On the evening of July 21, 2006, a painter came to the Hanber viaduct in Toronto. At this time, he had been living in Canada for nearly 6 years. During these six years, he had been struggling at the bottom of society, relying on serving dishes and painting to maintain the life of his family, and was subjected to a lot of eyebrow and ridicule. Before immigrating, he was a respected associate professor at Tsinghua , Tsinghua , with a decent job and a good income. As a result, I was obsessed with it and insisted on immigrating. I thought I could live a better life, but I unexpectedly became the lowest class of society.
This huge psychological gap made him unacceptable, and he regretted his original choice. A good hand of cards was broken. He was deeply desperate about his future and finally jumped down from the bridge and ended his life at the age of 44 in this tragic way. He is Jiang Guobing, the protagonist of this article. Jiang Guobing is from Tianmen, Hubei. His parents make a living by farming, and his family is not in good condition. Jiang Guobing has been very sensible since he was a child. After completing his homework after school every day, he takes the initiative to help his mother do some housework within his ability.
From elementary school to high school, Jiang Guobing's grades have always been among the best in the class, and he was successfully admitted to Department of Physics, Tsinghua University . After graduating from undergraduate studies, Jiang Guobing passed the postgraduate entrance examination. After obtaining his master's degree, he stayed at Tsinghua University to teach. With his hard work, he has published many papers and has become a well-known figure in the physics world. Shortly afterwards, Jiang Guobing married a girl named Lu Cairong and had both gained love and career.
What made him even more happy was that in order to further train him, the school sent him to Purdue University in the United States for further study. This time, his trip abroad touched Jiang Guobing a great deal and completely changed his destiny. Before going abroad, Jiang Guobing was very satisfied with his life and work. However, after arriving in the United States, his views quickly changed. During his study abroad, Jiang Guobing attended many gatherings organized by local Chinese, watching others drive small cars and live in big houses, and spend money like flowing water. Looking at myself again, I had to ride a bicycle to and from get off work every day. Thinking of this, Jiang Guobing's mentality was unbalanced.
A senior saw his thoughts and encouraged him to immigrate to the United States and promised confidently that as long as he immigrated, he would soon be able to live the life he wanted with his talent. Jiang Guobing was moved. After obtaining his doctorate degree from Purdue University, Jiang Guobing returned to China. The school attached great importance to him and made him an associate professor, and his salary and benefits increased a lot. But at this time, Jiang Guobing was determined to immigrate. At that time, it was difficult to immigrate directly to the United States, and it was relatively easy to go to Canada. After discussing with his wife, Jiang Guobing decided to immigrate to Canada first and then find an opportunity to go to the United States.
In order to retain talents, the school tried to keep Jiang Guobing, but his intention to leave was decided. In 2001, Jiang Guobing and his wife immigrated to Canada. After settling down, Jiang Guobing began to submit his resume to find a job. He thought it would be easy to find a good job in Canada with his doctoral degree from Purdue University and his identity as an associate professor at Tsinghua University. Therefore, at the beginning, his targets were some well-known large companies or scientific research institutions. Unexpectedly, the resumes submitted were all over the sea. In desperation, Jiang Guobing had to keep lowering his goals, but he still couldn't find a job.
Jiang Guobing believed that it might be that the locals did not recognize their degree, so he entered University of Toronto to study for a doctorate. But after obtaining his PhD from the University of Toronto, Jiang Guobing still couldn't find a decent job. In addition to his lack of skill in English and French, the reason lies in the locals' exclusion of Eastern immigrants. In order to maintain the family's life, Jiang Guobing had to do odd jobs everywhere. At first, he worked as a chef in a restaurant run by local Chinese, but when he learned that he was a double doctor, many people mocked him.
Jiang Guobing's self-esteem was greatly hurt, so he left the restaurant and worked as a painter. He suffered hardships every day but his income was very limited. I thought immigrants could live a better life, but unexpectedly they fell to such a miserable level. The huge psychological gap made it difficult for Jiang Guobing to accept.Because he couldn't make money, his wife was also very dissatisfied with him and complained many times. Jiang Guobing, who could not find a way out, thought of returning to China, but was afraid that he would be ridiculed by others when he went back so far. In despair, Jiang Guobing chose to jump off the Hanber viaduct in Toronto and paid for his original choice in this tragic way.
