Saturday, March 3, 2012

I am disappointed - Book titled, A heart for freedom

This book is written by the former Chinese student movement leader in 1989 Tiananmen Square, Chai Ling.  I cannot deny that she had an extraordinary role during the Chinese student movement twenty years ago. The fact is that it is hard to ignore the fact that she is doing well and have a full life in the US while her fellow classmates paid the price. Many students were either imprisoned for years or lost legs - I read the chapter she described a fellow student who lost his legs when the military tank ran over his body during the uprising. It seems to me that the leaders were able to flee and have a relatively normal life while the majority of students who participated in the movements paid for the consequence.
My thought go to the parents of the students who participated in the uprising and lost their lives. After twenty something years to raise the kids and put them in the university, hoping they will have a full life ahead. Unfortunately, lives were suddenly cut short. I am so sorry for their lost.

I am speechless.
I have an impression that she wrote this book with an aim to justify what she did twenty years ago. I also read the lawsuit between her company and Harvard, the remark she made (bloodshed) during the movement. That makes me sick in the stomach.

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