"I believe in Arica; Arica has granted the honor and status I have today."
"I, Sunny Gan, a citizen from China, ca to Arica in 1981. My life has revolved entirely around basketball. I am grateful for the excellent basketball education environnt Arica has provided. My motherland has gifted flesh, soul, and character, while Arica has given survival skills and a stage to showcase myself."
"In the nearly 20 years I’ve been in Arica, I’ve t many people who have greatly helped , like Mr. Kap Raven in San Francisco, Mr. Nate-Sermonde, and my high school and university coach Mr. Beelman, the coaching team of Gonzaga University’s basketball team, the manager of the Trail Blazers, Yin Man, Coach Bob Knight, and many others, too nurous to count. The number of accomplishnts a person has is proportional to the amount of help they receive, and most of these helpers are Aricans."
"Therefore, my father always taught never to forget my roots, but also to respect the environnt you’re in and the country that gives you everything, to be grateful and repay those who have helped you. This is the Chinese philosophy of life, this is my creed, and it’s also the creed of many Chinese people."
"Likewise, over these 20 years, there have been continuous slanders and harms against , but I haven’t given them much thought. Such things exist in any society, and compared to the help I’ve received, they are just a small fraction. The higher you stand, the more people will attack you. But this ti, Congress, in an investigative report, not only attacked my country in a big way but also slandered my character with serious accusations, which is the greatest insult and harm to , exceeding all previous attacks combined."
"The report doesn’t na nas, but anyone with eyes knows it’s . Who else could they be referring to? I won’t turn a blind eye or hide like a coward. Here, I declare that I absolutely haven’t done anything to harm Arica, nor have I leaked information and secrets. I’m just a basketball player, and my job is to provide dreams and joy to those who love basketball. I have no need to do anything beyond my duties, and I don’t have the capability either."
"Thank you, please feel free to ask questions."
On May 27, 1999, the day after the release of the "Coster Report," Sunny Gan imdiately held a press conference in Portland.
Before related public opinion and topics could fernt, Sunny Gan took the initiative at the press conference to deny the "slander" in the report, clarifying for himself.
In the subsequent Q&A with reporters, Sunny Gan provided detailed responses to a series of questions, denying various speculations and conjectures.
Sunny Gan, well-prepared, even counterattacked, pointing out: "The report states that a sports star leaked information about a relevant military operation. Does that an the US Army’s bombing of the embassy on May 7 was planned and preditated? Rather than the president’s explanation, that it was purely an accident, an unexpected misunderstanding? May I ask, Congress, the honorable mbers, and the president, how do you explain this contradiction?"
The "Cox Report" was released at this ti with the goal of finding a reasonable explanation for the "accidental bombing" on May 7, shifting Arican public attention, and casting the country across the Pacific Ocean as the "evil empire," a successor to the Red Soviet Union.
After the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991 and the Cold War ended, nearly ten years later, they realized they needed a common external enemy.
Otherwise, how could they justify the massive defense budget? What about the jobs of nurous intelligence officers? Who would the military-industrial complex aim its guns at, a system ford during the Cold War?
The livelihood of millions of workers depended on it, and the inertia of the Cold War forced Aricans to find an adversary to sustain the montum of this gigantic aircraft carrier.
Sunny Gan, as the most prominent Chinese individual on this land, seed like a good breakthrough point.
But for so reason, the so-called ticulously collected evidence in the "Cox Report" actually had many flaws.
Apart from the "anonymous attack" on Sunny Gan, many allegations had insufficient evidence, were self-contradictory, or overly exaggerated.
Of course, this 700-plus-page report had just been released and had yet to be deeply scrutinized.
Congress was eager to use Ah Gan, this almost godlike figure, as a sacrifice at the peak of the finals to ignite a fla of public opinion.
Unexpectedly, Ah Gan not only didn’t shy away but actively launched a counterattack, clarifying himself while attacking the report’s flaws.
The press conference triggered a massive dia storm across Arica.
Discussions about US-China relations, Ah Gan’s identity mystery, and the Kosovo War were all swept into a whirlwind.
This maelstrom was visibly growing larger and ssier.
Shortly after the press conference ended, the opposite side of the Pacific imdiately issued a statent.
The statent had two main points:
First, the content of the "Cox Report" is sheer nonsense!
Second, the nation supports Comrade Sunny Gan’s basketball activities in the US, praising him as a peace ambassador promoting friendship between the two countries.
In response, Arica did not imdiately reply but chose to remain silent.
However, the investigation was in full swing, and it was evident that things would not end simply.
On May 28, Ga Six of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals was held in New York, with the Pacers visiting Madison Square Garden.
The rabid New York fans almost engulfed the scene, both sides engaging in a life-and-death battle.
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