USSC Public Hearing - August 5, 2025

Man of Suffering Shares His Light with the World November 11, 2019 | bright Quang Man of Suffering Shares His Light with the World Two New Books Reveal One Man’s True Experiences as Immigrant, Artist and Political prisoner Redwood City, California- Those who dare to take a stand and act on their beliefs often find themselves in a lonely place, subjected to ridicule and persecution. Bright has traveled that road for most of his life, from his war-torn homeland of Vietnam to the shores of America. He shares his remarkable story and unique views on life in two books: Road to the United States Part I and Part 2 (both available through Authorhouse). “I have forgiven others often, but I have never forgiven myself,” writes Quang. His books chronicle more than 50 years of hardships suffered as a result of war and hated of others. At the same time, they deliver thought-provoking ideological views and predictions of a future America that Quang has gathered from his observations of political, economic and sociological factors in a rapidly changing world. Quang relates his early education and artistic training and mixed with these anecdotes are horrifying accounts of his family’s brush with communist spies and his own experience as a political prisoner. After living in Saigon in the 1980 s, Quang “inched toward escape,” eventually making his way to the United States. Along the way, he recorded his observations and distilled these into stories and poetry. The concluding chapters of this two-part series address his decision to come to the United States and the opportunities and future struggles he faced. Quang also includes and analysis of many facets of American life and predictions for the fate of the country. Historical background, social and political analysis and guidelines on how to live a virtuous life all await readers’ discovery in two intriguing books: Road to the Unites States part I and Part 2. Bright Quang is the pen name for Nguyen Xuan Quang. Born in Quang Ngai City, Vietnam, he immigrated to America in 1993 under the Humanitarian Operation program. He graduated from Hue College of Arts in Hue City, Vietnam, and later, from the University of Police in Saigon. He earned an associate’s degree in art at Canada College in Redwood City, Calif., and a bachelor’s degree from California State University in Hayward. An award-winning poet and artist, he has exhibited in galleries throughout the United States. He has previously published books in both English and Vietnamese, and the titles include Poetry & Art, My Innermost Song, Dinosaur Love and My Torch (available through AuthorHouse). Quang currently lives in Redwood City. AuthorHouse is the premier publishing house for emerging authors and new voices in literature. For more information, please visit http://www.authorhouse.com. Kelly Rockhill, Press Release Specialist. Promotional Services Department. Authorhouse 1663 Liberty Drive, Suite 200 Bloomington, IN 47403 Toll free: 888-728-8467 Fax: (812)961-3133 krockhill@authorhouse.com. Elizabeth H. House reviewed the book Road to United States of America chronicles moments of his experience, combining personal anecdotes with an investigation of patriotism as a concept. Following his idea of “three ways of learning: seeing much, suffering much, and studying much,” Bright Quang recounts his impressions of a range of positions, from “a lieutenant of South Vietnam government and a Vietnamese artist” to a student at California State University. Along the way Bright Quang draws upon an understanding of political, economic, and sociological factors that may have underscored roughly the latter half of the twentieth century and beyond. In 1959, Bright graduated elementary school and quickly transferred to high school in Quang Ngai City, typically walking about fifteen miles each way until his brother donated his bike to Bright. A degree of turmoil emerging in Vietnam begins to touch Bright Quang’s family and one night during dinner his father tells about “a network of the Vietnamese Communist spies.” “His relationship with Perfume and his educational goal.” Stood in jeopardy of being “interrupted by the unreasonable war.” Bright decided to transfer to Hue College of Arts to study art. Along the way Bright met Mercury, who offered to share a room, to her rental. In 1973, the American and Korean soldiers gathered all of the villagers living under Communist military supervision, including Bright’s mother, relatives and friends, sending them to the free area of South Vietnam. As the work progresses, Bright relates a series of encounters, some of which test his level of resolve in one-way or another. At one point while Bright was leaving the war zone, went hiking in the mountains and encountered an infantry Division of the new Vietnamese revolution…and the vanguard company arrested Bright. Bright met their leader and told him, “I now am seeking freedom because I could not live together with the cruel Vietnamese Communist government which was an unjust cause.” He apparently aided Bright to seek the sail of refuge, providing a boat and he said, “Before your face is Malaysia, on your right is Thailand, and left is Singapore.” In 1980, Bright lived in Saigon for a time, working as a sculptor. As Bright inched toward escape, reviewed public opinion, often filtered his responses into his poems and stories. The concluding chapters of his “Road to the United States of America” describe his decision to leave Vietnam in 1993, largely spurred by a goal “to gain freedom of speech, thoughts, and to recapture a dream.” Later Bright analyzes various facets of American society, from morality to factors that may have underscored participation in World War II. As a Vietnamese sculptor, poet, and ex-political prisoner of conscience, Bright provides a potentially candid glimpse at the concept of America. Overall, his offering is designed to communicate points of his own journey as express an interest in a related topic. “My Torch” presents a collection of thoughts exploring the layers of emotion sometimes defining the human condition, particularly in regard to what may be viewed as difficult circumstances. Having “saved” your work by apparently burying it during a “six-year concentration camp incarnation,” You consider the people and ideas that may have influenced your “my perspective in one way or another. Along the way you highlight qualities relating to identity, belief, and love in various forms. Several selections incorporate a spiritual approach. For example, "I Love Sunlight,” “A Gull’s Friend,” and “The Helpless Life” refer to elements of nature as if to place the individual within a relatively broader context of being. Other entries such as “The Fire of Love” and "A Night of Love- sickness” delve into the feeling usually associated with romance. Turning to slightly more public matters, “A Homeless Child” and "Dreaming of Peace” draw upon personal notions of social responsibility, patriotism, and democracy. Aspects of your experience inform much of the text, with pieces including,” Saigon at Night, “My Countrymen,” and "Ten years of Tribulation,” suggesting how a person’s sense of self might occur as a function of place, vocation, or human interaction. Later, “I’m a Sculptor” hinges on a similar theme: In Heaven’s own light the sculptor shone I catch that angle vision. Sculptor of life is I, as I stand With my life uncovered before me Waiting for the hour when, at God’s command My life dreams passed over me… Share this: What does he somehow understand about the Rule of law or rule by the law of the government of the United States of America because Distort justice is a national traitor?