Uhambo lwe-China
Intombazane encane ezalwa eHong Kong iya eCanada nomndeni wayo ngemuva kokuchotshozwa kwesigameko somfundi eTiananan Square eBeijing. Eminyakeni engamashumi amabili kamuva, ubuya futhi ngokusebenzisa ukubika kwakhe, sivunyelwe ukuthi sizenzele ikhethini lesilikhi, okwamanje.
Igama lakhe nguJoanna Chiu. Wakhulela eVancouver waba umlobi wezombusazwe, elandela ukuthungatha okuthile okwakungeyona into efanelekayo, kodwa ngandlela-thile eyakhayo, isifiso sokuqonda izwe lakhe kanye nesiko esakha umsebenzi wakhe.
Njengoba uJoanna akhule entshonalanga eCanada, ufunde ngokubulawa kukaJuni no-4, i-Kuomintang, i-Sun Yat-sen, iChiang Kai-shek, nokubunjwa kwezwe engazange alwazi ngokugcwele ekhaya lakhe labafuduki. U-Joanna waqhubeka efuna ukwazi ukuthi impilo yakhe ingase ibe njani uma ezalwa ezweni, lapho amadodakazi ewumthwalo wemindeni yendabuko ngaphansi komgomo wezingane waseChina (usanda kwandiswa kwaba ababili). Wafunda izihloko mayelana nokuthi amantombazane avame ukushiywa noma avunyelwe ukutholwa. Ingabe umndeni wakhe wawungamfuni?
Izinqubomgomo eziningi zeChina kanye nama-idiosyncrasies kuye kwachazwa njenge-opaque, kodwa njengomzali, ikakhulukazi umzali wesentshonalanga osamukelayo njengami, imibono yomndeni kanye nomzali ongayedwa ekubhekiseni isimo sombuso ayinakuphulukiswa. Ukuze uthole ukuqonda okunye, ngincoma ucezu lukaJoanna , Abazali abangabodwa: Pariahs , kodwa kufanele ngikuqaphele ukuba ubeke eceleni isikhathi esengeziwe; uzofuna ukufunda okuningi komsebenzi wakhe.
UJoanna wayenenhlanhla; owazalwa emndenini osendaweni ephakathi eHong Kong owabona uTiananmen njengokwenyusa ukucindezelwa eHong Kong lapho iBrithani ichitha ukulawulwa kwalesi siqhingi emuva ku-PRC ngo-1997. Umndeni wakhe wabaleka eCanada, njengoba kunamakhulu ezinkulungwane ngaphambili kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, "ukuphindaphinda" njengoba uJoanna athi, "izitolo, izindawo zokudlela, namakholomu."
Wayefuna ukufunda okuningi kunalokho ayekufunda ezincwadini zasentshonalanga futhi wayazi ukuthi unikezwe, "ithuba eliyingqayizivele lokuphila nokufundiswa eCanada, ukuze ngithole lonke lolu lwazi mahhala kimi." Izingane ezizibiza ngokuthi i-nerdy, yachitha isikhathi sayo esikhululekile emtatsheni wezincwadi. "Nganginomuzwa wokuthi ngibekwa ngokukhethekile ukuze ngizame futhi ngifunde kabanzi futhi ngiyaxoshwa ukuze ngifunde ngomlando waseChina."
U-Joanna wayengumlando omkhulu eNyuvesi yaseBrithani Columbia futhi wathatha izifundo eziningi zomlando waseShayina, efaka isiqu semfundo ehloniphekile yomlando eyamvumela ukuba aphishekele ucwaningo lwakhe. UJoanna wakhuluma isiCanton ekhaya kodwa ekolishi wafunda ulimi lwesiMandarin, lwaseBeijing. Kamuva waya e-Columbia University ku-Masters wakhe encwadini ye-journalism, lapho anikezwa khona ubudlelwane be-Leo Hindery. Kuyo yonke impilo yakhe wayefunde okuningi ngeChina wayethandwa ukuba abe ezweni.
Indlela
E-Columbia, uJoanna wathatha izifundo eziningi ezincwadini zangaphandle, "Ngangifuna ukuba ngumkhulumeli waseChina ngamashumi amabili nanhlanu." I-Columbia yaba nobuhlobo ne-South China Morning Post (SCMP) abengena eHong Kong. Ngokushesha wabeka umsebenzi wezintatheli zabasebenzi futhi waphuma kule ofisi cishe iminyaka emithathu, ebhala izindaba eziningi zaseChina njengoba ekwazi futhi eziphazamisa uhambo oluya ezwenikazi, okwenza uxhumano futhi asebenze ngokuzikhandla ukuze azise yena nemithombo yakhe.
Wayekhululekile futhi lapho ekwazi, ukubhala i-AP ne -Economist , okwakuyi-author omkhulu eHong Kong cishe izinyanga eziyishumi nesishiyagalolunye. UJoanna wachaza ukuthi kukhona ama-visas abambalwa be-China okumele athole ukuncintisana, kwadingeka asebenze kanzima ukuze agcwalise ukuqhubeka kwakhe. Ekugcineni wenza umsebenzi kumqashi wakhe wamanje, u-Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA). Ngemuva kokuzibophezela kwabo eHong Kong wagijima evulekile eBeijing futhi wathuthela lapho ukuze asebenze isikhathi esigcwele se-DPA ngoNovemba 2014.
Beijing
Ukubeka eceleni umqondo wokuthi uJoanna uhlala nezihlungi zomoya ezimboni ezimbili ukuze asuse indawo yakhe ye-studio yokungcola, "Ukusebenza eBeijing Nganginomuzwa wokuthi nginezinga eliphakeme lokuphila. EHong Kong ngangibhala izici, ngihamba ngezindaba, nge-freelancing futhi izabelo zomsebenzi wami wosuku lwami, ukubika izindaba zansukuzonke kweHong Kong.
EBeijing, ngangizogxila futhi ngithathe isikhathi sami ukuthuthukisa izindaba. "
Inselele entsha eBeijing yayifunda ukufunda i-newswire futhi inqume ukuthi yini ephula, indlela yokubhala ngayo inhlangano yezindabazindaba. Ubuye waqhubeka nokulinganisela umsebenzi wokubika nsuku zonke ngezabelo zokuzimela kanye nokubonakala kumaphengathi afana ne-BBC World. UJoanna akanamahloni ezinselele. Hlola indaba yakhe yokuhlala "esitelekeni esincane" ukuze uqonde ububanzi bokuntuleka kwezindlu kweHong Kong. Kumuntu ohlala eVancouver nase-NYC, lokhu okuhlangenwe nakho; izindonga ezivuthiwe, izingqimba zokungcola, imithwalo enobumba kanye nezimo ze-claustrophobic, kwakuyinkimbinkimbi.
Yini afundile ukuthi ayikwazi ukufundiswa emakilasini we-journalism? "Okuhlangenwe nakho okubaluleke kunazo zonke kwakuhlanganisa i-Occupy Movement, (Kwakungewona nje i-sanguine Umbrella Revolution njengoba kuboniswe lapha entshonalanga-kuboniswa ezinye zezindaba zikaJoanna ezokuxhumana kwabantu kusukela ngaleso sikhathi). Ukusebenza njengomlobi wezincwadi eChina kufanele funda ukuthi uqaphele ekufinyeleleni abantu kanye nemithombo, uqaphele ukuxoxa nomuntu kunokuba uxhumeke ku-intanethi. Kufanele ufunde ukubhekana nabantu ababengumthombo wakho ngokungazelelwe akakwazi ukukhuluma nawe isikhathi eside. Nginolwazi lapho abantu enganginakho khona Ukwazi ukuthi ubekwa ejele, lokho kwangenza wangithinta ukuthi ngangingumnyathelisi waseChina, kube khona ukuphazamiseka komphakathi. Abantu engihlangana nabo, ababengakhathazeki eminyakeni embalwa eyedlule, manje ngemuva kwemigoqo. "
Ngambuza uJoanna ukuthi ngabe izintatheli zihlola umsebenzi wazo ngenxa yokwesaba ukuphindiswa kukahulumeni noma ukuvikela imithombo yabo. "Kukhona ukuphawula kwabantu abakwenzayo ekuxoxweni ukuthi ngizama ukuyiqaphela. Ngezinye izikhathi abantu bahlekisa futhi bathi izinto ezibucayi kakhulu ngohulumeni engizikhathazayo zingababeka engozini yokushushiswa. Ngizama ukusebenzisa izingcaphuno ezincane zokuvuvukala futhi ngiyeke abantu baseHong Kong noma kwenye indawo bathi izinto ezibaluleke kakhulu. "
Kodwa uJoanna uthe akukho nhlobo ukuthi izintatheli zizame ukuziphendulela ukuze zigweme ukuziphindisela ezigunyeni, ezivimbele izitolo zabezindaba futhi zenqabe ukuvuselela ama-visa emakhomishana esikhathini esidlule. "Awazi ukuthi yini engase ihlasele obani kuhulumeni, noma kungani. I-Reuters 'website ivinjelwe isilinganiso esisodwa esincane esiyisebenzisayo esihlokweni. Ezinye izinto zibonakala sengathi uphenyo ngomcebo womndeni we-Xi Jinping noWen Jiabao. "
Ngangizibuza ukuthi ukuzitshela ngokwakho endaweni efana neyaseBeijing kwakuwukuqeqeshwa okungcono kunobhala. UJoanna uthe kuxhomeke emgomweni wakho. "Uma ufuna ukuba ngumlobi wezokuphenya, lokhu akuyona indawo engcono kunazo zonke kodwa ngiye ngakhula njengomuntu ngalolu phiko."
Ngesikhathi eseHong Kong uJoanna ethunyelwa e-Indonesia ukumboza indaba ka-Erwiana, isisebenzi sasekhaya esiye sahlukunyezwa ngumqashi wakhe ( indodakazi yase-Indonesian u-Erwiana 'wayeyisiboshwa' ekhaya lomqashi, isimangalo sikababa ) se-SCMP. Lo wesifazane wayeyisiboshwa endlini yomqashi wakhe futhi washaywa ngamandla. UJoanna wagcwalisa indaba kakhulu. Wayengowokuqala futhi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi ulandele impilo entsha ka-Erwiana esikoleni futhi efunda ukukhulula ingqondo yakhe yokuhlukunyezwa.
Ukumboza leli cala kufundisa uJoanna okuningi ngokuthola ukuthatha okuyingqayizivele endabeni, ukwakha ukwethembela emphakathini omncane ongase abe nokungafuni ukubhekana nemidiya. "Ngifunde ukuthi ngikulungele. Imithombo yamaphephandaba ayikho mayelana ne-parachutti endaweni ethile futhi ibhala phansi inkomishi. Kufanele ube umfundi womphakathi ongenawo futhi uhlangane nabantu abaningi ngangokunokwenzeka."
Ibha yecala elithakazelisayo. U-Joanna kwadingeka afunde ukuba abe nesibindi futhi angenacala (funda, eCanada) eBeijing, hleze ahlwithwe noma akhohliswe yizakhamuzi ezitolo, ama-cabs noma amahhovisi okuqasha. "Ngangihamba ngesikhulu esifundazweni saseHainan kanti imigqa eyisikhumulo sezindiza yayisimoyeni. Ngangicindezela abantu ukuba baye emhlane." Angikwazi ukucabanga ukuthi uyamemeza ngoba ekhuluma kahle. U-Joanna uthe, "abantu banobuntu obuhlukile kwezinye izilimi. NgesiShayina, nginamandla kakhulu." Emoyeni yaseCanada, uhloniphekile kakhulu.
Uma unesikhathi esilinganiselwe sokuhlola izwe likaJoanna Chiu, sicela ufunde mayelana nokubika kwakhe okuvela eMongolia. Uhlanganisa amazwe amabili ku-DPA. Isikhala lapha singalinganiselwe, kodwa le ndaba ibalulekile ukufunda futhi nginxusa ukuba uhlole umsebenzi kaJoanna. Qala nge-archive yayo yesihloko ku-website yakhe.
UJoanna unzima kakhulu kepha uvumela amahlaya akhe ukuba ahlehlise njengoba eqala ukukhululeka. Ukuncintisana nabangani embhedeni, "ukubukela amabhayisikobho kanye nama-noodle we-slurping" kubonakala kuhambelana naye, nakuba kubhekene nokuqina kwakhe. Njengoba efunde kulokhu okuhlangenwe nakho, uJoanna uye wahlukumeza ukuthi ufezile yini umgomo wakhe wokufunda ngeChina. "Ngizizwa sengathi angisondeli ekuqondeni futhi ngenza lokho engikufunayo e-China. Ngifuna ukuhamba okuningi ngaphandle kweBeijing naseShanghai futhi ngifake izindaba abantu abangakwazi ukuzicabanga. yenza ezinye izindaba zesikhathi eside futhi mhlawumbe incwadi. "
Iseluleko sikaJoanna kubafundi be-journalism. "Uma unesithakazelo endaweni, vele uhambe lapho. Kunokulungiselela okuningi ongakwenza. Uma ungakwazi ukuthola umsebenzi njengomlobi wezindaba, uthole omunye umsebenzi nokuzimela ohlangothini." Yilokho uJoanna; kwenze nje.