education, commerce, and industry, "we are not properly valued" in the american political system.
"the time has come for all presidential candidates to commit themselves to appointing qualified chinese-american citizens to policy-making positions in the executive and judicial branches of the federal government," the declaration said.
it called on all chinese-americans to withhold future monetary contributions and other forms of support to any presidential candidate who fails to pledge his or her commitment to the overdue requests.
the declaration demanded specifically that presidential candidates make the commitment to appoint, if elected, qualified chinese-americans to fill at least three high positions in the
federal government.
the document was made public at press conferences held today in nine other american cities including washington, d.c., boston, chicago, los angeles, and san francisco. enditem
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food industry makes ahead
beijing, january 17 (xinhua)
china's food industry
registered a 10 percent increase in output value last year over 1985, the "economic daily" reported today.
last year, the industry produced 8,800 million liters of liquor and wine, 5.19 million tons of sugar and 180,000 tons of dairy products.
total export value of foodstuffs was estimated to top 600 million u.s. dollars, 20 percent more than in 1985.
a big increase was registered in the export of canned food, gourmet powder and dry citric acid. enditem
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asian film center to be set up in indian capital
new delhi, january 17 (Xinhua) an asian film center will soon be set up in new delhi, capital of india, minister for information and broadcasting ajit panja announced today.
addressing a two-day seminar on asian cinema *speaking with another voice, panja said that it was necessary that a permanent institution be set up so that the interactions during international film festivals could be developed and concretized. the center, he told more than 200 delegates from india and other asian countries and regions, would promote cooperation among film makers of the region and better the distribution of their works.
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