INTERVIEW WITH Ms. XIE YONGFANG BY TELEPHONE

Shuibao Liu

How and when did you find out that you were on the cover page of our magazine ?
I forgot the exact date. It was quite sometime ago. At first I was told on the phone by our county officials.

Have you received any copies ?
Yes, but it was later when the Zhejiang Daily came to interview me. I was given one copy, because they wanted to take a picture of me holding your magazine in my hands.
In fact I was told that another office in our county kept three copies which were sent from the cultural department of the Lishui Municipality.

What is the consequence of you being on the cover page of UN Special ?
As I said already that first Zhejiang Daily came to interview me and took a photo of me holding the Magazine. Then quite a few local papers interviewed me regarding the photo.

So you’ve become famous ?
If you think so.

Is it true that some men are courting you since you were on the cover page of UN Special ?
A lot of men phoned me or sent me SMS, expressing their admiration or love.

Do you consider yourself beautiful ?
I think all women consider themselves beautiful and I’m no exception. Besides, everybody generally loves to hear complementary remarks, true or false. In any case nobody is going to verify them.