Chinese dissident Dong Guangping has arrived in Canada after more than a decade of failed escape attempts, detentions, and forced returns that began after he fled China in 2015.
Dong, a former police officer from Henan Province, is known among Chinese democracy activists for keeping alive the memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre and for his long-standing resistance to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
He arrived in Toronto on an Air Canada flight on June 26, according to a social media post by Chinese Canadian author and democracy activist Sheng Xue, who helped advocate for him.
The arrival brought Dong onto Canadian soil one month after he crossed nearly 190 miles of open sea in a small inflatable boat, reaching waters off South Korea on May 25….Â
Chinese Dissident Dong Guangping Arrives in Canada After Years of Failed Escapes
