http://blogs.forbes.com/people/njydj/

【Ping is not the only one who grew up on NUAA campus, and many of us are here in US too close or over 20 yrs. We went through the same CR and same events as children, but she was the only one who experienced the events as she described in the book or many interviews (i.e., “bitter meal” or teacher execution on NUAA which she retracted). She had too many “unique” experiences that were just made for her, no one else.

Anyone read/heard from Ping directly that her father from MIT? I didn’t. If not, don’t believe Chinese media. NUAA had a few professors from overseas date back early years, and were very well known. Any professors with oversea education/training were all above professor ranking 4 (高教4级以上，南航当时只有1个1级教授后来的上海交大校长范绪箕，1个2级教授，不到10个3－4级教授。文革期间，傅苹父亲还没有教授头衔，只是教师）。Her father was not one of them. I know her father’s name but would rather leave him in peace giving he had passed away already.

To add a few more details:
1. China college graduates typically in July, new students start in late Aug or early Sept. Class 1982 (entering in 1978) can easily confirm this.
2. Time gap between 1982 graduation to Jan 1984 coming to US: I heard this from my mother (still living) that Ping Fu did not accept the job assignment upon graduation. Back in early 80s, all graduates were assigned jobs by their colleges. Essentially she was unemployed by not accepting the job assignment. She returned home at NUAA and worked in the univ library as a temp worker. Her father was not happy about the situation, and they were exploring about going to US for study. It was more difficult to obtain US college acceptance and US visa than obtaining Chinese passport in 80s. It might take up a year or so for someone to start exploring US colleges and to leave China. As I said earlier, my father worked with Fu’s father since 50s, I heard this kind of chat on and off.

It should be easy questions for Ping Fu to answer:
1) newspaper name and date of her thesis published
2) UN sanction on China: what was UN resolution number on this sanction? Can she share?

3. During Culture Revolution, Ping Fu had to live by herself in dorm: I think the “dorm” she referring to is the employees’ dorm (员工宿舍，essentially apt). My sister, one yr older than Ping Fu also had to live in dorm by herself becuase younger ones (not yet in grade school like me) were group boarding at university kindergarten. Parents basically bought meal vouchers (meal tickets) for older kids at employees’s cafe located at the employees dorm area or they might have to prepare meal for themselves. NUAA has 2 sections, teaching and student dorm area (29 Yu Dao Jie，御道街29号), and cross street, emplyees’ dorm (apt) area (30 Yu Dao Jie, 御道街30号) where we had lived。I don’t know what the “evacuated university campus..” means…although it was true that parents were sent to “re-education” or “study group” for a period of time, sometime just cross street at teaching/student dorm section of NUAA and they were not allowed to return home. Children were left behind to fan themselves. One-room dorm was norm to most working at NUAA during that time. Many from China will understand this situation.
4. Ping Fu’s parents (either one or both) were Shanghai native. They were probably in and out of Shanghai like we did when young during school breaks. But she grew up in Nanjing and went to the same grade school as my sister because they were only a year apart.

I cheer and appauld for Ping Fu’s success in US. I didn’t recognize her until a recent email exchange between my mom and another over 80 yr old mutual colleague of both my father and Ping Fu’s father mentioned about her. However, her sucessful US story should not be built on the fabricated story as the personal experience during China culture revolution.

Jenna, I did watch your interview of Ping Fu and search other available English media on her story. What I comment is not based on ForbesChina and not because of inaccurate translation.】