July 30 Record

 

This is my third record. I will continue writing every day until this matter reaches a resolution.

1. My Physical Condition Today

I did not sleep well last night and woke up several times. My mind kept racing and would not stop. I got up very late this morning. After getting up, I went through my tai chi routine three times and felt somewhat better. I did not eat much for breakfast. I skipped lunch; as yesterday, I had no appetite.

Today, I was essentially unable to work. The Luxmore Realty and OpenDeed AI technical teams, as well as my own clients, all have many matters awaiting my decisions. But whenever I sat down, my thoughts were in disarray and my headache was severe. I remained unable to concentrate or handle my work normally. Seeing matters pile up made me even more anxious, but I genuinely could not work. My doctor advised me to first buy over-the-counter medication to address the sleep problem. Today, I bought Magnesium Night and Sleep Aid, and I have an appointment at 10:00 tomorrow morning for the doctor to examine me thoroughly. I am writing this down because I have decided to keep a truthful record, including the parts that do not look good. I have seen many attacks online directed at me personally. They are not directed at the article, but at my character. Reading them has been deeply unpleasant. I do not intend to respond to them one by one, nor do I intend to use them as a basis for judging the matter.

2. Today, I Wrote to Member of Parliament Chak Au

I wrote an English-language letter to Mr. Chak Au, Member of Parliament for Richmond Centre-Marpole.

I wrote to him for a specific reason. He served on Richmond City Council for fourteen years and is very familiar with its procedures. He resigned as a city councillor in February of this year and was not present at the July 27 meeting. He has no involvement whatsoever in this matter. I summarize the letter below.

I began by stating what I had done wrong. The AI-generated image was my mistake; I had not reviewed it beforehand. I deleted it after discovering the problem and, in a written response to the Vancouver Sun on July 25, voluntarily apologized publicly – two days before the July 27 motion. I then explained what had happened. On July 27, City Council passed a motion requiring the party who published the post to issue a public apology on behalf of all Richmond residents, condemning the post, and referring the matter to the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal. No one notified me before the meeting, no one asked me a single question before the vote, and no one informed me after it passed. I learned about it only when a reporter called me on July 28. I explained the steps I had already taken. I wrote to the Mayor and four councillors, attaching a complete English translation of the article. I submitted a freedom of information request to the City and filed a complaint concerning the process with the Office of the British Columbia Ombudsperson. As of today, I have received no reply from any councillor. Finally, I set out my request. I made myself very clear in the letter. “I am not asking you to attack anyone, nor am I asking you to turn this into a partisan issue. It is not a partisan issue, and turning it into one would not help me either.” I asked for three things. First, as someone who sat on that Council for fourteen years, I asked him to comment on whether it is normal practice for Council to pass a resolution concerning an identifiable ordinary resident, requiring that person to apologize publicly and referring the person to a tribunal, without prior notice or any opportunity to make representations. Second, if he also believes that a resident should receive notice and an opportunity to be heard before being singled out by Council, I asked him to speak publicly about that principle. Third, I asked him to advise where an ordinary person should turn next. I hope to visit his constituency office to seek his guidance in person. At the end of the letter, I attached a complete English translation of the article and made only one request: please read it in full before forming an opinion.

This is the same thing I said to City Council. I do not ask anyone to agree with me. I ask only that they read an article before judging it.

3. Still No Response

As of today, I have received no reply from the Mayor or any city councillor. Nor have I received any formal document from the City or the Human Rights Tribunal telling me what, exactly, I am accused of, the basis for the accusation, or what response I am required to make and by when. I cannot respond to a matter whose substance no one has communicated to me.

4. Thanks

Over the past two days, I have received a great many messages of concern and support, and some friends have said they would come to see me. I have not had time to reply to each one, but I have seen and remembered every message. Thank you.

5. I Opened Accounts on X and Reddit

Today, I made a decision to open accounts on X and Reddit and publish, in English and in full, the original materials relating to me. These materials include the original text of my article and my own complete English translation, my letters to the Mayor and councillors, the full text of my written responses to the reporter, and publicly available meeting records.

Why Am I Doing This?

Because information becomes distorted as it circulates. A little is lost in one retelling, a little more is distorted in the next, and by the end it is no longer the original. Over the past several days, I have already seen many accounts about me that I myself do not recognize. The only solution is to put the original materials before the public and let everyone examine them for themselves. No editing, no omissions, and no selecting only the parts favourable to me. The full text, in English, made public. There is another, more important reason.

This matter cannot be discussed only in WeChat groups or only within the Chinese community. Speaking within one’s own circle is the most comfortable, because everyone understands you and is on your side. But that solves nothing, because the people who truly need to understand this matter are not in that circle. We need to engage in dialogue with mainstream society as a whole. We need to use its language and present all the facts, including facts unfavourable to me and my own mistakes and shortcomings, and then submit to scrutiny, examination, and criticism. That is what integration means. Hiding within one’s own language and comforting one another is not. That is why I am translating everything into English and releasing it publicly. Anyone may read it, and anyone may criticize it. I can bear criticism. What I cannot bear is being misrepresented.

6. I Continue to Stand by the Same Principle

I do not judge anyone’s motives. Until I have seen the complete record, I am not in a position to draw conclusions. That is also why I have applied for access to all the documents. I insist on only one principle, and it has nothing to do with ethnicity. Before Council passes a resolution concerning an ordinary resident, that resident should be notified in advance and given an opportunity to speak. Before judging an article, one should read it. This is about process, not position. Today it is me; tomorrow it could be any resident. I will continue tomorrow.

 

Luxmore Realty | Jason Liu | Author of AI Economics

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