webfact Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 US geologist thanks Chinese jailers for making him 'stronger'AFPWashington (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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwest5829 Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 (edited) "That which does not kill me makes me stronger". -Nietzsche Edited April 7, 2015 by wwest5829 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lust Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Sounds like a nutter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Suradit69 Posted April 7, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2015 Sounds like a nutter What a trenchant and profound analysis. And to think it's now available for everyone to consider without charge. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloudhopper Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Sounds like a nutter Sounds like a master to me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggt Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Oh...please...beat me some more...I just love it when you beat me...thank you so much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n210mp Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n210mp Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotary Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 He's a Geologist. That explains many things. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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