Xi From China: Politics

Wang Qianyuan (Grace Wang)

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:02:04 GMT

A 20 years-old female Duke student, Wang Qianyuan or Grace Wang, stood for Tibet side in the protest.

In most English medias, she is hailed as a heroine who speaks out for the truth, see here.

On the Chinese side, she is condemned as a traitor.

Well, sometimes it's hard to know the truth, right? Fortunately, there is something from her Duke roommate providing a third part view. The address is http://happinessguaranteed.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-really-just-have-to-write-this.html. The blog is no longer available now, but I think you can still get in touch with the blogger if you want to verify it.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008
I really just have to write this.
Wow. Just wow. While I have physics and a paper to write, I really need to get this out.
Grace Wang. She's really something.
She's quite useful to the media. Both sides are having a field day. The chinese TV are branding her as this terrible traitor while western media is holding her up as the lone voice of reason. They both are neglecting the truth, what Grace really is, beyond the 9 minute Youtube video and glorious interviews.
When I first met her at a dinner, she immediately spilled her life story. I thought, maybe she was being a slightly socially incompetent fob and trying to make friends. I listened. What a good story it was.
She told of how she was involved in a political group with some top lawyers in China. They were trying to get the truth out of the Tiananmen square incident. They wrote articles and blogs together on the subject. Then one day, one of her friends involved in the group disappeared. They called her, went to her house, tried everything, but she was no where to be found. Then Grace and her parents start freaking out. Grace's dad, at the time the ex mayor of Qingdao, afraid of Grace facing a similar fate, went to her files in the city government and threw them out. She got a new name, and quickly moved to South Korea. At the time, Grace told us that she already dropped out of her high school in Qingdao because she was unsatisfied by the best high school in Shandong province. She moved to Korea, and there she learned English by watching American films. While she was there, she also slept around with a lot of guys. Then she applied to Harvard and got rejected. The next year, she applies again, to Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and Duke. She gets accepted to all but Harvard. She chose to come to Duke because she got the Robertson. She then turns down the Robertson because she didn't want the restrictions set by the program.
After the story finished, we were all pretty amazed. We were all thinking that this seemingly innocent Chinese student is destined for greatness. After we come back to my room, she proceeds to tell one of us about the guy in the dorm she had sex with. I was quite shocked by this. She seemed so innocent, and we had only been at Duke for less than 5 days. She says the guy was a virgin and now he wants a relationship. We go to the common room, she points him out, and he was playing pool at the other side of the room, totally not paying attention to her.
Later on, Grace begins telling us many stories about herself. All she ever talks about is herself.
As the stories piled on, they became inconsistent, and sometimes directly contradicting. People begin question her trustworthiness. Eventually, after months of lies and irrationality, people begin disliking her. For such a trusting and kind dorm like Brown to dislike someone, you really have to be special. And Grace is that special. Now we know she is a liar. She didn't go to Korea or even participate in anything political. She even told people that she wrote her own recommendations for college applications. She made up stories to make herself seem impressive for colleges, and now, the western media.
She's overloading by taking around 6 courses. 2-3 of those are foreign language courses. She was angry that the academic dean wouldn't let her do more. Funny thing is, she's definitely not doing well in any of them. I've heard her practice her German, and it is atrocious.
She also reads like a maniac. I don't really know what she reads, but it's Chinese literature/philosophy and political theory. She prints hundreds of pages a night to read, parades around with her stack of papers, telling anyone who would listen, trying to impress another person of her political acumen.
She shaved off her eyebrows the other day. Because 1: all her boy problems will go away, and 2: pretty girls never make history.
She also makes up stories about how people ask to have sex with her or perform sexual acts with her.
Is it me, or is she someone trying to convince herself that she's destined for greatness?
It would really take a really long time to really describe all my Grace stories and I don't have time for it. But all I can say is, she has been lifted up by western media as a martyr in this battle for Tibet. And she's drinking in every moment of it, because finally, she is being seen as a hero. What a silly, irrational girl.
Oh how could I forget to mention, she wants to be president of China.

That's it, just another paranoia, or she is just too naive. She says Chinese government will put her into jail if she goes back. She wishes. Compared with facing the anger of billion people, jail is much safer. Her future with China is totally ruined now.

However, I have a personal advice to other kids want to be "the president of China", who now haven't done anything stupid yet:

Don't name yourself Grace. Just imagine Hu Jintao call himself "Tom Hu".

About The Interview In Previous Post

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 06:53:54 GMT

This is just a common way for media, any of them, to express certain opinion.

You can keep interviewing people until somebody says something stupid, like "It's not important where Tibet is ... It IS important that California is the most powerful state in the world". Then you highlight it and put it in the news. It is also true for Tibetan seperatists. For those monks cried on the TV several days before, they don't even have tear in their eyes. Come on, act harder.

So no media could be fair.

The reason I broke to talk is I found that some people, especially some non-Chinese are reading my blog. Once being heard, talking can be useful too.

So the next step, I'm gonna write about Chinese culture on my blog. I'm not gonna write about Greatwall or Tang Dynasty or how many great things Chinese invented, about which I believe most people already know. Besides, even me, a Chinese, is already tired listening to those things. I wanna talk about fundamental difference between the way of thinking.

I cannot be good at this, for I'm computer science students afterall. But still, I think it's worth hearing from a regular young Chinese, I guess.

Typical Western Tibet Separatist

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:04:28 GMT

The guys is interviewing a group of "Free Tibet" protesters about the geographic location of Tibet in China. Unfortunately, most of them have no idea, just like 1/5 American cannot pinpoint their own country on world map.

And these people claim to "Free Tibet". Very convincing.

I have to say I always underestimate their stupidity. Maybe, it's because they spend to much time on parties and smoke too much marijuana, so they don't have time for geography course as well as history course. Actually, I don't wanna be racism. They are not all like that. There is a good educated person.

However, I want to apologize for insulting their intelligence, if they are not separatists. Some of those separatists in the protest, which reported by oversea Chinese, are professional protesters. They do it for living and paid 50$ per hour. In this case, you have my apology. You are not stupid. You are contemptible.

New York Times Writer Admited Disinformation

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 05:52:27 GMT

Nicholas D. Kristof wrote in his blog:

"I think it's particularly useful to hear the views of Chinese and Tibetans alike, since most Americans haven't necessarily encountered such ideas."

"Frankly, there's propaganda on all sides. For those who want a balanced account in English, the best place to look is the work of Melvyn Goldstein, a first-rate scholar of Tibetan history who knows the language and culture intimately. He has written an introduction called "The Snow Lion and the Dragon," as well as a number of other histories of Tibet."

The book, "The Snow Lion and the Dragon" is too recommended by www.ourvoice.de, the Chinese German website. Since both sides assert it as "objective", I think it really is. I would like to read it up myself. I checked the university library and to my luck we have it. So I added it to my reading list.

By the way, www.ourvoice.de is not very Chinese point of view. It is intendedly made in a middle way so that can be accepted by people with open mind on the other side. No extremist can be converted anyway.

Website About Tibet Recommended

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:03:31 GMT

Sorry I broke my word so quickly. It's just because sometimes all things are stuck together that you cannot separate one from another. It's true that I'm not tracing the Tibet riot for days, mostly because I'm too busy to do so. However, someone sent me a website today that I think is thoughtful and worth reading. The website is as following:

http://www.ourvoice.de

This website is founded by a group of oversea Chinese in Germany. It delicately lists the solid proofs to support their point, including CIA files of funding Dalai clique and the video of Tibetan exiles planning the riot. It also shows a video that American tourists doubt about US media propaganda after visiting Tibet personally. Each section of the website is highlighted by wisdom words quoting from great men.

This website is way better in all respects than other sibling websites. The way they represent is modest yet convictive. Look into the team member list and you will know the reason. Unlike others, this group is consisted by scholars, proficients and graduates, not hot-blood boys. Their average age is a bit over 30, in which the youngest is in my age and the eldest is only 36. They are too young to be impassive cynics but too old for being enthusiastic chauvinists.

The forceful reasoning indicates the perfect education they had, while the mild humility shows they are Chinese of the traditional way. Right on. That's exactly what I wanted to do if I had time.

No Politics Anymore

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:04:39 GMT

I don't wanna talk about Tibet, Taiwan or any other political events anymore. I shouldn't be so pissed. Of course there are always lies, that's why it's called POLITICS. Every government on this planet DOES that. The ignorance and arrogance make people easily manipulated.

Plus, harsh words do not solve any problem. It only makes things harder.

This blog will keep focus on well-being stuff in my life, like self-discovery, language learning, badminton, math problems, geeks in my department or culture difference in the non political way.

Truth That You Don't See On BBC Or CNN, Enjoy

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:54:23 GMT

The first 3 were shot and uploaded by tourists. Let's see how peaceful Dalai Lama and his followers are.

Added description to avoid further misconception:

The following video shows how Dalai Lama's follower attacked civilian and killed 5 young girls (both Han and Tibetan). Argue it's Chinese government's propagand as you wish. But the truth is, "burning to death" is actually a too mild word to describe what those animals really did. In fact, Chinese govenment is trying to not irritate people so that they removed the brutal details of this event.

This is a totally lie made by Western Media maliciously. Note that the polices in the show are not even Chinese. Every single Chinese can tell you the difference. Talking about brainwashing ah.

Now, Who Is The Liar?

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:09:44 GMT

Fair media?

The most interesting is that some of these countries dare to accuse China of being guilty of "colonialism". Shouldn't a Western country be ashamed to mention this word?

And still, Youtube is manipulating the viewed counter of these 2 videoes to keep them out of the homepage. How fair!

I'm actally delighted to see those alleged "Free" countries doing this. The world is ironic, isn't it?

Tibet Issue

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:12:22 GMT

A Canadian told me they were taught in textbook that Tibet is an independent country. So he was surprised when the first time he heard Tibet is "ruled" by China.

Talking about juggling history ah.

By the way, this video was not commentable for days. Apparently, Youtube has unknown righteous reasons. And now, although the video is most viewed and discussed in recent days, it doesn't show up on the homepage of Youtube.

Talking about censorship ah.

Blindmen who cannot see the brightness are not pathetic. Those who cannot see the darkness are. Put CNN, FOX and their propaganda aside, go to Tibet personally, and talk to real Tibetan not those funded by CIA. Let the lies destroy themselves.

British foreign secretary is funny

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:20:33 GMT

New York Times: China Will Make Hong Kong Wait to Elect Leader[1]

Summery: China will postpone the time of general election of Hong Kong to 2017 because of current leaders don't want to handle this before they retire in 2012.

There is something interesting from the article:

The United States and Britain also criticized the announcement.

David Miliband, the British foreign secretary, said, “Today’s announcement by the National People’s Congress that there will not be universal suffrage in the 2012 Hong Kong elections will be a disappointment for all those who want to see Hong Kong move to full democracy as soon as possible.”

Let's just put US aside, since it's always the Nosey Parker in international affairs, especially when China is involved. I will come back to this later. So Britain is complaining, that's something new. We all know you want to be a state of US so bad, but please, not on this case.

Listen to this: "Britain criticize because China doesn't give Hong Kong democracy." You must be kidding. I don't remember when Britain ruled Hong Kong, it had any kind of election except the Miss Hong Kong Pageant[2]. Britain has 99 years to apply democracy to Hong Kong, but somehow, they didn't do anything. So the question is, if you really love democracy that much, why didn't you do it in your own time?

It seems that China is not the only one who knows the benefits of autarchy.

(I know very preliminary democracy was started in Hong Kong since 90s. Because Britain did this only before the transition, I consider it as an obstacle they made for China. If they really meant it, they could do it 50 years ago.)

Back to US, actually, I want to speak for them in this case. US Army invaded Iraq several years ago, they killed kids and women as well as robbed the oil. (Oh, plus British army.) More than 80,000 Iraqi are documented being dead from violence.[3] Even so, I am still think they are likely to be sightly better than Saddam Hussein. However, Iraqi people don't think so:

You see, This is the sequel of being nice. Bullet always works better than ballot. And so it is for China. Hong Kong people didn't realize that if there were no China, they wouldn't have any kind of democracy at all. They should appreciate for this, but not push their luck.

Human being are really ungrateful, aren't we?

[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/30/world/asia/30hong.html?_r=2&ex=1356670800&en=476b2597ef927f74&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

[2] http://misshk.tvb.com/

[3] http://www.iraqbodycount.org/