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eng2-020-8 My philatelic story about East Timor (8) |
| Beside civil officer, China also dispatched a few group peacekeeping civil police. In order to preparing, the Ministry of Public Security made strict check and training for the received training personnel , they passed UN's special exam. First group 15 polices arrived East Timor on Jan.19,2000. Second group 39 polices also arrived on Sep.2000 (See below) |
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| Above: The title: "China
civil police will go to Bosnia and Hercego Vina for executing the peacekeeping
mission" (2001.1.5. "PEOPLE DAILY") |
Above: The title: " Keeping
the peace in East Timor" (2001.4.16. "Personage weekly") |
| They far away from theirs native village is in a peace years of motherland, rush to the cloud of smoke floated over foreign country. The work is dangerous. The life is very hard, the mosquito indulge in wanton persecution ,the fatal dengue infection threatens everyone. In such conditions, a report about a woman police officer caused my attention. She just is Wang Ran of 33 years old ( See below, selected from Mar.28,2001 "Nanjing Daily". The title:" I am serving as a police in East Timor") |
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I carefulness read the report about her, she said: "
we often live in a carried tent with everyone, sleep on the ground.
There is not hot water, have to eat the dry convenience noodle. I just
understood that idiom 'Brave the wind and dew'..... In East Timor, we
contact with family quite little, one is the telephone very busy, other
one is I'm afraid my aged parents worry, they have been very tired for
my children..... I am a woman, but even more is
a police. There is not 'FLINCH 'in the police dictionary......I think
the experience in East Timor will influence my life".
I think I should ask an autograph of such as a Chinese
woman and Chinese peacekeeping police for recording a course in that
the Chinese young men challenge army life in the foreign country. I
sent the postcard on Apr.1,2001. I used a "Plum Blossom" ordinary
stamped postcard issued on Aug.15,2000 (148x100mm). The plum blossom
is a famous flower that is native to China. It has been fond of Chinese
for thousands years, and it also is a city flower in Nanjing city. The
moral of plum blossom is stiff upright and graceful, elegant and in
good taste, defying severe cold, lofty sentiment. To use the postcard
as a carrier is very suitable for recording a present-day historical
fact "Women who act and talk like a man". I used 2 pieces
stamps about UN. One is J108 (See eng2-020-4),
Other one is 1995-22-1. And I also used 1 stamp 1993-4 "Eighth
national people's congress of PRC"( Issued on Mar.15,1993, issued
quantity is 194 millions, 1 piece for 1 set). The vivid national flag
on the stamp shows a concern and warmth of the motherland.
This time, I am good luck. I smoothly received a reply
letter with the postcard autographed by Wang Ran on May 24,2001 (See
below left). The transmitting place also is Darwin 2436 post box according
the envelop. It even more approve that the postal route at that time
all is through Darwin of Australia (See eng2-020-7). |
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| A personalized postcard autographed
by Ms. Ran Wang (王然）on May 10,2001 in Dili (The front left side). The
postcard's despatching postmark is on April 1,2001 from Nanjing, its two
black and white photos in the back are Ms. Wang with her colleagues of
other countries in the UN peacekeeping force. The photos from Chinese
newspaper |
The envelop by Ms. Wang. Its
two black despatching postmark (front and back side in the envelop) is
very clear (May 11,2001). Its back label is very important for philatelist's
research work. "FROM WAMG RAN (The writer note: A slip of the pen,
it must be FROM WANG RAN) CP1916 NATIONAL INVESTIGATION UNIT, CIVPOL HQ
UNTAET P.O.BOX 2436 DARWIN, NT 0801 AUSTRALIA". It is confirmed again
that at that time all East Timor UNTAET foreign mail are transferred by
Australian Darwin this mailbox code. The red landing postmark is May 24,2001.
The post time only 13 days , it is very fast in that time! |
| This small postcard recorded
one passage common but not ordinary history. Chinese peacekeeping police
gained a highly praise of UN and East Timor government and its people
because of their strict and impartial discipline, perfect mastery of quality
and outstanding work. UN ask China increasing peacekeeping police when
it is cutting down peacekeeping personnel at Apr.2000 for defending independent
celebration and other mission. According statistics, by the end of April
2002, China total dispatched 5 groups 113 civil
polices and officers, 8 persons among them is woman polices. Perhaps
Wang Ran has finished his historic mission in East Timor now, come back
the motherland and her family after being apart a long time, anew become
a member of China police, continue contributing her force. The history
will remember their exploit. Undergone a long arduous process, they will
become a generation of real pillars of the state. Police officer Wang
Ran, wish you will make still more contribution for the motherland in
the new century. |
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