tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607441034503290367.post2714790169127181680..comments2023-08-13T19:25:45.898-07:00Comments on East Meets West: Bible Running, Part OneTeresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12831169405732892599noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607441034503290367.post-47597470144476265472009-06-23T09:48:23.136-07:002009-06-23T09:48:23.136-07:00And then again, maybe it wasn't coincidence......And then again, maybe it wasn't coincidence...Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12831169405732892599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607441034503290367.post-4372836217141239212009-06-23T07:51:59.964-07:002009-06-23T07:51:59.964-07:00Odd little coincidence last night. My son was watc...Odd little coincidence last night. My son was watching "Antiques Road Show" last night on PBS, when over my shoulder I hear stories of going up the Pearl River. The speaker also made mention of the Portuguese influence in the area.murat11https://www.blogger.com/profile/00663364407992075130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607441034503290367.post-68820009454054754592009-06-22T09:32:11.415-07:002009-06-22T09:32:11.415-07:00Actually, Murat, 30 years after the fact, you have...Actually, Murat, 30 years after the fact, you have to laugh. If you can't laugh in the face of danger, you go crazy. It was scary and exciting, and my parents totally freaked out, but I don't regret the experience or the adventure. I am glad, however, that we were protected by being US citizens... <br /><br />I have interpreted counseling sessions for victims of torture (and not just victims from China, one time I had a client who was overseas Chinese from Cambodia who had been tortured and left for dead by the Khmer Rouge), and some of the sessions have given me nightmares. The things that people do to their fellow human beings... <br /><br />I think it is why I have decided that I need to sometimes take a stand at least in a small way.<br /><br />I do appreciate your comments, Murat, all of them. They are the kind of discussion I hoped to foment when I began writing this blog.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12831169405732892599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607441034503290367.post-76033300680552700422009-06-22T09:11:21.591-07:002009-06-22T09:11:21.591-07:00Having just read your comment to Linda, my comment...Having just read your comment to Linda, my comment strikes me as too glib. Persecution of any kind is no laughing matter.murat11https://www.blogger.com/profile/00663364407992075130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607441034503290367.post-55131617769751017032009-06-22T09:08:11.986-07:002009-06-22T09:08:11.986-07:00...since we had a bad record from entering the cou...<i>...since we had a bad record from entering the country with contraband...</i>. <br /><br />Easy Rider in Guangzhou. Only in print is it amusing: I'm sure the episodes were quite unnerving.murat11https://www.blogger.com/profile/00663364407992075130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607441034503290367.post-22023158940684911412009-01-16T17:54:00.000-08:002009-01-16T17:54:00.000-08:00We ran before they got their paws on my hair. They...We ran before they got their paws on my hair. They were probably going to feel it, too, to compare the texture of African hair, Caucasian hair, and Asian hair. That was how we got turned around escaping from the hotel and couldn't find the one road with street lights. We went out a side door instead of the main entrance.<BR/><BR/>I guess you can think of me as Mrs. Pollifax, but when this happened I was just 11 months older than you are now; I was definitely NOT a Mrs. Pollifax type.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12831169405732892599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607441034503290367.post-77076174768582984832009-01-16T12:01:00.000-08:002009-01-16T12:01:00.000-08:00No one poked your Afro?This is starting to sound l...No one poked your Afro?<BR/>This is starting to sound like a Mrs. Polifax story...JoAnnaLynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01534953805889881300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607441034503290367.post-49798699607020395202009-01-15T18:50:00.000-08:002009-01-15T18:50:00.000-08:00I am glad, too. Now that I have met up with asylee...I am glad, too. Now that I have met up with asylees from political and religious persecution in China as clients my translation business here in the States, I realize how fortunate we were to just be tailed and chaperoned. <BR/><BR/>I know a woman who was in Chinese prison in Guangdong Province in the 70's and 80's. She was shut up in a little room that was too low to stand up straight in. There was a low bench to sit on, but the room was too small for a bed. She was allowed out to stretch her legs twice a week. She was fed a small bowl of rice gruel once a day. Her husband had been scheduled for execution towards the end of the Cultural Revolution. He had escaped, and she was imprisoned for many years. Her husband learned to swim as he was escaping to Macao (he had a floatation device and two others to help him). The husband got to the US, and after Reagan visited China, my friend was released in Reagan's deal to grant favored nation trading status to China in exchange for their releasing political prisoners and improving human rights.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12831169405732892599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607441034503290367.post-21421916157275860412009-01-15T16:56:00.000-08:002009-01-15T16:56:00.000-08:00Wow, Teresa, I'd have been scared, too. And talk a...Wow, Teresa, I'd have been scared, too. And talk about Big Brother! They watched you all like hawks, didn't they? I'm glad you only got scolded, though. <BR/><BR/>LindaLinda McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15291670592316021851noreply@blogger.com