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A house divided against itself cannot stand. The words of Jesus cross religious lines, because they are a true principle of living. In a recent article in the National Review<\/em><\/a>, ChinaAid president Bob Fu rebuts a\u00a0 New York Times<\/em> article<\/a> from last week which miscategorizes his work and motives with Chen Guangcheng, the outspoken Chinese legal advocate who has been a voice against China\u2019s forced abortion policies.<\/p>\n

Fu, who helped Chen, was the subject of the Times<\/em> article, which criticizes him as having false motives for his work and accuses him of labeling Chen an opponent of abortion rather than an opponent of forced abortion. The Times<\/i> says:<\/p>\n

Critics say Mr. Fu overstated his own role in the audacious escape and then made use of Mr. Chen\u2019s story in fund-raising appeals to his evangelical Christian supporters. Those appeals sometimes cast Mr. Chen as an opponent of abortion. Despite his opposition to forced sterilizations and abortions, Mr. Chen has said he has no position on the divisive issue.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In response, Fu says:<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve never mischaracterized Chen\u2019s faith or his political positions.\u00a0It is telling that the article cannot quote a single misstatement.\u00a0I\u2019ve always accurately described Chen as an opponent of \u201cforced abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n

In fact, I have never characterized Chen as lining up with me politically or religiously.\u00a0I definitely wouldn\u2019t try to get Chen to agree with me on hot-button social issues discussed by American politicians today.\u00a0Chen hasn\u2019t even advocated leaving the Communist party, so why would I ask that he align with Republicans or Democrats?\u00a0He wants to reform China, not the United States.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Times<\/i> article brings these \u201chot-button\u201d issues to the forefront as it highlights Fu and ChinaAid in Chen\u2019s controversy over the end of his fellowship at New York University, noting Fu\u2019s Evangelical Christian ties, accusing him of being \u201c[a]mong those most eager to stake a claim on Mr. Chen\u2019s celebrity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chen, who the Time<\/em>s says is known for not wanting to be part of the Democratic or Republican landscape in the nation, isn\u2019t a Christian, but Fu says they are aligned by a common goal, not religious drive.<\/p>\n

Chen and I have differing political and religious views, but we are bound together by common experiences of persecution and by a common commitment to human freedom \u2014 my only purpose has been and will be to support Chen and his family\u2019s fight for freedom and human rights. There is no conspiracy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

ChinaAid is a non-partisan, non-governmental, independent Christian human-rights organization. Fu says its \u201ccore mission is to advance religious freedom and rule of law in China. We believe these universally recognized values and rights in China should be a concern to all<\/em> Americans \u2014 conservatives and liberals, Republicans and Democrats, and across the political and ideological spectrums.\u201d<\/p>\n

That, Fu notes, is the biggest problem with the story that mischaracterizes both him and Chen:<\/p>\n

My experience with Chinese Communism taught me bitter lessons about the extent that ideological zealots will obscure and distort the truth to advance a partisan agenda.\u00a0 I did not expect such distortion within the pages of America\u2019s most historic newspaper.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the battle for human rights, in which some of the most precious are for those who are tortured and killed before being allowed to be born, the United States should be truly a nation united. Fu\u2019s article points out that the political issues within our nation and among our media outlets make it hard to unite in the human rights battle in either nation. We become mired by divisions set up by false rhetoric and mischaracterizations, and the latest from the New York Times<\/em> only adds to the problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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