Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A1102-W738

魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A1102-W738

Release Date: April 22, 2018

发布日：2018年4月22日

Topic: HUANG Ciping Talks About Mrs. Lois Wheeler Snow in the Live Show of Mingjing TV: A Disaster in China from "Red Star Over China" and Mrs. Snow Sought Understanding From the Chinese

标题：黄慈萍参加明镜直播：《西行漫记》给中国制造灾难，斯诺夫人恳求原谅

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HUANG Ciping Talks About Mrs. Lois Wheeler Snow in the Live Show of Mingjing TV:

A Disaster in China from "Red Star Over China" and Mrs. Snow Sought Understanding From the Chinese

On Monday, April 16, at 11am in the USA (Beijing time 11pm on April 16), HUANG Ciping （@huang_ciping） was invited as the honored guest to appear in the one-hour program hosted by Dr. CHEN Xiaoping （@xchen15） of Mingjing TV to talk about Mrs. Lois Wheeler Snow, who passed away on April 3, 2018 in Switzerland at the age of 97.

Mrs. Snow was the widow of Mr. Edgar Snow, an American journalist and author of "Red Star Over China." The book, published in 1937, was the most influential book on the Western understanding of China at the time as well as being influential on Western sympathy for the Red Chinese guerrilla movement in the 1930s. The book profoundly influenced and impacted modern Chinese history. Although she was invited to China many times as a national guest by the Communist regime, Mrs. Snow was shocked and awakened by the June 4 Massacre in Beijing in 1989 and only returned to China once since then, in her effort to help and support the victims and families of the 1989 Massacre. Since then, she has also clearly expressed her support for human rights and democracy in China, including the flagship Chinese figures such as Wei Jingsheng.

Both Wei Jingsheng and Huang Ciping, the executive director of the Wei Jingsheng Foundation, had profound friendships with Mrs. Snow and her family for years. During the TV program, as a memorial to Mrs. Snow, Huang Ciping wore a beautiful sweater that was hand knitted for her by Mrs. Snow when she was already 84 years old. Huang recalled the details of how Mrs. Snow and her children attended Wei Jingsheng's speech at the University of Geneva in the spring of 1999, and invited him to their home to make him as a friend, and express and explain their stand for Chinese democracy and human rights.

During the live TV broadcasting, Huang Ciping recalled how nice yet principled Mrs. Snow was, especially in her support for the Chinese people which she recognized later in her life as different from the Chinese Communist regime. In particular, Huang Ciping recalled the press conference in early April 2000 that Mrs. Snow attended in the United Nations' building in Geneva just after she, accompanied by her son Christopher Snow, returned from their last trip to China. There, Mrs. Snow condemned the suppression and abuse of power by the Chinese Communist regime and showed her firm support to the Chinese people just as she thought her husband Mr. Edgar Snow would have if he was alive. Later on, she consulted with us several times as if she should bring Mr. Edgar Snow's ashes back from Beijing University as a gesture.

During the TV show, Huang Ciping also recalled that years after, every spring they would be in Geneva to attend the United Nations' Commission for Human Rights sessions and would visit Mrs. Snow in her home. Mrs. Snow always offered tasty meals to the guests, sometime receiving almost a dozen representatives of the Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition from all over the world. Huang Ciping recalled the heart-warming times when she stayed overnight with Mrs. Snow at her invitation, even though arriving very late in the night. A lover of nature and beauty, Mrs. Snow would decorate Huang's bedroom with fresh spring flowers from her garden. A lover of peace, Mrs. Snow showed her desire to stop war as well as her sympathy for people in suffering.

Mrs. Snow also lent her support to the China briefings Wei Jingsheng and Chinese activists organized in the United Nations building during the Human Rights Commission sessions every year following. This support included giving written statements and even trying to make the almost one-hour trip to show her support personally despite being already in her 80's.

During the one hour long TV interview, Huang Ciping also talked about how Mrs. Snow not only had the determined words for justice, but also action. In June 2000, Mrs. Snow accepted Huang's invitation and flew all way from Europe to Washington DC to join the 11th annual commemoration of the June 4 Massacre hosted by the IFCSS as the primary speaker in front of the Chinese embassy in the USA. When Huang Ciping visited her home, Mrs. Snow also tried to get her help and translation to get connected to the victims and families of the June 4 Massacre, including Ms. Ding Zilin.

Regarding many Chinese thoughts of the misconception of Mr. Edgar Snow's book, Huang Ciping commented that even the Chinese people were deceived by the Communist concealment and lies, including people who became high ranking officials within the Communist system such as Wei Jingsheng's father. It took them years to see the truth and to realize their earlier ideals were not realized in the reality. Indeed, as many people have said, the most successful weapon of the Chinese Communist Party is propaganda, especially so when it was in contrast to the corruptive Kuomintang regime during the 1930's.

Huang Ciping pointed out that even now, the lies of the Communist regime still deceive many people, yet Mrs. Snow clear minded of this, and thus she started to seek the truth. It is even more admirable and brave for Mrs. Snow to take the initiative in seeking understanding and to choose to stand on the side of the Chinese people, instead of the suppressive regime. Regarding host Chen Xiaoping's question (that is also many Chinese peoples' question) of what would Mr. Edgar Snow be thinking now if he was still alive, Huang Ciping expressed her understanding of Mrs. Snow's comment that her husband was trying to defy the censorship to write his books, while he believed Mao Zedong's revolutionary forces were struggling against suppression and abuse of power by the Kuomintang as many Chinese also believed. As the Chinese Communist regime has even more suppression and abuse of power, of course it should be condemned as well. Through her friendship and understanding of the whole Snow family, Huang Ciping felt that if Mr. Snow was alive and knowing the truth, he would take the same stand as his wife did.

During the interview, Huang Ciping also talked about other details she knew about the Snow family, and over the years how much she enjoyed receiving letters from Mrs. Snow, all with beautiful calligraphy-like handwriting of intelligence and emotion - her joy to be a grandma to two beautiful grandchildren and her great sorrow of the death of her son, Christopher. Huang talked about how heartbroken she was at the death of Christopher Snow in the same farmhouse where they met several times and was also where Mr. Edgar Snow died. She also pointed out that the Chinese name for Sian, the daughter of Mrs. Snow, was wrong; she was named after the "West Capital" of Xi'An, another indicator of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Snow's sentimental love of China and the Chinese people.

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Related photos:

On April 16, 2018, Huang Ciping wears the sweater knitted by Mrs. Lois Wheeler Snow:

http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2018/newsletters2018-2/HuangCP180416FWdeck-c-3.jpg

In April 1999, Wei Jingsheng with Mrs. Snow in front of her farmhouse home:

http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2018/newsletters2018-2/SnowLW9904withWeiJS.jpg

On April 12, 2001, Wei Jingsheng speaking to the members of Geneva Pens, with Mrs. Lois Snow & her son Christopher Snow attended:

http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2018/newsletters2018-2/WeiJSonChina010412SnowL&Cetc-c-4.jpg

On April 14, 2002, Wei Jingsheng & Huang Ciping visited Mrs. Snow's home and met with her whole family:

http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2018/newsletters2018-2/SnowLWgranddaughter020414byHuangCPhold-2.jpg

On April 18, 2001, Wei Jingsheng and Huang Ciping were inside of Geneva's United Nations' building before UN Human Rights Commission's session:

http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2018/newsletters2018-2/HuangCP&WeiJS010418inGenevaUN-c-4.jpg

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Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A1102-W738

魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A1102-W738

Release Date: April 22, 2018

发布日：2018年4月22日

Topic: HUANG Ciping Talks About Mrs. Lois Wheeler Snow in the Live Show of Mingjing TV: A Disaster in China from "Red Star Over China" and Mrs. Snow Sought Understanding From the Chinese

标题：黄慈萍参加明镜直播：《西行漫记》给中国制造灾难，斯诺夫人恳求原谅

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黄慈萍参加明镜直播：

《西行漫记》给中国制造灾难，斯诺夫人恳求原谅（《人生之中》）

时间：美国东部时间2018年4月16日上午11点（北京时间4月16日晚23点）

嘉宾：黄慈萍（魏京生基金会执行主任，@huang_ciping）

主持：陈小平（@xchen15）

4月16日星期一美国时间上午11点（北京时间4月16日晚上11点），黄慈萍受邀参加陈小平博士主持的一小时长的明镜电视节目，谈与路易丝·维勒·斯诺夫人的交往及印象。斯诺夫人于2018年4月3日在瑞士逝世，终年97岁。

斯诺夫人是《西行漫记》一书的作者及美国记者埃德加·斯诺先生的遗孀。该书于1937年出版，是当时最影响西方对中国的了解的一本书，也使得西方同情20世纪30年代中国的红色游击运动。这本书深刻地影响了中国近代史。斯诺夫人曾被中共政权多次邀请到中国做客。但1989年北京的六四大屠杀震惊并惊醒了她。她最后一次回中国，试图帮助和支持那些1989年北京大屠杀的受害者和家属。此后，她也明确表示支持中国的人权和民主，其中包括支持魏京生等中国旗舰似的人物。

多年来，魏京生及魏京生基金会执行主任黄慈萍与斯诺夫人及家人保持着深厚的友谊。为了纪念斯诺夫人，在电视节目中，黄慈萍专门穿上了当时已84岁的斯诺夫人专门为她编制的漂亮毛衣出镜。黄慈萍谈论了1999年春，斯诺夫人和她的孩子们参加魏京生在日内瓦大学的演讲，并邀请他到他们家做客，以及表达和解释他们支持中国民主与人权的立场的往事。

在电视直播期间，黄慈萍回忆说，斯诺夫人是个友好但也有原则的人，尤其是在她了解中共之后，她始终坚持支持中国人民。黄慈萍特别回顾了2000年4月初在日内瓦举办的一次新闻发布会。当时斯诺夫人刚在她儿子克里斯托弗·斯诺的陪同下访问中国归来。他们风尘仆仆地来到联合国在日内瓦的大楼。在那里，斯诺夫人谴责中共的镇压和滥用权力，并表示她坚决支持中国的人民。她还表示，如果自己的丈夫埃德加·斯诺还活着，他也会有同样的看法。后来，她还多次向我们咨询，是否应该迁出位于北京大学的埃德加·斯诺的骨灰作为表态。

电视节目中，黄慈萍还回忆到，之后多年，他们每年春天都会到日内瓦参加联合国人权委员会的会议，并去斯诺家访问斯诺夫人。每次探望，斯诺夫人总是为来宾提供可口的饭菜，有时甚至接待了来自世界各地的十来位中国民主运动海外联席会议的代表。黄慈萍还回忆斯诺太太热情邀她在家过夜，尽管她到达很晚，临近深夜。斯诺夫人是一位喜爱自然和美丽的人，她把花园里的刚开的春花装饰在黄的卧室里。斯诺夫人也是一位热爱和平的人，她不仅仅表达出希望战争停止的愿望也极其同情因此受苦受难的人们。

斯诺夫人还身体力行地支持中国的进步，包括支持魏京生和中国活跃人士每年在联合国人权委员会会议期间在联合国大楼内举办的有关中国人权的报告会。八十多岁的斯诺夫人提供了书面发言，甚至尝试从几十公里外赶到，亲临会场表示支持。

在一小时长的电视采访中，黄慈萍还谈到斯诺夫人不仅有正义的言语，也积极地采取行动。 2000年6月，斯诺夫人接受黄慈萍的邀请，不顾年高体弱，从遥远的欧洲飞到华盛顿特区，参加了由全美学自联主办的，在中国驻美使馆门前举办的第11届纪念六四大屠杀的年度活动并作为主宾发言。在黄慈萍访问她时，斯诺夫人还试图让她帮忙和翻译，以便与包括丁子霖女士在内的6月4日大屠杀遇难者和家属联系。

关于许多中国人对埃德加·斯诺先生书中误解的看法，黄慈萍评论说，即使是中国人也被共产主义的隐瞒和谎言所欺骗，其中甚至不乏中共党内高级官员，包括魏京生先生的父亲。他们花了多年时间才看到真相，并意识到他们早先的理想并没有在中国实现。事实上，正如很多人所言，中共最成功的武器是宣传。而与三十年代腐败的国民党政权形成鲜明对比之时，其宣传也就更有迷惑性。

黄慈萍指出，即使是现在，中共的谎言仍然欺骗着很多人，但斯诺夫人却最终能清醒地意识到这一点，并寻求真相。更令人钦佩和勇敢的是，斯诺夫人主动寻求理解，选择站在中国人民的一边，而不是站在压制老百姓的中共政权一边。关于主持人陈小平的问题（这也是很多中国人的问题），如果斯诺先生还活着的话，他会怎幺想，黄慈萍用斯诺夫人的评论回答，即她的丈夫突破审查制度来描述他所相信的毛泽东所代表的革命力量是为了反对国民党的镇压和滥用权力而奋斗，正如当时很多中国人所相信的那样。而中共却镇压更甚并滥用权力，这当然不能接受。黄慈萍认为，出于她对斯诺全家的友谊和了解，如果斯诺先生活着并知道真相，他也会采取与斯诺夫人一样的立场。

在采访中，黄慈萍还谈到了斯诺家的其它详细情况。其中包括多年来她非常喜欢斯诺夫人寄来的亲笔信。斯诺夫人书法美丽，情感真诚。信中，她谈到了给两个美丽孙辈做奶奶的喜悦，以及儿子克里斯托弗死亡时的悲痛。黄慈萍也谈到克里斯托弗·斯诺逝世时她自己是多幺的伤心。克里斯多夫死在他们多次见面的农舍里，那也是埃德加·斯诺先生去世的地方。黄慈萍还指出，所有有关斯诺女儿的中文名字都写错了;她的名字是以中国的城市“西安”命名的，这也表现了是埃德加·斯诺先生和夫人对中国及中国人民的感情。

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