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To: jmhollen who wrote (290)	1/9/2000 8:45:00 PM
From: puddinhead	Respond to of 608

So does that mean you're going to be looking in a mirror? Tee Hee

To: jmhollen who wrote (290)	1/9/2000 9:10:00 PM
From: Dick Jaffe	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 608

Bought my ticket over two years ago and have no intention of getting off this train until well past double-digit city. Dick

To: jmhollen who wrote (290)	2/5/2000 11:14:00 PM
From: jmhollen	Respond to of 608

In China, Year Of The Dragon Begins 250 Prisoners Furloughed For Celebration Crack Down On Falun Gong Demonstration Communist Paper Issues Threats On Taiwan BEIJING AP - Drum dancers at Beijing's Dragon Lake park fair. (AP) People in China and Chinese around the world prepared Friday for the coming of the Year of the Dragon on Saturday, the first day of the Lunar New Year. Many people left work a day early to prepare for the most important holiday of the year, which is celebrated with family reunions, feasts, drinking and watching New Year's television specials, especially a gala of song, dance and comedy to air on China Central Television. During the next five days of celebration, many families were expected to visit parks and temples that have been decked out with lanterns, dragon statues and stalls selling toys and food. Villages prepared fireworks shows, staged to scare off evil spirits. Beijing's 11 prisons gave 250 inmates three days of leave with their families as a reward for good behavior, the China Daily said. State media reported that airlines, railways and buses are expecting to carry 1.6 billion passengers around the holiday. But tensions at home and abroad also marked the holiday. Chinese police arrested at least fifty members of the banned Falun Gong sect as they demonstrated in Tiananmen Square Friday night. Uniformed officers punched and kicked some of the demonstrators, who tried to unfurl a banner in the square. One man was beaten unconscious. Some journalists and bystanders were also detained. Beijing banned Falun Gong, a blend of ideas drawn from Buddhism, and Taoism that had attracted millions of followers, in July. Meanwhile, China expressed new hope for peaceful reunification with Taiwan while denouncing a bill passed this week by the U.S. Congress formalizing contacts between the U.S. and the island nation. "At this occasion of reunion for millions of families, we miss our Taiwan compatriots more than ever," Premier Zhu Rongji said, using his New Year's Eve speech to reiterate China's vision of a peaceful reunification, giving Taiwan autonomy under a formula already used by Hong Kong and Macau. The premier steered clear of intimidation. Taiwan separated from the mainland 50 years ago amid civil war. Beijing claims the island as a rebel province and threatens to retake it, by force if necessary. Meanwhile, Chinese leaders reacted angrily to passage of the Taiwan Security Enhancement Act by the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday. The Chinese armed forces on Friday warned Washington not to confuse China with Yugoslavia and Taiwan with Kosovo. And a commentary in the newspaper of the People's Liberation Army said the House's measure sends "an extremely dangerous signal," and that China would make good its threat to invade if Taiwan declared independence. The bill still needs to pass the Senate, and the Clinton administration has warned of a possible veto. Elsewhere in the Asian world, ethnic Chinese held celebrations of their own. Singapore's Prime Minister gave a speech urging Singaporeans -- 78 percent of whom are Chinese -- to be more competitive at work, but without neglecting their families. Chinese in Indonesia, ushered in the new year with a new sense of hope. The tiny minority, frequently victimized by beatings and vandalism, has lately enjoyed a period of safety. Indonesia's new president, Abdurrahman Wahid, a Muslim cleric with a Chinese ancestor, has called for religious tolerance and lifted a 1967 ban on public Chinese festivities. This year is particularly special for Chinese, many of whom identify themselves with the dragon, calling themselves the "dragon's descendants." In ancient times, emperors regarded themselves as reincarnations of dragons, and children born during the year are considered blessed.