Chinese-Australian Writer Burst Into Tears While Watching the 'Spectacular'

On April 4, the renowned Chinese-Australian writer, Ms. Tao Luosong, watched the third show of the Divine Performing Arts Chinese Spectacular in Sydney. The performance aroused deep feelings in Tao, even causing her to burst into tears. She said China needs these kinds of performances and needs the truth.

Tao was particularly interested in one segment of the program entitled "The Risen Lotus Flower," which depicted Falun Gong practitioners imprisoned and persecuted in China by the Chinese communist regime for their faith. "When I watched the part where the prison guards shocked the practitioners with electric batons, I recalled the 28 and a half months when I was imprisoned by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and couldn't help bursting into tears," remarked Tao. "The prison guards were torturing those young ladies, who had done nothing but persist in their belief. I found it very touching."

"I especially like the song 'I Sing for You.' What China needs most is truth," said Tao emotionally, referring to another segment of the program. She was clearly moved not only by the artistic statement of the show, but its message of truth and justice as well. "We should discuss the truth of every event that occurred since the CCP took power. The CCP now forbids people to talk about so many things such as the Cultural Revolution, the June 4th massacre on Tiananmen Square in 1989, and Falun Gong. This won't do," she declared.

"I found it very good that the programs demand truth!" she said.

Tao started publishing articles in the Cheng Ming magazine as early as the 1970s. Because of her unique life experience, the magazine had specifically asked her to write articles about Yu Luoke—a dissident essayist in 60s China, famous for criticizing the Cultural Revolution. Tao's article, originally titled "The Pioneer of Liberation—Yu Luoke," was published with title "A Bright Young Man Shot Dead." The article became the first of its kind to redress the underground author.

In 1991, Tao published an autobiographical novel, "Staying at the End of the World." She brought the manuscript with her when she left the country. The novel was published as a serial in the Sing Tao Daily, and was very well received.

In 1994, she published another novel, "Mistress," which fully detailed the bittersweet existence of a mistress. As people gradually forgot the shadow of the Cultural Revolution, Tao published the unflinchingly truthful and vivid "Dance of Life," arousing the painful memories of that era in Chinese history, with emphasis on deep and profound reflections.

The response to this book was enormous in Australia. Because her literature demonstrated three unique styles of literature, she was dubbed the "Three Number Ones" in Chinese-Australian literary circles.

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