A video letter to my friend Mo Man Yu about China. When i was in Changjiang I saw some boatmen in a river. They were pushing a wooden boat upstream, undaunted by the currents, transporting their tourist passengers to their destinations. In their actions I witnessed two characteristics of Chinese people: dogged determination and simple goodwill. My video letter has a political message. Perhaps the so-called political dissidents – those imprisoned by the Chinese government, like the author Wei Jingsheng – are all just like these boatmen, full of conviction and good intentions, committed to the simple goal of guiding their people to better shores.