让我们保护奥运的纯洁！——致国会议员艾尔．格林先生和尼克．蓝普逊先生的公开信

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休斯敦各位華人華僑，

大家都知道，莊嚴的奧運聖火傳遞最近受到一些暴徒的破壞，那些出格的行為是講究禮義廉恥的中國人所不能接受的， 也是對歐美國家的民主精神的一種踐踏。我們堅決支持北京奧運會，這是中國人引以為自豪的一次盛會，我們相信這次盛會一定會獲得圓滿的成功。

休斯敦的華人社團華協、華夏、知青等起草了一封致休斯敦國會議員的公開信，呼籲他們反對任何干擾奧運聖火傳遞和反對北京奧運會的行為，並通過各自的影響，讓美國的政要出席奧運會或支持奧運會。

北京奧運是奉獻給世界各國人民的盛會，不是也不能是某些團體宣泄政治訴求的舞台，抵制奧運是非理性的，阻攔聖火傳遞是極端的，是對奧運精神的挑戰，是對全世界熱愛和平、熱愛奧運的人民和運動員的挑戰，對此我們表示堅決反對。各位華人華僑，請在這封公開信上簽下你的名字和留下你的電話。各社團請簽名表態，支持這個呼籲，把我們每一個人的綿薄之力匯集起來，推動奧運精神的傳播，推動中美友誼的發展。

（本公开信目前正在各社团征集签名人，目前已经表示参与签名的社团有中国人活动中心、全美华人协会、德州广东总会、休斯顿知青联谊会、华夏学人协会、福建同乡会、山东同乡会、湖南同乡会、休斯顿华人篮球俱乐部等。希望签名社团或个人，可与全美华人协会会长李柏棋女士联系。电话：832－725－9888；电子邮件：beckyli78@hotmail.com。）

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尊敬的艾尔．格林和尼克．蓝普逊议员：

作为在这封公开信上的签名人和您们选区的美籍华人和中国侨民，我们对近来少数藏独分子和部分人权活动人士的行为深感不安。这些人在欧洲一些城市以及美国的旧金山市用各种手段干扰破坏奥运火炬的传递，使火炬传递路线无为变更。我们同时也对美国新闻媒体对这些事件所进行的耸人听闻的炒作深感不安。我们希望您们以选民代表的身份，运用您们的影响力，帮助阻止这些事态的进一步发展，因为这些事态的发展只能损害奥运精神，伤害十三亿中国人民和很多居住在美国的美籍华人的感情，妨害中国民主化的进程。

中国承办2008年奥运会是亿万中国人民和世界各地华人长期以来的梦想。在过去几十年中，中国人民通过自己的经济和政治改革，把一个曾经由国家主控的经济转变成以市场调控为主的经济，实现了经济的持续高速增长，大大提高了占世界人口近四分之一的十三亿人民的生活水平。中国人民才刚刚开始尝到自己努力得来的甜美果实，希望通过主办奥运会来拥抱世界大家庭、贡献自己的聪明才智。对绝大多数中国人来说，承办2008年奥运会是美梦成真，是彻底洗刷自己可爱的国家被人称作“东亚病夫”的奇耻大辱，真正享受作为世界公民的自由。中国人民为融入世界大家庭付出了巨大的努力，他们理应享有一个公允的机会!

“同一个世界，同一个梦想！”是2008年北京奥运会的主题歌。这首歌真切地表达了一个美好的愿望：一个拥有悠久文明但又曾因贫穷软弱而饱受屈辱的民族渴望重振雄风、面向世界的美好愿望。成功地举办这届奥运会，将使全世界了解这样一个民族，亲眼目睹中国和中国人民现在的精神风貌，同时也可更深地认识到当今的中国能够为人类做出积极的贡献。中国得以在世界上重新掘起，是因为中国自己的领导人实行了改革开放政策，是因为亿万勤劳、善良的人民实施了改革开放的举措。他们取得了伟大的成就，理应得到世界人民的尊敬和支持！

毋庸置疑，中国的人权和民主仍需改进，中国人民还没有享受到像我们在美国这样的自由。但是，在中国改进人权状况，实行更广泛的民主，需要依靠谁呢？中华民族和世界上任何其他民族一样，俱有高度的自尊，他们不愿也不会接受外国强权的意志。无论是干扰和破坏奥运火炬传递的敌视行经，还是呼吁抵制奥运会开幕式甚至奥运会的愚蠢主张，都不会给中国人民带来任何好处。恰恰相反，这样做只能事与愿违，只会把中国重新推向孤立，只会开历史的倒车。中国人民应该享有的自由和民主不仅不会因此而改善，他们发展和争取民主自由的进程反而会因此受到滞缓。中国人民知道自己要得到什么，他们会通过自己的努力奋斗得到他们应该享有的一切！他们有权按照自己的方式和进度去实现自己的愿望！

我们深信，各种反华喧闹只代表了少数孤立的组织和个人，他们要么不怀好意，要么实在不了解中国和中国人民。我们恳请您们将我们的立场和观点传递给您们在国会的同事们以及善良的美国人民，帮助大家了解我们所面临的究竟是什么样的利害关系：上述少数人的行为只能给奥林匹克精神造成伤害；只能使中国人民的切身利益，而不是中国政府，受到伤害；只会使美中两国人民之间的友谊蒙受阴影。

让我们将奥运与政治划清界限，保护奥运的纯洁! 让我们支持中国人民办好奥运会，跟他们一起高歌“同一个世界，同一个梦想”!

谨此拜托。

Leave the Olympic Games Out of Politics
----- An open Letter to Congressmen Al Green and Nick Lampson

April 12, 2008

Dear Congressmen Al Green and Nick Lampson,

We, the undersigned Chinese Americans and Chinese residents in your districts, have been much disturbed in recent days by the actions of some small groups of Tibetan independents and human rights activists that either disrupted or altered the route for the carrying of the Olympic torch in several European cities and the city of San Francisco. We are equally disturbed by the sensationalized reporting by the American media for such events. With this open letter, we urge you to use your influence as elected representatives of the people in your districts to help curb such developments that would only tarnish the spirit of the Olympic Games, hurt the feelings of 1.3 billion people in China and many Chinese Americans in the US, and harm the process of democratization in China.

Hosting the 2008 Olympic Games has been a dream of billions of Chinese in China and around the world. In the past several decades, the Chinese people through their own efforts in economic and political reforms have gradually transformed a state-controlled economy into one that is largely market-driven and maintained rapid, sustained economic growth, remarkably improving the standards of living for over 1.3 billion people, nearly a quarter of the world’s population. They have barely tasted the sweet fruits of such efforts and are eagerly wishing to embrace the world family by contributing their share. Hosting the 2008 summer Olympics is regarded by many in China as the realization of a long-cherished dream, a dream of finally and completely eradicating the stigma of their beloved country as the “Sick Man of the East” and a dream to enjoy the liberty as world citizens. They have worked hard to become a part of the world family, and they deserve a fare chance!

“One World, One Dream!” That is the theme song of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. It clearly expresses the wish to be part of the world family by a people with a long history of civilization, but also a people who suffered many humiliations for being poor and weak in the not too distant past. The successful hosting of the Games will allow the rest of the world to understand such a people, to see what China and its people are like today, and to realize what the Chinese can positively contribute to humankind. It was the “open-door” policy initiated by China’s own leaders and carried out by hundreds of millions hard-working, good-willed people that helped China re-emerge into the world. They have done a great job, and they deserve to be respected and honored by peoples around the world!

Granted that there is room for improvement of human rights and democracy in China, and granted that the people in China could enjoy more freedom like us in the US, but who is to improve the conditions of human rights in that country, and who is to bring about more democracy for those people? The Chinese are as proud a people as any around the world, and they are not going to be dictated by foreign powers. Will hostile actions like disrupting the carrying of the Olympic torch and foolish ideas like boycotting the opening ceremony or the Games do any good for the people of China? No! That is the last thing that would help. It will only send China once again into isolation. It will only make history go backward. And it will only hurt rather than help the Chinese people in gaining the freedom and democracy they deserve. The people in China know what they want and will strive to achieve what they desire. They deserve the right to do things at their own will and their own pace!

We believe that the anti-China sensations represented the wish of only some isolated groups of people who, if not ill-willed, must not have a good understanding of China and its people. We urge you, Congressmen, to help get our points across to your colleagues in Congress and to the people of America so that everyone can understand what we believe are at stake: It is the spirit of the Olympic Games that is at stake. It is the interest of the Chinese people, not China’s Central Government, that is at stake. And it is the friendship between the peoples of America and China that is at stake.

Let’s leave the Olympic Games out of politics! Let’s support the Chinese people in becoming part of the “One World, One Dream!”