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Q: Zhu Jun, you belong to the 60's generation that had completely different dreams at different stages of life. Could you tell us about your early aspirations?
A: At an early age, I dreamed of becoming a zookeeper or a dubbing actress in cartoon films. As I grew up, I didn't want to be a zookeeper any more, because every time I went to the zoo to see the caged animals and birds, who have lost their sacred freedom and will never return to their natural habitats, I felt sorry for them. But I still dream about becoming the voice of a cartoon character, or work in a natural wild life sanctuary, taking care of the animals there.
Q: What made you join the media?
A: Destiny. I had never thought of joining the media until I read a CCTV job advertisement in the newspaper about ten years ago. I was working in the PR office of a hotel at the time, and was just thinking about trying another job.
Q: Do you think learning and using a foreign language is fun, and did it come easily for you?
A: It is absolutely fun-but not easy at all. I like to imitate. And learning English is, to an extent, a game of imitation-from pronunciation to the way of thinking. But learning and using English is anything but easy. I have not had a chance to study or live in an English-speaking environment.
Q: You mentioned your love of nature. Do you feel nature and animals make you happier than being around humans? And if so, Why?
A: Sometimes and to some extent, that's true. First because, the most amazing thing to me is the diversity of the universe. As a resident of the earth, I'm obsessed by the biological diversity on this planet. Human beings are only one of the numberless species living on the earth. We know so little about other species co-existing with us for millions of years or even don't know of the existence of others. Secondly, I feel sorry and sometimes guilty, to be one of the human beings who have become so selfish by consistently abusing natural resources in order to facilitate their already over-developed way of living, at the cost of making thousands of plant and animal species homeless or even disappear forever. Thirdly, although man-made, digital-time objects, like computers, are interesting and amazingly intelligent, and some of them have changed human life fundamentally, none of them are more beautiful or attractive to me than what nature has to offer. That's why I spend much more time observing and playing with my two cats than watching TV.
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