All Roads Lead to Rome, and Some People are Born in Rome

Photo: The emergency room of a hospital in Shanghai. China’s population crisis exacerbates hospital financial problems. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images.)

[People News] Recently, Dr. Xiao Fei has made headlines after his wife, Gu Xiaoya, publicly accused him of "playing both sides". Xiao Fei, who serves as the deputy director of the thoracic surgery department at Beijing Zhongri Friendship Hospital, has been accused of multiple extramarital affairs, igniting controversy within the medical and medical education sectors. One of his alleged partners, a resident named Dong Xiying, was involved in a surgical incident where Xiao Fei, in an effort to protect her, argued with a nurse and left an anaesthetised patient unattended on the operating table for 40 minutes.

Medicine is a highly specialised public service, and there exists a significant information asymmetry between ordinary patients and doctors. This makes it difficult for the average person to discern the truth, leaving them vulnerable to unscrupulous doctors and hospitals. However, leaving a patient who is under anaesthesia unattended on the operating table is simply unacceptable. Even in a hair salon, you cannot leave a customer halfway through a haircut; how can this be acceptable in a surgical setting?

After being reported by his wife, Xiao Fei continued to defend himself, claiming that while he has personal issues, his medical ethics remain intact. How can someone like him even mention "medical ethics"? He is still trying to craft a public persona, attempting to twist the narrative to evade consequences. He secretly hopes that once the controversy subsides, he can make a comeback and return to his old ways.

Hospitals in the Communist Party of China are truly alarming now, engaging in large-scale organ harvesting, selling counterfeit drugs, and not only taking patients' money but also threatening their lives when they are ill.

Miss Dong Xiying has truly shattered people's perceptions. Compared to her, most ordinary students not only start off at a disadvantage but also lack any moral grounding, witnessing the distorted worldview of the so-called academic families within the Chinese Communist Party system. Netizens have revealed that Dong Xiying's grandfather, Mi Yaorong, is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Mi Yaorong arranged for his daughter, Mi Zhenli, to take an administrative role at Beijing University of Science and Technology, where she currently serves as the deputy dean of a secondary college. Dong Xiying's father, Dong Xiaohui, is the general manager and director of China Metallurgical Construction Research Institute Co., Ltd. Furthermore, Dong Xiying's mentor in the Peking Union Medical College '4+4' program is orthopaedic expert and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Qiu Guixing. Behind Dong Xiying is a team of top technical experts within the system.

Dong Xiying studied economics at Barnard College, an independent college of Columbia University. After graduating, she entered the '4+4' program at Peking Union Medical College. The first '4' refers to four years of undergraduate study in any major, while the second '4' indicates a continuous master's and doctoral program at Peking Union, ultimately leading to a medical doctorate. In China, medical education typically consists of a five-year undergraduate program, a three-year master's program, and a three to five-year doctoral program. There are also combined five-plus-three bachelor's and master's programs, as well as eight-year bachelor's and doctoral programs. However, all of these require students to study medicine during their undergraduate years. The '4+4' program is essentially a privileged pathway for select individuals. The question remains: how does the CCP prioritise patients in this system? Can the public still trust hospitals for treatment?

During her time at school, Dong Xiying published papers in various fields, including medical imaging, gastroenterology, and neurosurgery. After returning to China and studying medicine for two years, she was already performing level four surgeries. She holds a degree in internal medicine and is set to work in urology, with her residency training in thoracic surgery. Her graduation thesis focused on imaging, showcasing her as a prodigy in the medical field, excelling in multiple disciplines.

As the incident continued to attract attention, Southern Weekly published an article questioning the implications of the hospital scandal on educational equity, professional ethics, and medical safety, urging the relevant authorities to address public concerns. In reality, the privileges enjoyed by the second and third generations of officials and those within the system are not seen as significant issues within the Communist Party. This incident is likely a tactic by Peking Union Medical College and the Japan-China Friendship Hospital to sacrifice a few inconsequential individuals to appease public anger, while the underlying issues are unlikely to be thoroughly examined. If netizens persist in discussing this matter, they may find themselves invited for a 'tea' chat.

Most ordinary people, despite lacking power and influence, still maintain a bottom line of propriety, integrity, and shame. Even if they lack a clear bottom line, they should at least have some basic decency. How did Miss Dong (Dong Xiaojie), a member of a prestigious family from a scholarly background and someone who is 'well-versed in both Eastern and Western cultures,' find herself in such a predicament? She seems to disregard everything, resorting to any means necessary for fame and fortune. Her parents, who can be considered intellectuals and part of the upper class, have a truly bizarre way of thinking. This is their own daughter, and they are willing to give her to a morally questionable doctor as a fifth or sixth wife. Gu Junshan, in an effort to ingratiate himself with Xu Caihou, even sent his own daughter to Xu's bed, while he calmly sipped tea in the living room. Zhang Gaoli had an affair with Peng Shuai, while Mrs. Zhang stood guard outside the door as a sentinel. Are these people even human? Let’s not be angry or indignant; just think of it as watching the Animal World on CCTV every day. In fact, the Animal World is cleaner than this.

The system of the Chinese Communist Party truly destroys people relentlessly. After decades, traditional culture has been completely eradicated, human relationships have vanished, and people have become inhuman.

The crucial point is that this system views these unspeakable acts as essential resources, symbols of identity and status, a form of privilege. Indeed, it is a privilege, but let me ask you, if you were given such a privilege, would you dare to use it? Would you be willing to use it? Everyone should reflect on this: if you were to become someone like Xiao (Xiao), Miss Dong, and her parents, would you be willing? If you are not willing, congratulations, you are correct; you are indeed not made of special material. The Communist Party claims to be made of special material.

Some internet users have remarked that all roads lead to Rome; however, while some are born in Rome, we are merely born as cattle and horses. This country boasts of being in a prosperous era, but I perceive it as a world of leftovers and a world that is seeping, seeping with people. A city ruled by a group of communist devils, like Rome, is not worth visiting. 

(First published by People News)