right after an awesome anatomy lecture today, i rushed over to the architecture building for a public lecture by Mr Chen Yonglin, the infamous chinese agent who has just "defected" and got a "protection visa" in australia. (something like political asylum)

as i stepped in, it seemed like an auction, or market. there were these couple of china men shouting at the speaker on stage...calling him things like "liar, traitor, betrayer of the motherland!" it was quite an emotionally charged atmosphere as i watched patriotic china people stand up and accuse him of spreading a pack of lies about china.

this guy used to work for the chinese consulate in sydney, after being in the foreign service for some time. he claims that his dad was killed by the communist party when he was just 3 years old, simply for writing a poster supporting the democracy movement.

strangely enough, he joined the party for almost 20 years and despite having risen through the ranks, he recently decided to "leave his motherland"