A Chinese documentary about reformist leader Deng Xiaoping’s 1979 visit to the US has triggered a wave of excitement over a scene depicting an attack at a hotel in Texas.
中国近日上映的一部讲述改革派领导人邓小平1979年访美的纪录片，因描绘了邓小平在德克萨斯州一家酒店遇袭的一幕而引发强烈关注。
Mr Deng Goes to Washington , including interviews with then-president Jimmy Carter, opened this weekend in Beijing. The documentary depicts for the first time in China an attack on Deng by a Ku Klux Klan member, which was not then reported by China’s heavily controlled official press, but stops short of calling it an assassination attempt.
《旋风九日》(Mr Deng Goes to Washington)上周五在北京首映，情节包括邓小平与时任美国总统的吉米•卡特(Jimmy Carter)的会晤。这部纪录片首次在中国披露了邓小平遭遇三K党人袭击的事件，但没有将之称为行刺事件。中国受到严格管控的官方媒体当时并未报道这起事件。
Reactions to the incident show the growing sense of the US as a menace combined with a public hunger for previously suppressed incidents.
纪录片引起的反响表明，中国公众日益觉得美国是个威胁，同时又十分渴望了解先前被禁止报道的事件。
But the documentary also promotes a positive vision of engagement with the US, at a time of increasing friction between the two countries. The trip was a momentous one for Deng, who had recently consolidated power after the Cultural Revolution.
但在中美两国摩擦加剧之际，这部纪录片还能够促使人们积极看待中美交往。对文化大革命之后刚刚巩固了权力的邓小平来说，那次访美之旅意义重大。
The KKK attack, previously reported in the US, has consumed local media. “A KKK member rushed to the podium where Deng Xiaoping was speaking and pulled a knife out of his sleeve,” according to one report. Going a step further, the Beijing News described “details of Deng Xiaoping nearly being assassinated during his visit”.
中国国内媒体对影片中的刺杀一幕十分着迷。一家媒体报道称，一名三K党成员“一边朝讲台上的邓小平冲去，一边从衣袖中抽出一把短刀”。《新京报》(Beijing News)则更进一步，称上述纪录片还原了“邓小平访美险遇刺杀这一惊险情节”。
In fact, Deng was approached in a hotel lobby by a white supremacist who planned to spray him with red paint. The would-be assailant was punched by a member of Deng’s secret service detail.
实际上，当时在酒店大堂，是一名白人至上主义者企图接近邓小平，向他身上泼红油漆。这名图谋不轨者被邓小平身边的一名特勤人员制服。
The inclusion in the documentary makes the incident a part of “official history”, said Victor Gao, who joined the foreign ministry a few years later. “Real history in China is something the government officially reports.” Lucy Hornby, Beijing
事件发生数年后进入中国外交部工作的高志凯(Victor Gao)表示，这部纪录片提到这起事件意味着，它已成为“正史”的一部分。“在中国，真正的历史是官方讲述的东西。”