SHAPING HISTORY

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The first batch of soybeans, sown on June 27, 2026, has been carefully cultivated through weeding, earthing up, and fertilizing — all using green fertilizer made from grass clippings, leaves, and kitchen waste from our own backyard. They are growing very well and are now approaching the full bloom of small white flowers. The fragrance of fresh green beans is already in the air, filling me with immense excitement and satisfaction. Encouraged and inspired by this success, I planted several more batches, which are growing even more vigorously.

Edamame is too expensive in Toronto — 2 to 4 Canadian dollars per pound. My wife always says, “Why eat edamame here? We can have it when we go back to China.” Since leaving our daughter’s home, we’ve hardly eaten any edamame at all. But I just couldn’t accept that. So I thought, “Rely on ourselves — if we work hard, we’ll have plenty to eat.” This not only represents a bountiful harvest gained through physical labor, but it also brings back the flavor of a delicious reward that I first experienced during my youth in the 1970s, when I was sent to the countryside as part of the “rustication” movement.

At this moment, I can’t help but recall Chairman Mao’s earnest teaching: “It is highly necessary for educated youth to go to the countryside to receive re-education from the poor and lower-middle peasants.” Those words have benefited me throughout my entire life.

• Photographed on December 25, 2015, at the Kunlun Hotel in Beijing: Former U.S. President George W. Bush meets with He Yaomin (first from left), President of Renmin University of China Press; Tian Shengli (third from left), former President and Party Secretary of the Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication and President of the Encyclopedia of China Publishing House; Professor Dan Ostrander (fourth from left), a renowned expert on the U.S. presidency and co-author with Bush; and translator Su Shijun (fifth from left).

• Attended the preparatory meeting for the 1998 China-EU Academic Conference on Public Health held in Turin, Italy. Pictured from left: Su Shijun; the Secretary-General of the European Public Health Association and Dean of the School of Public Health at the University of Turin; the Head of the Health Department of the Piedmont Region; an administrative secretary; the Director of the Public Health Division; and Yuan Xianhou (President) and Wang Chuanzhong (Deputy Party Secretary) of Hubei Medical University.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Independent Scholar & Volunteer | Canada | 2022 – Present

- Writing: Translated hundreds of Chinese songs/poems; wrote 150k words of literary essays on Zhihu.
- Community: Volunteer at Collegeway Food Bank; Bible study group member.
- Education: Student at LING Centre Ridgeway (since April).

ON Savior Tours | Asia | April – Present

- Role: General Regional Manager in Asia.

Century College, BUPT | Beijing, China | 2015 – Present

- Role: Supervisor and Professor; advising on teaching and research.

Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication (BIGC) | China | 1999 – 2022

- Academic: Dean of PLD, Professor Emeritus (2016), and doctoral/postgrad advisor.
- Leadership: Library Director (2004–2009) & Dean of Foreign Language Dept. (1999–2004).
- Boards: Board member for Beijing Library Society & Municipal College English Association.

Hubei Medical University (HMU) | Wuhan, China | 1978 – 1998

- Role: Director, Professor, and Lecturer at the Foreign Language Department.
- Boards: VP of Hubei Translators Association & Member of Foreign Language Association.

GLOBAL EXPERIENCE & TRAINING

Visiting Professor: CSU Chico, USA (2004–2005) | Nordic Public Health School, Sweden (1990–1991).
Certification: Public Administration/Management Course, UC Berkeley (2000).

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