- For the sake of integrity, I'm answering your two questions with no hedge: neither was applicable to me!:)
1。我当年是所谓“自费公派”，拿美方钱，由中国官方帮助办签证，未需面谈。即便面谈了，我也会给出你所讲的答案，因为在当时的情况下，确实也没想到会要在美国留下来。不管怎么说，当时还是“梯队”成员嘛。：）
2。国内签协议更是我出国N年后，你们小辈儿遇上的事。我们那年月，恐怕连领导同志也还没想到有人会要留在“水深火热”的美国。
That said, I know what you meant. I'd like to say to you that I only surpass you in having a more cynical view of world.:):):)
令胡冲 wrote:
Oh, dear. That's not "vigorous writing" for sure. If you just got too many words to tell, then you simply can't tell a word, or say the word. :)
Could I be forgiven to talk about one real-world example, to inspect whether I followed up the basic understanding of Integrity and whether able to hold its basic value when facing a simple choice of the life?
We all know Chinese citizen needs a visa to study and Live in US. There has been a standard question in the visa interview for 30 years, also in the legally-binding questionnaire, which is "Will you come back to China after your study or visiting"? - You have the responsibility to tell the truth; you can choose to lie; you understood it may affect your life for next 40 years. So, what was your answer, Dear Old Shang? :)
If with China's public funding in early years, you might have been able to avoid the visa interview, but there should be a kind of "contract" in Chinese with the "State", also legally binding, explicitly defined the term and ask the applicant's return on completion, if I understood it correctly. Was there such a one, and did anybody still living abroad sign it? :))
I hope this question is no too intrusive to anyone with so far the best understanding of as well as the best faith in the word "Integrity". :)
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