November 26, 2002
Dear Xuefei,
I have been increasingly missing you since I haven't received any news about
you lately from my phone conversation with your mother. Your mother was
in such poor health that she was unable to travel the long distance to visit
you in the
last few weeks.
Time flies and it has been two years since we last saw each other. The
days when we were together seem so near that it is like yesterday. I
remember our last trip to Gansu. We stopped over in the city of Baoji and
stayed for a couple of days. We were strangers to the city and it seemed
a world for just two of us. We went to a park and rented a small pedal
boat. We enjoyed the beautiful lake, the escape and the serenity.
I just spoke to a person who was recently released from your labor camp. I was
deeply agonized by what she told me about your experiences: after long hours of
needlework, your eyes became so red and swollen; you were under 24-hour
surveillance by another cellmate day and night; you were being followed,
monitored closely even when you went to sleep, took a shower or used the
bathroom. It is the so-called "Assistance Education
Program." As a result of your refusing to be
"reformed," you were completely stripped [of your clothing] and made
to sit on the cement floor in wintertime, and you were exposed to the hot sun
for long hours in summer. It was said that labor camp staff member Wang Peahen
(from the 2nd section, class 308) ordered you not to speak to anybody!
Those who came out of the Sansui Labor Camp told me, "Those who refuse to
renounce their belief in Falun Gong will be driven insane if he/she is strong
willed.
According to your mom, your eyesight has deteriorated so much that it is almost
completely lost in such an inhuman environment.
Xuefei, we are not alone. There are hundreds of overseas Chinese people who
have loved ones incarcerated in China for their practice of Falun Gong. I
joined the International Family Rescue Campaign. The local Atlanta
newspapers and TV have covered our story, which has touched the hearts of many
kind people that you have never met. Words that people most often say to
me are, "Please let us know how we can be of any help,"
"Wish you good luck," "Hope that your wife will be soon free and
join you in the US."
Once I went to a nearby copy shop to have a poster with your photo laminated
which read, "Please help rescue my wife." Upon seeing your photo, a
store associate asked about you. When I told him that you are being
persecuted for your belief and as a result of torture your eyesight is almost
completely gone, this young American man's eyes became wet.
The famous Emory University Student Government Association has championed an
inter-collegiate effort to support the rescue effort for the family rescue
campaign. They have unanimously passed a resolution to appeal to the US
government to rescue you from the labor camp.
Amnesty International will file your case.
Many members of the US Congress and Senate have written to the State Department
and President Bush concerning your case.
The Georgia State House of Representatives will pass a resolution to condemn
the persecution of Falun Gong and support the family rescue efforts. The
Resolution will be copied to the administration of President Bush, US Congress,
State Department, and the China Embassy in Washington DC.
Recently the Canadian government has successfully helped several detained
Canadian Falun Gong family members gain early release from prison and join
loved ones in Canada.
I am confident that with the righteous support of the international community
and US government, you will be freed and join me in the United States.
I am doing well here. The work has kept me quite busy. During my spare
time, I teach free Falun Gong classes in the nearby Smyrna Community
Center. Many American people come to learn the exercises and find Falun
Gong helpful for stress relief and healing. Many told me they have
experienced improved health and positive life changes through the practice of
Falun Gong and the principle of truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance.
The persecution seems formidable but it is indeed so weak that it can't
withstand any light of truth. When appealing to the Guangdong Labor Camp
Office for your release, I told them a true story: Guangzhou TV station's
"City Topic" program reported a story about Zou Ling, a nurse at
Guangzhou Tumor Hospital (Laser department), who committed suicide in May 1999.
The Deputy Party Secretary of the hospital told the TV reporter that it was
Falun Gong that caused Zou Ling to committed suicide. However, her
parents and husband who is a doctor at this hospital acknowledged that she was
not a
practitioner of Falun Gong at all.
I said to them, "You don't have to believe what I say. I just hope you can
make an investigation just to find out the truth by yourself." In
order to justify the persecution, the state-run media has been used to deceive
the public with blatant lies and fabricated stories. The
persecution cannot be maintained any longer when truth is clarified to all
people. Ex-President of the United States of America Lincoln said something
like, you can fool some people all of the time, and you can also fool all
people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people at all
times. His words are very true.
You are a precious girl of your parents. The news of your being imprisoned was
devastating to them. I deeply shared their pain and emotional agony. I
invited them to come visit the US. They said to me they would come with
you. I don't think that day is far away from now.
Your mom empathized with me being lonely and sad all by myself
overseas. She once said to me, "If you see any other girl you like,
you may want to go ahead marry her." I told her, "Xuefei is my
one and only. I will wait for her for the rest of my life."
Love,
Zhouhui
From Atlanta, GA, USA