Illustrates authoritarian persecution forcing dissidents to risk dangerous escapes; documents systematic political repression that compels decade-long flight attempts.
Dong Guangping reached Toronto after a decade of failed attempts to escape China. He traveled to South Korea last month in an inflatable rubber boat.
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