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Dissident hopeful of reform
By Sandra Moran
Kansan staff writer
Dissident Liu says China has 'awakened'
Political reform in China is possible, but it will be a slow process, a dissident Chinese journalist said last night.
Chinese journalist Liu Binyan speaks about the future of China.
Liu Binyan, writer in residence at Trinity college in Hartford, Conn., spoke to about 150 people in Woodruff Auditorium about prospects for China's future.
Liu, who communicated through interpreter Zilli He, said he was hopeful of political reform.
"In spite of 40 years of cruel oppression, the Chinese people have awakened," Liu said.
He compared the situation in China to that of Czechoslovakia but said the reform in China would take longer because of communism's deep infiltu-
He added that the process would be slowed because of fear and the lack of strength of the country's intellectuals.
"The people are not well prepared for change, especially the intellectuals," he said. "One of the major reasons for fear is that the intellectuals not really play the part. Many lacked tactics," he lauded strategy, lacked tactics."
Liu said the reform would evolve slowly from its present state to less restrictive factions because the Chinese people had no experience with democracy.
Zili, originally from South China agreed that change in China would not occur overnight.
"Istead of a radical change, it will be more likely that one faction in a power will replace another," he said.
Liu said an example of the shrinking base of Communist control was party heads who secretly protected people. He said this action perhaps signified a long-term involvement and fear of being threatened by the government.
Liu, a reporter during the 1970s and 1980s for the People's Daily, a China newspaper, became famous in China
for articles and books about corruption within the Communist Party.
In 1887 he was expelled from the party and forced to leave the country.
He said he was optimistic that the power base had been cracked but that the change must come from within the country.
"The Chinese people realize that it's up to themselves to solve their problems." Liu said. "We will be able to see a new face of the Chinese institution at the turn of the century. We still have a long way to go."
Bank, thrift office reach agreement
By a Kansan reporter
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The Franklin Savings Association and the Office of Thrift Supervision reached an agreement Friday that prevents OTS from liquidating the association without notifying Franklin officials.
Leigh Holz, U.S. District Court of Kansas clerk, said the agreement prevented OTS from moving the association into a receivership without giving Franklin a chance to fight
OTS now manages Franklin through a conservatorship, which gives the government control over the association's business affairs. A receivership would allow OTS to liquidate Franklin's assets.
Franklin, based in Ottawa, has brought suit against OTS contesting the validity of the conservatorship. The trial is scheduled to begin June 25, Holz said.
Friday's agreement led to Franklin's withdrawal of a request for an injunction against OTS, she said.
Vetered the appointment of a Secretary
Ernest Fleischner, chairman of
Franklin, said he was pleased with
Friday's agreement.
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Holsz said the agreement stipulated that both sides be informed of proposed changes in operations 24 hours in advance.
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