毛新宇在人大会场外的"长征记"
【英文原文】
Long March: Comrade, Where's My Car?
The opening day of China's legislative session is one of the hottest political dates of the calendar. Despite the mostly ceremonial role of the roughly 3,000-member National People's Congress, China's military, political and business elite fill up the marble corridors of the Great Hall of the People.
One star this year is Mao Xinyu, grandson of China's founding father, Chairman Mao Zedong. The roly-poly grandson is now a researcher in a military academy specializing in his grandfather's political theory, Mao Zedong Thought.
The younger Mao is a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a sort of council of elders filled with celebrities, sports stars and scientists who meet at the same time as the legislature. Mao proposed his grandfather's thought should be applied to modern military strategy.
Dressed in his military uniform and carrying an extra-large manila folder filled with documents, wherever Mao went, he was quickly surrounded by reporters who peppered him with questions and fans posing for photographs alongside the Great Helmsman's progeny. (OK, we did it, too.)
After the opening speeches were over, he walked out between the massive pillars of the hall and down onto Tiananmen Square, temporarily turned into a parking lot filled with the identical black cars ferrying VIP delegates.
Only catch, Mao couldn't find his car. As he wandered around the square trying to dodge a growing crowd of reporters - following a circuitous route - similar to his Grandfathers windy Long March in shape if not form or duration - firefighters in helmets and orange-jump suits tried to block the media while radioing for help.
Defeated, eventually he retreated back up the steps and into the hall for a strategic regrouping.
【中文译文】
毛新宇在人大会场外的“长征记”
全国人大会议开幕的那一天是一年中引发最多热议的政治日子。尽管有3,000名代表参加的人大会议扮演的主要是仪式性的角色，中国的军事、政治和企业精英却把人民大会堂的大理石走廊挤得是水泄不通。
本文作者与毛新宇合影今年的明星人物之一是新中国开国领袖毛泽东的孙子毛新宇。身材圆圆胖胖的毛新宇现为军事科学院研究员，主要从事毛泽东思想的研究。
毛新宇是全国政协委员。政协主要由名人、体育明星和科学家等老资格人士组成。全国政协会议与人大会议几乎同时召开。毛新宇的提案是，毛泽东思想应该运用于现代军事战略中。
毛新宇身着军装、拿着一个装满文件的超大文件夹。无论走到哪里，他都会很快被记者和粉丝包围起来，记者们向他铺天盖地提问，而粉丝们则抢着和伟大领袖的后人合影。（好吧，我们也不例外。）
在人大开幕式结束后，毛新宇从人民大会堂巨大的柱子之间走出来，走到天安门广场上；天安门广场已经变成了临时停车场，上面停满了一模一样的、用来接送贵宾委员的黑色轿车。
问题是，毛新宇找不到自己的车了。他在广场上绕来绕去、试图躲开越来越多的记者之际（他采取的是迂回路线，和他祖父曲折的长征路线有异曲同工之处，只是形式和持续时间不同），头戴钢盔、身穿桔黄色连体工作服的消防员一边努力挡开媒体，一边用无线电寻求帮助。
努力未果，毛新宇最后撤回到台阶上，回到人民大会堂大厅，进行“战略整编”。
