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Although Rudenstine will devote much time to cultural learning including a visit to the inland city of Xi'an to see the excavation of an army of terra cotta soldiers buried by the Qin dynasty in the 3rd century B.C., fundraising will be a large component of the trip. "Certainly there will be some people from the development office going," Huppe said...
...short period of time in October and November, Harvard became the focal point of the national debate surrounding Jiang's visit to America--the visit of the leader of a government with a history of torturing and imprisoning its people. And students showed the nation how they felt--with passion (please see related story, page...
Harvard anti-Jiang activists, joining the strong opposition to the Chinese president's visit around the country, presented a united front of rebellion to the Asian president's visit. Representatives from 11 Boston and Harvard organizations--including Harvard Students for a Free Tibet, the Harvard branch of Amnesty International and the Free Burma Group--met to draw out plans in late October...
Even the Undergraduate Council spoke out against Jiang's visit, voting to support the student groups which were against the suppression of human rights in mainland China, Taiwan and Tibet and condemning China's "countless abuses of basic human rights...
...There are times when we have to band together in a common cause," said Kevin A. Shapiro '99, editor of The Salient, in a May interview. "In protesting Jiang's visit, we had conservative student groups like The Salient joined with groups like Amnesty International. It was useful and productive...