A Conversation with A Chinese Foreign Exchange Student in Belgium

(Clearwisdom.net)

This is a hopeful story about a Chinese foreign exchange student in Belgium.

I work at a company that provides an industrial cleaning service. For the summer holidays, the company employs students who want to make some extra money during the summer. They also have a very open policy towards foreigners.

This week, riding home in a van from the steel factory we had been working at, a Falun Gong flyer I had given to the foreman was lying on the dashboard. The person sitting next to me picked it up, and the foreman told me that the Asian student in the back was from China. I took the flyer and showed it to him, saying with a smile: "You know what this is, don't you?" He returned the smile and took the flyer. I said: "The media in China claims it's a big problem in China, doesn't it?"

"Falun Gong?" he said, and he slid his finger across his throat making a croaking sound, saying as much as, yes, if they find you with this in China, you are a dead man. Anyway, he started reading--or, rather, intensely absorbing--the leaflet. He read for a long time. It made me happy.

When we got out of the van, I asked him if he personally had known of people being arrested. At that moment he immediately became very evasive to the point of almost running away. I asked him: "Ha, you had to sign a paper when you left, didn't you?" This made him smile, and he regained some of his confidence.

During our conversation the student alternated between genuine interest and great apprehension. At one point he showed real fear that I might actually be some undercover agent working for the Chinese government sent to test his loyalty. Indeed, the persecution extends abroad, and the deviousness of Jiang's followers seems to know no limits when it comes to the persecution of Falun Dafa.

He then asked me how long I had been practicing Falun Gong, and if I had a Master. "Li Hongzhi", I said. He nodded in understanding.

He said he was from Beijing. I asked about the anti-Falun Gong campaign on television, and he said he didn't watch TV. Then he asked me why I practiced Falun Gong, what I was looking for, how I felt. When I was talking, he suddenly added: "Yes, and your diseases have vanished!"

I had completely forgotten that I had been at home for nearly two months with an injured Achilles tendon when I started practicing Falun Gong, and it disappeared in two weeks, to never hinder me again.

There was such a wealth of meaning in how he said this. He was acknowledging a truth he had heard many times before. He knew Falun Dafa was good. The people in China know Falun Dafa is good. They remember how it was, how it brought change to the world. The Chinese people think: finally a blessing to come over us, bringing peace and good fortune, and then they (Jiang's faction) outlaw it. Worse, they cruelly attempt to destroy it.

Yes, the Chinese people fear the cruelty of the persecution, but their memories won't lie to them! They know, in their hearts, the truth, and many remember: Falun Dafa is good!