{"id":181464,"date":"2015-02-20T12:49:34","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T20:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=181464"},"modified":"2015-02-23T15:08:08","modified_gmt":"2015-02-23T23:08:08","slug":"feng-zhenghus-airport-diary-national-humiliation-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2015\/02\/feng-zhenghus-airport-diary-national-humiliation-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Feng Zhenghu’s Airport Diary: Our National Humiliation (15)"},"content":{"rendered":"
After he was\u00a0denied re-entry to China eight times, Feng Zhenghu lived in Tokyo\u2019s Narita Airport for 92 days in 2009-2010. Now\u00a0Feng is telling the story of his airport odyssey on his blog, and CDT is translating his account.<\/em><\/p>\n This is part 15. Read previous installments\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n This morning between 9:30 to 9:45 a.m., no flights were scheduled for arrival, so the lobby was quite empty with only a few employees walking by. It was very quiet. Besides Mr. Yu, a painter now residing in Japan who called to offer encouragement, there were no other calls. I sat quietly reading Zhai Minglei<\/a>\u2019s article \u201cBlocking Feng Zhenghu From Returning Home is Our National Humiliation!\u201d [Chinese<\/a>] The more I read, the more moved I became. Tears welled in my eyes, but I tried hard to hold them back. I can\u2019t cry at this place. Perhaps, when I get back home I\u2019ll cry out loud, showing my grief for the motherland.<\/p>\n The ending of the article expresses the sorrow of all Chinese people:<\/p>\n What happened to our country? Why is outstanding talent forced out? Why do hot-blooded men who are unwilling to emigrate end up like this? And patriots being called traitors?!<\/p>\n I am reading a book called “Father\u2019s Battlefield.” It is about Chinese expeditionary soldiers fighting against the Japanese in western Yunnan. I like what the author Zhang Dongpan said, \u201cA real man should never say \u2018love\u2019 easily. Once he says that, he must have the courage to die for it. It doesn\u2019t matter if he loves the motherland or a woman.\u201d<\/p>\n I believe that, through what he is doing at Narita Airport, Feng Zhenghu has proved himself to be a man like this.<\/p>\n Feng Zhenghu hasn\u2019t taken a shower in 12 days. He\u2019s been sleeping on a bench in a Japanese immigration lobby, tired and alone. To me, he seems a reflection of the scholar-officials of millennia ago, who left their motherland, let their hair hang loose, and didn\u2019t bathe eat, or drink in order to ease their suffering. All those noble souls who were unwilling to abandon their country! Is our country mad?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n At around 2 p.m., a friend in Shanghai asked his brother to send me towels, T-shirts, toothpaste and other daily necessities along with a bag of food. At that time, I happened to be negotiating with a representative from All Nippon Airways. I requested that ANA allow me to take their flights. They announced their written decision today, but because of factual errors, had to go back for more discussion. I am waiting for their response. Just as I finished writing this update, I looked up to see a couple of Americans, flight attendants for US Airways. The woman handed me a cup of instant noodles, a pair of chopsticks, and two sandwich biscuits, saying with a smile, \u201cGood luck!\u201d In English, I answered, \u201cThank you.\u201d I saw that the gentleman was holding an English newspaper\u2014perhaps it had my story in it.<\/p>\n In the evening, I wrote the article \u201cFeng Zhenghu\u2019s Twitter,\u201d and I am about to post it on Boxun and other websites to thank my supporters. At around 10:23 p.m., I got a call from the U.S., a journalist from the LA Times who wanted to interview me. It was a busy day. I am a bit tired and need some rest. [Chinese<\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
November 17, 2009<\/h4>\n