During the week of Oct. 28 through Nov. 3, several events surrounding the visit of Chinese President Jiang Zemin will be occurring at Harvard. These events include but are not limited to the following:

Events Sponsored by the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research (FCEAR):

Thursday, Oct. 30 7 p.m.

Location: Harvard-Yenching Library, 2 Divinity Ave.

Professors Joseph Fewsmith (professor, Department of International Relations, Boston University), Merle Goldman (professor, History Department, BU, FCEAR associate), Metta McGarvey (graduate student in Divinity School), Eric Mortensen (graduate student in Inner Asian and Altaic Studies), Stephen Owen (James Conant University Professor)

Saturday, Nov. 1 10 a.m.

Historical Context of President Jiang Zemin's visit to Harvard by Professors Peter Bol (chair, East Asian Languages and Civilization), William Kirby (chair, History Department), and Robert Ross (Professor Political Sciences, Boston College; FCEAR associate)

* Simultaneously broadcast to Science Center, Rooms A and E and Boylston Auditorium

Followed by:

A Speech by the President of the People's Republic of China, Jiang Zemin at Sanders Theatre

* Simultaneously broadcast to Science Center, Rooms A (English) and E (Mandarin Chinese) and Boylston Auditorium (English)

2:15 p.m.

Location: On the steps of Widener Library

Peter Bol, Merle Goldman, William Kirby, Ezra Vogel

Monday, Nov. 3 7 p.m.

Location: ARCO Forum, Kennedy School

Wang Juntao (Ph.D. student, Columbia), Lobsang Sangay (graduate student, Law School), and another speaker, perhaps from Taiwan, to be determined, and Ezra Vogel. Moderated by William Kirby.

Events Sponsored by the Coalition for Freedom and Human Rights in Asia:

Press Conference

Wednesday, Oct. 29 3:30pm

Location: Wiener Auditorium, Taubman Building, Kennedy School

A press conference will be held with speakers from the member organizations, including Tashi Rabgey, Coalition spokesperson, and Shen Tong, Tiananmen dissident.

48-Hour Fast

Friday, Oct. 31

9 a.m. through Sunday, Nov. 2, at 9 a.m.

Location: Swedenborg Chapel, corner of Quincy and Kirkland streets

A 48-hour fast will be sponsored by the Tibetan Association of Boston. There will be a prayer for freedom and a candlelight vigil at 6 p.m. on Friday. Contact Ngawang Jorden, 547-5481, jorden@fas.harvard.edu.

Film

Friday, Oct. 31 7 p.m.

Location: Harvard-Yenching Library, 2 Divinity Ave.

A screening will be held of a documentary about the events at Tiananmen Square, The Gate of Heavenly Peace. Contact Jian-Li Yang, 234-8991, yang4@fas.harvard.edu.

Rally

Saturday, Nov. 1

8 a.m.-1 p.m.

Location: Kirkland and Oxford streets

Under the theme "No One is Safe Under Jiang Zemin's Dynasty," a rally will be held to protest Jiang Zemin's speech at Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall. Speakers will include Chinese dissidents Harry Wu and Shen Tong, representative of the Tibetan government-in-exile Dawa Tsering, and 10 Buddhist monks from India, as well as Harvard students. Contact Tashi Rabgey, 493-4905, rabgey@fas.harvard.edu.