——洛杉矶街头的声音
记者：贾嘉
洛杉矶讯
高智晟在哪里？
2026年8月16日下午5点，在洛杉矶中国领事馆附近，一场以“高智晟在哪里？”为主题的街头活动举行。来自不同背景的华人参与其中。中国民主党创始人之一朱虞夫先生率先发言，呼吁关注高智晟失踪九年的问题，要求公布他的真实下落和身体状况，并呼吁恢复他的自由。现场最醒目的，是一幅巨大的横幅：“中共是万恶之源！”人群手中的标语则不断重复着同一个声音：“立即释放高智晟！”
WHERE IS GAO ZHISHENG？九年过去，一个问题却始终没有消失。九年，等待一个答案。
2017年8月13日，高智晟再次失踪。从那以后，关于他的消息一直牵动着许多人的心。九年，对于一个人的人生而言并不短。九年，可以让一个孩子长大，可以让一个家庭发生巨大的变化，也可以让许多事情逐渐被人遗忘。但对于高智晟的家人而言，这九年却是漫长的等待。他在哪里？他是否平安？他的身体状况怎么样？什么时候能够回到家人身边？这些最基本的问题，至今仍然没有得到一个让人信服的答案。
现场的声音
当天活动现场，有人拿起麦克风发言，有人高举标语，也有人用手机记录整个过程。照片中可以看到，不同年龄、不同身份的人站在一起。有人穿着简单的T恤，有人戴着帽子，有人站在人群后方默默支持。他们或许有不同的经历，也有不同的观点，但此刻站在这里，都在表达同一个诉求：
不要忘记高智晟
不要让一个失踪九年的人从公众记忆中消失。
现场史庆梅女士跟沈美花女士的发言也格外引人注目。她们面对镜头和人群，拿起麦克风表达自己的观点。
有人说话铿锵有力，有人情绪平静，但她们都在用自己的方式告诉更多人：
即使声音不大，也不能选择沉默。为什么九年之后还要问？有人可能会问：九年过去了，还有必要继续追问吗？答案很简单：正因为九年过去了，所以更应该问。 如果一个人的失踪可以随着时间被遗忘，那么今天的问题也许会成为明天的问题。如果一个家庭等待了九年，社会最终选择沉默，那么“失踪”本身就可能成为一种被习惯的现象。因此，现场反复出现的那句话——“高智晟在哪里？”其实不仅仅是在询问一个人的下落。它也是对真相、自由、法律和基本人权的追问。
自由，有时候就是能够站出来说话！
站在美国街头，拿着麦克风公开表达自己的观点，对于很多人来说可能是一件很普通的事情。但恰恰是这种“普通”，让人更加理解自由的意义。可以说话，可以举牌，可以表达不同意见，可以公开追问自己关心的问题。这些看似简单的事情，其实都是一个正常社会最基本的权利。今天来到现场的人，也许无法改变什么。但他们至少选择了：不遗忘、不沉默，不停止追问。
九年已经太久
高智晟失踪九年。九年，足够让很多人忘记一个名字。但今天，在洛杉矶的街头，这个名字再次被喊出来。
高智晟在哪里
这是现场最简单的一句话，也是最沉重的一句话。 我们希望看到的，不是更多的猜测，而是真实的信息；不是漫长的等待，而是一个明确的答案；更希望有一天，高智晟能够真正恢复自由，重新回到家人身边。九年已经太久。真相不应该随着时间消失，自由也不应该成为一个遥远的愿望。今天，我们站在这里，只想把这个问题继续传递下去：
高智晟，你在哪里？
我们没有忘记。
我们仍然在问。
编辑：赵杰 校对：戈冰 翻译：戈冰
Nine Years of Questioning: Where is Gao Zhisheng?
— Voices from the Streets of Los Angeles
By Reporter: Jia Jia
LOS ANGELES
Where is Gao Zhisheng? At 5:00 PM on August 16, 2026, a street rally themed “Where is Gao Zhisheng?” was held near the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles. Chinese people from various backgrounds participated in the event. Mr. Zhu Yufu, one of the founders of the China Democracy Party, spoke first, calling for attention to the issue of Gao Zhisheng’s nine-year disappearance, demanding the publication of his true whereabouts and physical condition, and appealing for the restoration of his freedom. Prominently displayed at the scene was a massive banner reading: “The CCP is the source of all evil!” Meanwhile, signs held by the crowd repeatedly echoed a single voice: “Immediately release Gao Zhisheng!”
On August 13, 2017, Gao Zhisheng disappeared once again. Since then, news about him has constantly weighed on the hearts of many. Nine years is by no means short in a person’s life. Nine years can allow a child to grow up, bring about immense changes to a family, and cause many things to gradually be forgotten by people. Yet for Gao Zhisheng’s family, these nine years have been a lingering, agonizing wait. Where is he? Is he safe? How is his health? When will he be able to return to his family? These most basic questions still have not received a convincing answer to this day.
Voices from the Scene
At the event site that day, some picked up microphones to speak, some held signs high, and others used mobile phones to record the entire process. In the photos, people of different ages and backgrounds can be seen standing together. Some were dressed in simple T-shirts, some wore hats, and others stood silently in support from the back of the crowd. They may have different experiences and hold different views, but standing here at this moment, they were all expressing the same demand:
Do not forget Gao Zhisheng
Do not let a person who has been missing for nine years disappear from public memory.
At the scene, the speeches by Ms. Shi Qingmei and Ms. Shen Meihua were also particularly eye-catching. Facing the cameras and the crowd, they picked up microphones to express their views.
Some spoke forcefully and resolutely, while others remained calm, yet they were all using their own ways to tell more people:
Even if one’s voice is quiet, choosing silence is not an option. Why still ask after nine years? Some might ask: Nine years have passed, is it still necessary to keep asking? The answer is simple: Precisely because nine years have passed, it is all the more necessary to ask. If a person’s disappearance can be forgotten over time, then today’s problem may well become tomorrow’s problem. If a family has waited for nine years and society ultimately chooses silence, then “disappearance” itself could become a normalized phenomenon. Therefore, that phrase repeated again and again at the scene—”Where is Gao Zhisheng?”—is, in fact, not merely inquiring about one person’s whereabouts. It is also a pursuit of truth, freedom, the rule of law, and basic human rights.
Freedom, at times, is simply the ability to stand up and speak out!Standing on the streets of the United States, picking up a microphone to publicly express one’s views may seem like a very ordinary thing to many people. Yet it is precisely this kind of “ordinariness” that makes people appreciate the meaning of freedom all the more. To be able to speak out, to hold up signs, to express differing opinions, and to publicly question issues one cares about—these seemingly simple matters are, in truth, the most fundamental rights of a normal society. Those who came to the scene today may not be able to change anything, but at the very least, they chose: not to forget, not to remain silent, and not to stop asking.
Nine Years Has Already Been Too Long
Gao Zhisheng has been missing for nine years. Nine years is enough for many people to forget a name. But today, on the streets of Los Angeles, this name was called out once again.
Where is Gao Zhisheng?
This was the simplest sentence at the scene, as well as the heaviest. What we hope to see is not more speculation, but truthful information; not endless waiting, but a clear answer; and even more, we hope that one day, Gao Zhisheng can truly regain his freedom and be reunited with his family. Nine years has already been too long. Truth should not fade away with time, nor should freedom remain a distant dream. Today, standing here, we only wish to keep passing this question along:
Gao Zhisheng, where are you?
We have not forgotten.
We are still asking.
Editor: Zhao Jie Proofreader: Ge Bing Translator: Ge Bing
