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Political Center / Full Report
The United States and China arranged for the mutual withdrawal of consulates in July last year, and the wife of the United States Consul General in Chengdu, Jim Mullinax, has unexpectedly attracted a lot of attention because she is Taiwanese singer and film writer Zhuang Zuyi. In response to the recent fight between the United States and China six months ago, Zhuang Zuyi revealed his mental journey on Facebook earlier. He was full of expectations, but he became a spy, a banana man and a “sleeping girl” rationed by the Taiwanese government to American diplomats. He noted that he collapsed in the face of rumors and personal attacks dominated by the national power.
▲ Zhuang Zuyi’s husband, Lin Jiewei, was the US Consul General in Chengdu. (Photo / Obtained from Zhuang Zuyi’s Facebook)
Zhuang Zuyi posted on Facebook saying that he had just returned to Chengdu from the United States on January 4 of last year, but did not expect to rush to evacuate in less than a month, forever leaving the place we once considered our home. He experienced turmoil, separation, school dropouts under raging Wuhan pneumonia … Witnessing the burning racial problem in the United States, the wildfires in the West Bank, the country falling into the area most affected by the epidemic, the two parties separate, China and the United States continue in hostility, Hong Kong falls … Then China and the United States exchanged consulates and I became a spy, a banana man and a “sleeping girl” assigned to American diplomats by the Taiwanese government under the guise of food and music.
Zhuang Zuyi counts down those dirty and sexually discriminatory comments. For example, when you see high school teachers teaching students, don’t embarrass your home country like Zhuang Zuyi did. For many years, netizens have “decisively cut off the friendship”, saying that my borderless values show that I lack principles in my behavior. . Close friends have suffered inquiries, harassment, internet bans, job freezes, and demotions. Some people who thought they were friends have since become strangers and even went out to wave the flag to fight.
Faced with such a situation, Zhuang Zuyi bluntly said that he has always known that the environment is difficult and that the daily life of diplomatic envoys and relatives is obviously under surveillance. However, in the face of such rumors and personal attacks dominated by state power, he still collapsed. Those who have read The History of the Cultural Revolution and Orwell’s predictions have turned into real physical fears. Although the insults and death threats have not stopped for a few months, I am very grateful that I have gradually regained my calm and strength to look forward.
Zhuang Zuyi further explained that he has a deep understanding of what is important and what is not important in life. She noted that in recent years, she seemed to be very busy and there were endless invitations to events. The whole person became very impetuous and it was difficult to settle down to do something. It is also a futile effort to make some fake friends. On the other hand, I stayed home for the past few months. I read, cleaned, prepared three meals a day, talked to my husband, played with my children, and reviewed letters and phone conversations with old friends. I also often had the opportunity to get closer to nature. Calm is so much better than those lively meals and fake names.
▲ Zhuang Zuyi bluntly said that in the face of such rumors and personal attacks dominated by state power, he still collapsed. (Photo / Obtained from Facebook of Lin Jiewei)
“As a matter of fact, as long as I don’t get into the horns, there have been so many things I’m thankful for in the past year.” Zhuang Zuyi said that during the seven months that the mother and son were in Washington, they carried three suitcases and were not accompanied. Many from Taiwan had never met. My friends gave me a hand, some people came to take me to buy vegetables and help me get around, some taught me to drive, some brought vegetables and masks to the door of the house, and some delivered supplies that could not be bought everywhere.
During this period, many Chinese friends took the risk of leaving messages to express their condolences, or crossed the wall to the outer platform to encourage me. At the end of the summer, when the pepper was harvested, a group of unidentified strangers donated money to Hanyuan pepper growers that I knew well and asked them to ship fresh pepper to the United States. Huajiaoxiang reminded herself that there are many kind and warm people in the distance, do not lose hope.
Now that social distancing enters the eleventh month, I dare not aspire to make any contribution to society. I only hope to be a sober person, not against my conscience, without speaking bad words, and to live each day with constancy, happiness, safety and health. May the world be better in 2021 and bless you all.
