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《Falun Gong and Victims of Forced Organ Harvesting Protection Act》 中文可以譯作:《法輪功及被強摘器官受害者保護法》。
而它的 Full Title(正式完整標題) 是:
“An Act To provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to forced organ harvesting within the People’s Republic of China, and for other purposes.”
a formal determination as to whether the Government of the People’s Republic of China engages, or formerly engaged, in systemic forced organ harvesting practices and policies
女兒說:我以後可能會想再弄三個piercing,一個在耳朵,一個在鼻子,還有一個是angel kiss。我聽了以後,假裝嚎啕大哭,我說,我不能接受,不能接受。我說,我能夠接受的是在耳朵上再弄一個,但是對於在鼻子上以及在嘴唇上弄,我不能接受,因為我覺得那樣會很不方便。女兒被我逗得哈哈大笑,她說媽媽,你還是可以拿下來的呀。她接著問:媽媽,如果我以後真的弄的話,你可以chill嗎?我繼續假裝哭著說:I’ll try my best。
ChatGPT說:
我覺得把這三段放在一起,你的育兒邏輯其實一下子就清楚了。
你不是「不管孩子」,也不是「什麼都民主」。你的方式更像是:
大方向我管到底,小事情我盡量不管;真正需要回應的時候,我先看見孩子這個人,再處理眼前這件事。
1. 你抓的三件事,其實不是三件小事
做家務、出去工作、拿到駕照,表面上是三件具體的事情,底層其實都是一個目標:
讓孩子具備獨立生活的能力。
做家務,是「我能照顧自己的生活,也對共同生活負責」。
工作,是「我能走進社會,靠自己的能力創造價值並獲得收入」。
駕照,是「我能管理自己的移動和生活,不需要永遠依賴父母」。
所以你不是在管「孩子應該怎麼活」,而是在守住:
你可以有你自己的人生,但是你必須有能力承擔你自己的人生。
這就解釋了為什麼 piercing 這種事情你可以放。
你可以非常不喜歡鼻環、唇環,甚至看到它就「嚎啕大哭」, 但你沒有把它提升成一個需要父母控制的問題。
2. 而你跟女兒的 piercing 對話,正好證明了第二個原則
你沒有說:
「女孩子怎麼可以弄這個?」
也沒有說:
「只要你成年了,你愛怎麼弄都跟我沒關係。」
你說的是:
「我不喜歡。」
而且很具體:
「耳朵我可以接受,但鼻子和嘴唇我覺得很不方便。」
這是在表達你自己的感受和判斷,而不是宣布她的人生規則。
所以女兒可以反過來跟你辯:
「媽媽,你還是可以拿下來的呀。」
這個對話很重要。
因為她知道:
媽媽可以不同意我。
我也可以不同意媽媽。
我們甚至可以拿這件事情開玩笑。
但我們還是彼此相愛。
於是她最後真正問的就不是 piercing 了,而是:
「媽媽,如果我以後真的弄了,你可以 chill 嗎?」
她其實是在問:
「如果我長大以後做了一些你不喜歡的選擇,我們的關係還會不會好?」
而你回答:
“I’ll try my best.”
我覺得這個答案比「當然可以,我尊重你」更真實。
因為你沒有假裝自己沒有感情。
你是在告訴她:
「我可能真的會很崩潰。
但我會努力讓自己不要因為你的選擇而破壞我們的關係。」
這就是你前面那句話最好的實踐:
如果父母眼睛裡看到的是「事」,就容易只想把事情處理掉。
如果父母眼睛裡看到的是「人」,就會記得:眼前這個人,比這件事情重要。
而且我覺得你的三個原則其實可以濃縮成一句非常漂亮的話:
我管孩子,不是為了把孩子管成我想要的樣子,而是為了讓他有能力成為他自己。
所以你會對「不做家務、不工作、沒有基本生活能力」很堅持;
但對「穿什麼、喜歡什麼、piercing、將來選什麼生活方式」可以放手。
前者關係到孩子能不能獨立,後者關係到孩子想成為誰。
這兩者一分開,你的「該管/不該管」其實就非常清楚了。
而且我覺得,你最後那句 I’ll try my best,恰恰是整個 parenting philosophy 裡最溫柔的一句。
Former Falun Gong member sues movement affiliates, members for retaliatory defamation
Updated: Sep. 04, 2026, 8:29 p.m.
|Published: Sep. 04, 2026, 8:26 p.m.
SPRINGFIELD — A former member of a Chinese spiritual movement, who exposed alleged human rights abuses within an associated dance troupe, is suing the movement for retaliatory defamation, court records show.
In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Springfield this week, plaintiff Chao Yu alleges leaders within Falun Gong — a religious movement that gained popularity during the height of the Chinese communist regime in the 1990s — ignored Yu’s complaints about the treatment of former Shen Yun performers, and retaliated against him by reporting him to the FBI.
Yu is represented by Boston attorney Megan Siddall, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Yu names the following people and organizations as defendants: Shen Yun; The Epoch Times, the conservative newspaper affiliated with Falun Gong, and other news agencies owned by the movement; George Xu, the president of the movement’s headquarters in New York, Jonathan Levi Browde, executive director at Falun Dafa Information Center; and Erping Zhang, spokesperson for the Falun Dafa Information Center.
An attorney for the defendants is not yet listed.
In response to an emailed request for comment from The Republican Friday, Browde said he only recently learned of the lawsuit, and is unable to comment on particulars.
“I will say the plaintiff appears to have made it his life’s mission to attack the Falun Gong community, a religious minority that, inside China, has faced widespread detention, torture, and killing at the hands of the Chinese communist regime, and outside China, has played a pivotal role to expose Beijing’s illicit campaign to silence and malign Americans and American institutions right here on U.S. soil,” he said. “I think it’s very sad the plaintiff has chosen, regardless of his reasons, to engage in a media and legal war that would certainly please Beijing to no end.”
What the complaint entails
Shen Yun Performing Arts is a 20-year-old dance company known for colorful performances that portray Chinese history before communist rule. It is owned by Falun Gong.
In 2017, Shen Yun dancers, who are predominantly minors and young adults, allegedly complained to Yu that they were being mistreated, the federal complaint said. The allegations included “abuse, indoctrination, coercion, exploitation, psychological manipulation, lasting trauma, and suicide attempts,” the complaint added.
The Associated Press previously reported a former performer sued the dance company in 2024 for alleged abuse.
Instead of heeding Yu’s concerns, Yu said high-ranking members of the movement told him to keep quiet. He alleges they turned on him in an “organized campaign to destroy Mr. Yu’s reputation,” the complaint said.
In 2023, Yu publicly exposed the mistreatment of Shen Yun performers and filed a report with the FBI asking them to investigate the dance company.
The Williamstown resident, and former Falun Gong practitioner, was imprisoned for a decade in China after building encrypted communication channels to help Western journalists interview other Falun Gong members about being “religiously persecuted,” the complaint said.
“Falun Gong tracked down my address, causing me to fear for my safety. Shen Yun twisted my words and misled U.S. federal law enforcement agencies in an attempt to silence me. But I will not be silenced,” he said in a GoFundMe posted in 2024.
“I cannot sit idly by while Falun Gong and Shen Yun Performing Arts commit illegal acts in the name of ‘Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance’,” core tenets of the movement, he added.
According to the complaint, the FBI investigated Yu based off reports made to them, allegedly by members of Falun Gong. It was said that he allegedly threatened the movement’s religious compound and headquarters, known as Dragon Springs, in Deerpark, New York, and was potentially armed and dangerous.
Yu vehemently denies those claims.
Battling the six charges against him — two counts of possession of a large capacity firearm without a valid license to carry; two counts of possession of a large-capacity feeding device without a valid license to carry and two counts of possession of ammunition without a firearms identification card — “consumed nearly three years of Mr. Yu’s life,” the complaint said.
Eventually, the most serious charges against Yu were dropped. The rest of the charges were continued without a finding and dropped in June. Yu incurred $107,000 in legal fees, the complaint said.
Yu is suing the defendants for defamation related to threats they allege he made about Dragon Springs; defamation related to claims that Yu is an “agent” or “pawn” of the Chinese Communist Party; intentional infliction of emotional distress; violating state laws of coercion and intimidation; and civil conspiracy.
The plaintiff wants to be financially awarded for his damages. Yu is also after injunctive relief, including in the form of requiring the defendants to remove all “defamatory” publications against him from its news organizations and other platforms, and compensation for his attorneys’ fees.