Yu Jie and His Family in Northern Virginia

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Edward Wong, From Virginia Suburb, a Dissident Chinese Writer Continues His Mission; A critic of Beijing's leadership who was subjected to torture and and house arrest. New York Times, Feb 26, 2012.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/2 ... his-work-in-us.html

My comment:
(a) The report says "Mr Yu argued in 'China’s Best Actor: Wen Jiabao' that that was merely a construct intended to fool ordinary Chinese."

construct (n): "something constructed by the mind"
www.m-w.com

(b) Geremie R Barmé FAHA is Professor, School of Culture, History & Language, Australian National University
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_National_University(public; in Canberra; Established 1946)

(i) Australian Academy of the Humanities
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Academy_of_the_Humanities
(The Academy comprises a Fellowship of over 400 of the most influential humanists in or associated with Australia. The abbreviation for a Fellow of the Academy is FAHA)
(ii) Geremie is a male given name, Hebrew meaning "praised highly by God, Exalted by God."
(iii) Barmé is a French surname.

(c) The last paragraph of the report quotes Mr Yu as saying, “Maybe in a couple years I’ll have a green card, and maybe I’ll become an American citizen."

I recall Wall Street Journal broke the news of his departing China last December and reported Mr Yu would take a breather in US before settling down in Europe more permanently.