Zhai Tiantian, from Xi'an of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, was once a Chinese PhD student at Stevens Institute of Technology, in New Jersey, the United States. He was charged with making terrorist threats this April for threatening to "burn to the ground" a campus building. Zhai was then arrested and imprisoned for nearly 120 days. He left the Untied States for Beijing on August 9, after receiving a voluntary departure granted by the US federal court of immigration. China Daily sat down with Zhai to hear his side of the story.

Reporter: Chen Xin

Camera: Lou Yi & Cong Ruiting

Video: Feng Xin

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