"Come to China and Take a Look"? 百聞不如一見？
Someone from China left the following comment of the trailer of Free China: The Courage to Believe I posted. And my response it below the this comment:
有一名大陸網友在看了我貼的這個《自由中國：有勇氣相信》的片花後用英文留言道：
“I am a Chinese also a minority, the video is not 100% true. There is an old saying in China ‘百聞不如一見’ (It is better to see once than hearing a hundred times)’ . So come to China and take a look around. By the way, our nation will resolutely forestall any separatist moves and plots to pursue 'XiZang (tibet) independence’ in any form.
（中文是我翻譯的：「我是中國人，也是一名少數民族。這個視頻不是100%真實。中國有句老話叫『百闻不如一见』。來中國來看看吧。另外，我們中國堅決反對任何形式的藏獨。」
And below is my response:
以下的我的回覆：
Dear XX,
Thank you for taking the time to comment on my post. May I humbly ask which part of this video is not 100% true?
謝謝您花時間在我的帖子下留言。請問這個視頻哪一部分不是100%真實？
I grew up in China; and had lived there for 36 years before I was driven out in 2001. If you are younger than 36, then I had been there longer than you, true?
我是在中國長大的，在那裏生活了36年，直到2001年，我不得不逃出來。如果你還不到36歲的話，那我在中國生活的時間比你還長，對嗎？
The reality is, no matter how long you live there, there are many parts of it that you may never get a chance to see or experience, for example, the forced labour camps and prisons, which unfortunately were not used to detain criminals only.
其實，不管你在那裏生活了多長時間，還是有許多地方你是永遠也沒機會看到或體驗的，比如勞教所和監獄。很不幸的是，這裏現在關押的不全是罪犯。
I coordinately invite you to take a read of my memoir describing my personal experiences in Beijing Female Forced Labour Camp. Every word in my book is 100% true. I have a Mater of Science Degree from Peking University, I was once a Communist Party member; and worked for The Development Research Center of the State Council. You can count me as a stakeholder who had gained vested interests in the society. There was no reason for me to go against it whatsoever; and I am not against it even now. What I am against is not the persecution of innocent people, using the state power as the tool.
By the way, I withdrew from the Communist Party 13 years ago. I am not interested in politics at all. So I prefer not to discuss the so-called ’XiZang(tibet) independence’. As far as I can see, there would not have been such an issue if the Chinese Communist Party had not killed so many innocent people in Tibet.
I do hope you will try to read my book here (Chinese version is free on line):
https://bit.ly/2UhkDsi
我誠懇地請求您看一看我的自傳，裏面描寫了我在北京女子勞教所的真實經歷，我的書句句是100%真實的。我擁有北京大學理學碩士學位，曾經是共產黨員，在國務院發展研究中心工作。您可以將我視爲一名「既得利益者」。我沒有任何理由反對這個社會。現在我也不反對這個社會。我只反對共產黨利用國家機器迫害無辜人民。
另外，我已退黨13年，我對政治毫無興趣，所以不太想討論什麼「藏獨」的問題。我只想說，如果共產黨沒有在西藏殺那麼多無辜之人的話，這個所謂「藏獨」問題，也許根本不會存在。
https://bit.ly/2UhkDsi
7/25/2017
Screenshot of Free China movie.《自由中國》片花截圖
