An Oral History of the Special Olympics in China Volume 3

Preface.- Worries about His Future.- Interview with Mr. QJ's Family.- Interview with QJ's Co-worker ( ).- Interview with QJ's Co-worker ( ).- Interview with QJ's Co-worker ( ).- Interview with QJ's Co-worker ( ).- Traveling for Auto Shows.-  Interview with JL's Co-worker ( ).-Interview with QJ's Co-worker ( ).- Observation of JL at Work.- Interview with ZZ's Co-worker.- Observation of ZZ at Work.- Simple Goal of Having a Stable Job.- Interview with Mr.W.- Never Treat the Child as Someone with a Disability.- Be Content and Cherish the Present.- Giving Is More Rewarding than Taking.- I Treat Him as My Own Son.- Eager for and Fearful of Communication.- Appendix I  Interview with Papa John's HR Management.             

William P. Alford is Henry L. Stimson Professor at Harvard Law School where he also serves as Vice Dean for the Graduate Program and International Legal Studies, Director of East Asian Legal Studies and Chair of the Harvard Law School Project on Disability.  A scholar of Chinese law and society, his books include To Steal a Book is an Elegant Offense: Intellectual Property Law in Chinese Civilization (Stanford 1995); Raising the Bar: The Emerging Legal Profession in East Asia (Harvard 2007), Can ji ren fa lu bao zhang ji zhi yan jiu (A Study of Legal Mechanisms to Protect Persons with Disabilities) (Huaxia 2008, with Wang Liming and Ma Yu'er, in Chinese), Prospects for the Professions in China (Routledge 2011, with William Kirby and Kenneth Winston) and Taiwan and International Human Rights: A Story of Transformation (Springer 2019, with Jerome A. Cohen and Chang-Fa Lo). In addition, he has published dozens of articles concerning China, law and international affairs. Professor Alford's work has been recognized with an honorary doctorate by the University of Geneva in 2010 and honorary professorships at Renmin University of China and Zhejiang University. He is also the recipient of the inaugural O'Melveny & Myers Centennial Award, the Kluwer China Prize, a Qatar Pearls of Praise Award, an Abe (Japan) Fellowship, the Harvard Law School Alumni Association Award, an award from Special Olympics International recognizing his work on behalf of persons with intellectual disabilities, and several other fellowships and honors.  He is a graduate of Amherst College (B.A.), the University of Cambridge (LL.B.), Yale University (M.A. in History and M.A. in Chinese Studies) and Harvard Law School (J.D.). 



 Mei Liao is an independent scholar at present. From 1996 to 2004, she taught as an assistant professor and associate professor in the History Department of Fudan University in Shanghai. Her research interests include Chinese