Hi! First, I want to congratulate you, because you have realized the goal "Wherever you find Chinese people, you'll find Sinorama." Also, your magazine is printed beautifully and rich in contents, letting my classmates in Argentina further understand all the cultural and economic accomplishments of our homeland and of overseas Chinese.

I have read your magazine for all of twelve years. The first two years I received a free subscription. It stopped later when I changed my address, but that didn't make me give up reading Sinorama, because I could use my school ID card to borrow a copy from the local library. For certain reasons, though, the Ministry of Education in Argentina doesn't permit students with outside ID cards to borrow books from national libraries any more, which means we aren't able to continue enjoying your magazine. Therefore, I hope I might have the honor of receiving a gift subscription to your magazine again.

Lu Ch'en-ling

Buenos Aires, Argentina

I'm a Chinese immigrant to New Zealand. There are always a number of inconveniences living in a foreign land, especially psychologically. Propaganda from the mainland is all over the place here, but it's hard to find news from Taiwan. In particular, now that people from Taiwan have been swarming in here recently, the local population doesn't really know what to do. They don't understand us and look at us like we're savages from a desert island. It's all the fault of not enough information and publicity. With that in mind, I've been hoping there might be some books, newspapers or magazines about Taiwan that would let New Zealanders understand us better and not feel like we're such stranger.

After searching high and low through the libraries here, I came across Sinorama, checked it out and passed it around for people to read. Everyone likes it, and a lot of local students often wait around to borrow and read it. In view of this, we formed an Asia Club, but we lack materials and funds, so I'm writing to you to see whether you can donate several copies of the Chinese-English edition of Sinorama to us. If the school library sees that we all want it, we'll ask them to subscribe.

Betty Tze-chun

New Zealand

I'm an exchange scholar from the mainland. I've always liked Sinorama, and I ran the risk of looking for it and reading it even back during the Cultural Revolution. Now that I've come to the U.S. I'd like to subscribe to it. I don't know what the procedures are and whether or not there's a discount. I'd like to subscribe for one year at first.

I'd like to ask you about something else, too. I don't know where to subscribe to the World Journal. I live in a little town in Missouri, and I don't know where to go to subscribe to newspapers and magazines I like. Can I trouble you to help?

Note 1 : Nearly every month we receive letters from readers around the world requesting free copies of Sinorama. Owing to financial constraints, we must restrict free subscriptions to local libraries, overseas students organizations and educational or public welfare agencies. Individuals may request a free copy from the Voice of Free China, Department of International Service, Broadcasting Corporation of China, No. 53, Jen Ai Rd., Taipei, or subscribe directly from us.

All readers are invited to write to us to take part in the Song of the Month cassette-tape contest. The more entries you send, the greater your chances of winning. Good luck!

2: Readers in the United States may subscribe to Sinorama directly through Kwang Hwa Publishing (USA), Inc. 900 N. Western Ave. Suite 101, Los Angeles, CA 90029, Tel: (213) 461-4918.

We will send you a letter explaining how to subscribe to other publications.