US geologist thanks Chinese jailers for making him 'stronger'

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US geologist thanks Chinese jailers for making him 'stronger'
AFP

Washington (AFP) - A US geologist who spent more than seven years in a Chinese prison thanked his jailers for making him and his family stronger, in a statement quoting US civil rights champion Martin Luther King and Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Feng Xue, who was convicted on state secrets charges, was immediately deported upon leaving jail in Beijing last week, the US-based Dui Hua Foundation said in a statement.

In an emotional letter reflecting on his ordeal and posted online by his PhD advisor David Rowley, Xue wrote: "I am starting a new chapter of my life, during which I shall make myself worthy of what I have gone through.

"I should also thank those people who plunged my family and me into this agony.

"The anguish made us stronger as a family, gave us an opportunity to prove and further build our character, and offered us a chance to shed old baggage and start a new chapter of our lives."

Xue returned to the US city of Houston and was reunited with his family on Friday, according to Dui Hua, which advocates for clemency and better treatment for prisoners in China.

Full story: https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/27002982/us-geologist-thanks-chinese-jailers-for-making-him-stronger/

-- YAHOO! News 2015-04-07

[wwest5829]

"That which does not kill me makes me stronger". -Nietzsche

[lust]

Sounds like a nutter

[Suradit69]

Sounds like a nutter

What a trenchant and profound analysis. And to think it's now available for everyone to consider without charge.

[cloudhopper]

Sounds like a nutter

Sounds like a master to me.

[ggt]

Oh...please...beat me some more...I just love it when you beat me...thank you so much...

[n210mp]

Sounds like a nutter

Hs statements are beyond your comprehension owd lad, you wouldn't understand at all and your comment make you look like the nutter!

[n210mp]

What courage for a person in those circumstances to still have the moral fibre and pure guts to have the last word!

Respect to you and your family Feng Xue

[rotary]

He's a Geologist. That explains many things.