Discovery Flight you’ll actually take the controls of a modem Cessna and fly under the guidance of a professional flight instructor. It’s a super way to take the first step towards becoming a pilot - just like thousands of other people have! Try it yourself with a Special Discovery Flight which includes a pre-flight briefing, a supervised flying experience with you at the controls, and a post flight review - all for onlv $20.00. Call or come out to... BRAZOS AIRCRAFT EASTERW00D AIRCRAFT AIRPORT (409) 696-8767 Cessna ‘Subject to llmitatlona outllnod In Flight Plsn Agreement. PINGTAN ISLAND, China — One look at Lee Bao, a middle-aged veteran of the East China Sea, tells any bystander he is not an ordinary Chinese fisherman. The solid gold watch, jade ring, bright sports shirt and yellow packet of “Long Life” cigarettes are the markings of another place — Tai wan. In the past five years, Bao and hundreds of other Taiwanese fisher men have come to Pingtan Island, an oval mass of granite punctured with small harbors off China’s southern coast, to engage in illegal trade, seek shelter from typhoons and search for relatives. Although the Nationalist Chinese government considers this “enemy territory,” Bao feels the real threat is returning to Taiwan, not being in China. “I’m safe here. We are welcomed warmly,” he said. “But when I go back to Taiwan, I will have to avoid the Taiwan patrol boats, especially if I try to carry mainland goods with me. “If I am caught, I may lose my boat and go to jail,” Bao said. (For that reason, the fisherman asked that a fictitious name be used for this story). Estimates of indirect trade last year between China and Taiwan through Hong Kong and other Asia ports range from $300 million to $400 million, with the balance of trade in Taiwan’s favor. In addition, tens of millions of dollars worth of Taiwanese goods are smuggled to Chinese black markets by fishermen. Peking officials hope such non- political contact will stimulate trust in their promise not to change Tai wan’s economic and social system if the Nationalists reunify. Many Taiwanese fishermen active in illegal trade bring electronic goods, watches and textile yarn with them. Because U.S. greenbacks are the currency usually used for pay ment, Taiwanese goods are sold in Fujian without customs duty. Those willing to play a cat-and- mouse game in Taiwan waters often try to smuggle back Chinese medici nal plants and herbs. Estimates of indirect trade last year between China and Taiwan through Hong Kong and other Asia ports range from $300 million to $400 million, with the balance of trade in Taiwan’s favor. In addition, tens of millions of dollars worth of Taiwanese goods are smuggled to Chinese black markets by fishermen. The Taiwan fishermen keep their vessels on the east side of Pingtan and stay at a four-story reception center, where framed Peking statements urging peaceful reunifi cation hang in the hallways. The center, opened in 1981, is one of four hostels for Taiwan fish ermen along the Fujian Province coastline directly facing Taiwan, 100 miles away. “During the first few days.alotof them are a little nervous or scared about being here because of die propaganda they have heard in Tai wan but they then become more comfortable about their safety," said Lin Jiang, a Fujian official in charge of overseas Chinese affairs. To promote reunification and pui on its best ~ face, Peking has made Fu jian a model for China’s Open Dooi policy and capitalist-style changes. Fishermen who have come to visit relatives, seek medical care, repair their boats or take shelter from storms in the 100-mile-wide Taiwan Straits are given free room and board. Taiwan relaxed travel restrictions in 1980 and thousands of Taiwan citizens have visited Fujian, the an cestral home of many, by getting permits to Hong Kong and taking the train from the British colony. The 40-square-mile Pingtan, tlit closest point between the mainland and Taiwan, is a showcase of wagt reforms. Living standards still are far below Taiwan’s, but the Taiwan ese can’t help noticing the constant din of private home construction made possible by the new income scheme. More than 200 Taiwan citizen! have moved to Fujian since 1975, when Peking launched a campaign for peaceful reunification, Jiang said. Friendly dogs may bite children United Press International Check the Battalion adsl 845-2611 CHICAGO — Although dog own ers may believe their pets bite chil dren only when provoked, a Univer sity of Wisconsin researcher says the majority of such incidents occur when a youngster is behaving well. Bites from “friendly dogs” send thousands of children to emergency rooms every year, and one out of ev ery 50 children suffers a severe bite on the face before the age of 14, said Trudy Karlson, an epidemiologist at the University of Wisconson Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis. Dr. Karlson said her study of Dane County, Wis., children who suffered severe dog bites over a two- year period revealed that only 2 to 6 percent of the bites occur when the dog is being abused. In an article for the Journal of the American Medical Association, she said children nationwide suffer an estimated 44,000 facial injuries per year from dog bites. About 16,000 of the injuries are severe, she said. Dr. Karlson said the younger the child, the greater risk of a facial bite, since the younger child’s face is closer to or at the level of a dog’s mouth. Friendly dogs may bite children as an extension of “mouthing behav ior,” she said. When dogs are play ing with each other, one dog can grab the other’s face with his mouth. When he feels the bony skeleton of the other dog’s snout, “that lets him know not to bite any deeper,” she said. “But children don’t have that kind of bony surface, and by the time the dog gets to the bony area, he can do a lot of soft tissue damage,” Dr. Karl son said. “I think that a lot of people forget that dogs are animals, and can engage in basic animal behavior with other animals that happen to be hu man children. “They assume that dogs will be have according to the rules of hu man behavior,’”she said. the dog jumped up and severed tkt she Parents often believe they can protect their children from injury by making sure they approach dogs in a non-threatening manner. But many of the dog bite victims are under 4 years old — too young for them to understand the danger. And even older children who have been taught how to behave around dogs can be harmed. Dr. Karlson said. She cited one 10-year-old who ap proached a previously friendly dog. “The boy did everything right, and kid’s nose,” she said. She also pointed out, “We real encourage a lot of direct eye contact for babies to look us in the face' That facing-off behavior may see® threatening to a pet Dog owners add to the problem, because they cannot view their fam ily pets as dangerous animals. “They’re so willing to blame tk children,” she said. Parents concerned about protect ing their children often are told to keep them away from dogs —adifE- cult task when the dog is a favonlt pet. “Children really seem to like dogs, like to get close to them,” Dr. Karl son said. “If you have to monitori child’s behavior every minute, thati not the most effective way to dei with it. P< d' tc A P itor de Texas Antoni pains ; million ers. The attribui sleep, l highwa compel ortakir “Son noyed others, disease functio an assc maxillo monito A re] lication says it r tor spr electroc Thes the too des. 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