On the evening of January 28, Chinese rights activist Guo Feixiong intended to go to the United States to take care of his wife Zhang Qing, who has terminal liver cancer, but he was intercepted at Shanghai Pudong Airport and announced a hunger strike, and has been out of contact for four days. Zhang Qing, who had just undergone tumor surgery, was grief-stricken and worried about her husband’s Life. A human rights activist told us that the U.S. State Department is negotiating with the Chinese side.
Zhang Qing was due to begin 24 weeks of chemotherapy on Feb. 1, but it has been slightly delayed due to another medical examination. She did not have the strength to speak and replied in writing to the station’s request for comment: “Yang Maodong is on hunger strike in China and we are very worried about his life, please help us to get Yang Maodong to the United States as soon as possible so that he can stop his hunger strike.”
Yang Maoping, the sister of Guo Feixiong (real name Yang Maodong), told the station that Zhang Qing has been having trouble sleeping and eating recently, unable to receive any additional stimulation, and does not even have the strength to cry. “This mental devastation worries me a lot. Zhang Qing couldn’t get up the same day and was not eating well. Nutrition is needed during this Time, followed by chemotherapy. Intestinal surgery requires movement, otherwise there will be intestinal adhesions .”
Yang Maoping said that Guo had no intention of staying in the U.S. He even planned to return to China to try Chinese Medicine once Zhang Qing’s condition had settled.
“At least give the Family a notice, where it is, what is the current state. According to common sense, according to human nature, it is reasonable for such a distraught person to go to take care of his wife. ‘National security’ as the reason is simply stupid thinking. Yang Maodong can’t even catch up with China before; and the purpose of Yang Maodong trying to communicate properly is to make it easier to return to China in the future. He won’t do anything out of the ordinary.”
Yang Maoping: Attacking Guo Feixiong, the Communist Party’s big foreign propaganda is worse than a dog
Last Friday, a large number of “50 cents” accounts suddenly appeared on Twitter, abusing Guo Feixiong and denigrating him as a tool of the U.S. government. Yang Maoping responded by saying, “Please go to an American hospital and investigate if we are really sick. These 50 cents deserve to die and go to hell! These people are worse than animals, and animals have compassion. Our dogs know that I’m leaving (when) I’m not going to let go.”
Since 2009, Zhang Qing has been struggling to make ends meet in the United States with a son and a daughter, working half-time and studying half-time, separated from her husband for 12 years. From 2016 to January 2021, Zhang Qing and her son lived in a small attic with a monthly rent of 700 to 800 square meters, with the refrigerator in the basement and the communal kitchen even further away.
“All these years they (were) thousands of miles apart and (remained) steadfast, which is unimaginable in a secular Marriage. I’ve seen countless secular marriages for money and profit, but they are not, and a marriage of faith is noble.” Yang Maoping said.
“I hope the Chinese government will let my brother come to my wife’s side quickly to take care of her according to humanitarianism and ruling for the people. Not only the U.S. government, but I hope that good people and government agencies around the world will help my brother get to his wife’s side.”
Xu Wenli: Calling on the U.S. to send someone to visit Guo Feixiong
Xu Wenli, one of the organizers of the 1978 Chinese Democracy Wall Movement, asked through this station for channels to provide financial support, and Yang Maoping said that private assistance was acceptable, but that he did not dare to disclose his bank account number, as it would be used as an opportunity to stigmatize him as an opportunity to enrich himself.
Xu Wenli himself left the country in 1993 and 2002 after being rescued by the Clinton and Bush administrations respectively. “The whole West is becoming more and more appeased by the rise of the Chinese Communist Party and is afraid to even talk to them. But the problem of Guo Feixiong is not difficult to solve. If this matter drags on, it will be a shame for the Chinese government and the U.S. government.”
Xu Wenli believes that at least someone should visit Guo Feixiong at the place where he is on hunger strike or at the airport, and negotiate with the local government and the central government to solve the problem as soon as possible.
Chen Guangcheng: Call on Campbell to rescue Guo Feixiong
Chen Guangcheng, a friend of Guo Feixiong and a Chinese human rights lawyer, visited Zhang Qing on Jan. 31 in critical condition, “She was lying in bed, very sad. I tried her pulse. The body’s yang energy is very weak, and she can’t warm up her own body. The tumor in her large intestine was removed, but the one on her liver was still there. The red blood cells were horribly low. Not only could surgery not be done, but chemotherapy was also very dangerous.”
In 2005, Guo Feixiong was kidnapped in the Guangdong Taishi Village election incident, Chen Guangcheng suffered persecution for opposing forced abortions, and Zhisheng Gao was closely monitored after speaking out for Falun Gong. Zhisheng Gao was re-arrested in 2017 and has been alive or dead for more than 1,000 days.
Chen Guangcheng is very worried, “If we all do not make efforts to appeal from all sides, (Guo Feixiong) his results, do not rule out the results like Gao Zhisheng suddenly disappeared three years ago and has not been heard from since.”
Chen Guangcheng, who successfully went to the United States in 2012 after the U.S. government intervened, said the game behind the top leaders at the time was so complex that it would be difficult to repeat. Kurt Campbell, then assistant secretary of state, who intervened with Beijing on his behalf, now serves as the Biden administration’s Indo-Pacific coordinator.
“I was in a situation where my conscience kicked in and got me into the embassy by mistake. If Obama had known beforehand, that kind of thing certainly would not have happened.” Chen Guangcheng recalled, “I had a long talk with Campbell at the embassy. His character is still better than many people. This is something we can hope for with Campbell. Please, Mr. Campbell, play your historic role for the reunification of Guo Feixiong, as much as you can from a humane perspective.”
Fu Xiqiu: U.S. State Department is making urgent representations
On Jan. 29, the U.S. State Department said it is closely following the Guo Feixiong case. EU foreign affairs and security policy spokesperson Nabila Massrali, Congressional and Executive Committee on China (CECC) Chairman James McGovern and House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFC) Chairman Gregory Meeks Gregory Meeks (D-CA) called on the Chinese government to allow Guo Feixiong to leave the country.
On January 30, Rev. Fu Xiqiu, president of the American Christian human rights organization China Aid, received an update from the U.S. State Department’s Assistant Secretary of State that the State Department is stepping up its efforts to negotiate with the Chinese side over the Guo Feixiong case.
“Based on the brutal way the Chinese Communist Party has treated Gao Zhisheng and other human rights activists in the past, it is possible that what he (Guo Feixiong) will do will be more evil than we can imagine. And hopefully Biden’s White House can make some noise about it.” Fu Xiqiu said the most important issue for the Biden Administration is climate change, which requires Chinese cooperation, but it should show its cards to the Chinese Communist Party on the issue of human rights.
“I’m also in contact with national security adviser Jake Sullivan through private relations channels. If someone at his level steps up, even without public statements and private diplomacy, it will be a done deal for Guo Feixiong to come to the United States. Guo Feixiong is the first (human rights) case that the U.S. should respond to by (upholding) the bottom line of values.”
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