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WANGNEWS OPINION PAGE
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| If Only Bodies Could Tell Their Story When I look at the faces of these Bodies on Exhibition (those who still have a face and not reduced to lungs, hearts and other excised organs) I see more than veins, nerves, and tissue. I see a person who looks like me. The thoughts that go through my mind are what is this individual's name, who were his parents, did he or she have a family and young ones? I want to ask: “Please tell us, sir - how did you die?” I want to know: “how did you end up here in Cincinnati, stripped of your clothing and your skin and with your most private organs exposed for anyone to behold?” We know that technicians in China prepared these bodies for exhibition using a process called “plastination” that was invented by a German doctor turned businessman. There are allegations that the Chinese government may be even implicated in providing some of the bodies, unidentified, unclaimed and of uncertain origin. For myself, I am looking forward to seeing Chinese athletes, whose names may live forever, win some gold medals in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. I will take vicarious pride in my distant relatives for their prowess in gymnastics, basketball, etc., whenever a gold medal will go to China, even if these Games be a form of “export entertainment.” It is a shame that China also exports dead bodies, cut up and manipulated into a pretense of playing baseball, football, and what-not. I must cry out “shame on you, China” and more shame if our Chinese American community pretended this Exhibition is nothing to be outraged about. The world then truly can say the Chinese will sell anything to make a buck. “Please tell us, sir - how did you die?” In my dreams, I hear these Bodies speak to me and the truth they whisper is the stuff of nightmares. I long for the break of dawn when sad apparitions fade in the light of day. Charleston C. K. Wang - 3/20/2008. Mr. Wang is an immigration attorney whose practice includes pleading on behalf of asylum seekers and victims of torture. Click here to provide your feedback and comments. |
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