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作者：马悲鸣 在 罕见奇谈 发贴, 来自 http://www.hjclub.org
这是今天波士顿环球报上有关柴玲的报导。
马悲鸣
原载2003年8月8日星期五《The Boston Globe》「美国梦」。谁能翻译一下。
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American dream
By Steve Bailey, Globe Columnist, 8/8/2003
Is there a trend here? In 1989 Ling Chai, an unknown 23-year-old graduate student in Beijing, became an international heroine overnight as the most visible leader of the Chinese student rebellion in Tiananmen Square. She was the face of the dissidents, the ''chief commander,'' a small, frail young woman in a T-shirt and jeans who rallied the students and taunted the soldiers as the world held its breath and watched the historic standoff unfold day after day on television.
Over the years the image of Chai as heroine has become decidedly mixed as onetime allies have blamed her and other student leaders for the deadly end to the protests, painting them as power-hungry and willing to sacrifice others for their cause. The harshly critical documentary ''The Gate of Heavenly Peace'' captured that emerging view best in an interview that Chai gave in a Beijing hotel room: ''My students keep asking me, `What should we do next? What can we accomplish?' I feel so sad, because how can I tell them that we actually are hoping for bloodshed, the moment when the government is ready to butcher the people brazenly. Only when the square is awash in blood will the people of China open their eyes.''
Today Chai, now 37, and her husband, Robert Maginn, a former Bain & Co. partner and unsuccessful candidate for state treasurer, run Jenzabar Inc., a five-year-old Cambridge company whose intranet technology allows colleges and universities to build online communities and allows students to register for courses and check homework assignments. In its press releases Jenzabar, a private company, boasts of record financial results. ''2002 was a break-out year for Jenzabar and 2003 is shaping up to be the most successful in the history of our company,'' Maginn said in a release just this week.
Here is what Jenzabar does not want you to know. While the company was polishing its image in public, its chief financial backer was trying to oust Chai and Maginn and saying that Jenzabar had defaulted on its loan agreements. That backer, Pegasus Partners, a Greenwich, Conn., private equity firm, was also pushing to sell Jenzabar, according to court documents.
A lawsuit filed in March is the latest in a series of suits against the company. Five former executives have sued Jenzabar, including the former chief financial officer, who accused Chai and Maginn of ''a number of unethical, inappropriate, and/or illegal actions.'' Jenzabar has denied the claims and resolved some of the disputes. The former CFO, the company says, couldn't do his job and is trying to shake the company down for a settlement.
Jenzabar has taken extraordinary measures to suppress the rift with Pegasus. In a highly unusual move, Jenzabar convinced a Middlesex Superior judge to impound the proceeding, going so far as to take the case off the docket system. Pegasus then filed its suit in Delaware, where both Jenzabar and Pegasus are chartered. In that suit, Pegasus says Jenzabar defaulted on its original $25 million loan -- later raised to $37 million -- in November, allowing Pegasus to elect its own board. In a countersuit, Jenzabar accuses Pegasus of sabotaging its attempts to find new financing and launching a failed ''coup attempt.'' Neither side will talk. But in a statement the two sides said they have ''agreed to settle their differences and, accordingly, the proceedings have been stayed.'' Notice of a settlement has yet to be filed in court.
After Tiananmen Chai detractors said her hero's image did not square with her hardball tactics. Now her critics are saying much the same again, this time about her corporate life. Meanwhile, Chai continues to sell her story of the Tiananmen heroine-turned-American-entrepreneur. ''Today, I am living the American dream,'' Chai told Parade magazine in June.
With Ling Chai, distinguishing the dream from the reality has always been the hardest part of all.
Steve Bailey is a Globe columnist. He can be reached at 617-929-2902 or at [email protected].
This story ran on page D1 of the Boston Globe on 8/8/2003.
□Copyright 2003 Globe Newspaper Company.
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/220/business/American_dream+.shtml >American dream
作者：马悲鸣 在 罕见奇谈 发贴, 来自 http://www.hjclub.org |
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这是今天波士顿环球报上有关柴玲的报导。
