'I must get out into the free world', dissident who fled China on boat tells BBC
Dong Guangping, who has resettled in Canada, recounts his perilous escape from China to South Korea.
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"If I didn't leave, I will never be at peace for the rest of my life. I had to show the Chinese Communist Party I was capable of leaving. They cannot stop me, they cannot control me."
— Dong Guangping , Activist
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Dong Guangping, who has resettled in Canada, recounts his perilous escape from China to South Korea.
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