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TURNING to the world stage, Harvard could invite Nelson Mandela. If the University is really daring, it could extend an invitation to Wei Jingsheng, a Chinese democrat who has been in jail since 1979. Now that Anatoly Sharansky and Mandela are free, Wei has the unfortunate distinction of being the political dissident who has been imprisoned for the longest time. Harvard could embarrass the Chinese dictators and give a nudge to one of the world's last nightmarish Communist regimes...
...movie seems enshrouded by fate, so are its characters. Jinshan (Li Wei) runs a dye factory in northwestern China in the 1920s. This vile old man has taken a young wife, Ju Dou (Gong Li), who is made a slave to his viciousness. In bed he gags and harnesses her and rides her like a donkey, and the night bleeds with her shrieks. But the degradations stir Ju Dou's willfulness and sensuality. Now she undresses before the avid eyes of Tianqing (Li Baotian), her husband's adopted son. By abandoning herself to him, she hopes to liberate the captive...
...risk of rousing large-scale protests is minimal. Except for a few notices posted outside the Beijing Intermediate People's Court, the prosecutions have so far proceeded with little official fanfare. The government may be calculating that concern for the detainees will eventually fade, as it did for Wei Jingsheng, 40, an activist during the Democracy Wall movement of 1978-79, who is marking his 12th year behind bars...
Some 18 campus Asian-American groups and the Harvard Foundation, a University agency established to foster interaction between different ethnic groups, are jointly sponsoring the events, Wei said...
...Wei said she expects a large turnout throughout the two weeks, and says she hopes the occasion will become an annual occurrence. The major event, the Asian food and cultural festival, is scheduled for 8 p.m. at Quincy dining hall. "It's going to be a big kickoff," Wei said...