I'm not an expert in law, but this whole thing is very counterintuitive.
What exactly did she admit to? How do we know that?
Why is this even a possible thing in the first place? -- If she was against the law, shouldn't the plaintiff persecute her instead of making a deal?
I wrote this essay yesterday in Chinese and was going to post it on Chinese social media, but ended up opting for something much shorter. Decided to post a translation to r/Sino for my thoughts on this egregious violation of rights and the now happy ending.
It's been 1028 days, and Meng Wanzhou can finally come home.
I still remember clearly on December 1, 2018, as I was scrolling through the news [probably r/Sino lol] and seeing Meng Wanzhou getting arrested. I felt a deep resentment. By the end of the month, I bought a Huawei phone, and never used an iPhone ever again.
Why was I so angry? As an American-born Chinese, the trials Meng Wanzhou was facing reminded me what was so-called "democracy", "rule of law", and "justice" in the United States.
What is the American justice that we Chinese ๅไบบ enjoy? It is the countless massacres on the mid-19th century West Coast. It is the forced labor, exploitation, and expulsion of the late 19th century. It is discrimination. It is murderers who take the life of a Chinese person yet never sit in prison. It is the construction of railroads, universities, cities, and empires on the foundation of the suffering of Chinese people ไธญๅฝไบบๅไพจๅไบบ. It is that in the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, the only one prosecuted by the feds was a small bank serving Chinatown. It is that Americans anywhere can trample on the rights of Chinese people ไธญๅฝไบบๅไพจๅไบบ.
Yet in 2018, as China rises and slowly strives for a better future, the United States still dares to infringe on the legitimate rights of Chinese people, deprive them of their freedom, and treat them unequally? How could this be? Today's China is certainly not the China of the 19th century! Us Chinese Americans ๅจ็พๅไพจๅไบบ have had enough of America's "justice". The Chinese people will not accept this ไธญๅฝไบบไธๅ่ฟไธๅฅ!
The people are at peace when the country is strong ๅฝๅผบๆฐๅฎ. This is something taught to me not by the United States, but by my motherland. That the Chinese people worldwide ๅ จ็ๅไพจๅไบบ can lift their heads and cast their gazes onto a better tomorrow and enjoy welcome and equal treatment from peoples of all the world is because behind the Chinese people ๅไพจๅไบบ is a prosperous, strong, and beautiful motherland. That Meng Wanzhou could return home without admitting any wrongdoing, protecting the dignity of the Chinese people ไธญๅฝไบบ, is because a united motherland is there. As an American-born Chinese who had forgotten his mother tongue, homeland, and motherland, that I can feel pride and op
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A translation of a post by Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on the social media platform WeChat, as she flew home to China. The post was shared with The Globe and Mail and has been widely referenced in Chinese state media.
It is dark outside the porthole, and the flight lights on the wings are flickering, the glimmers look particularly warm in the night sky. At this moment, I am flying over the North Pole, towards the direction of home, I will soon be thrown into the arms of the great motherland, after three years of the motherland being at the end of the world. People always feel afraid [melancholic] when they move close to their hometown, I feel the same. Unconsciously the tears blurred my eyes.
Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, our motherland is moving towards prosperity, without a strong motherland, I wouldnโt enjoy the freedom that Iโve got today. The old scenes flash, as if a generation has passed, but they are still vivid. For the past 1,028 days, there have been moments of confusion, where I hesitated and was unable to make decision.
For the past 1028 days, I wandered day and night, even if a million words cannot describe what I went through. For the past 1,028 days, everyday repeated itself but I had no idea where would be my home. โPeople who have not cried in the middle of the night are not qualified to talk about life.โ Falling into the abyss again and again, entering into the dark night again and again, all these experiences made it hard for me to fall asleep and the feelings have been imprinted on my bone and engraved on my heart.
Tears and complaints cannot resolve the sorrow, the sadness over the change of seasons cannot get me out of the mud. Instead of struggling in the hardship, turning the heart to the sun to get out of the haze and smog will be more helpful. Some wind and waves are hard to avoid and they are dangerous, but only facing it will enable us to sail to a place thatโs far away. Some arrivals might take longer time, but after the twists and turns the boat will eventually be anchored to the shore.
Many times I ran, many times I fell, only this time I feel strong; Countless departures, countless homecoming, but this one brought tears to my eyes. There is al
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