Chinese dissident arrives in Canada after fleeing homeland by dinghy: ‘I knew I needed to keep going’

The Globe and Mail: In an interview with The Globe on Saturday, Mr. Dong said he was filled with joy when he stepped off the plane at Toronto’s Pearson airport and heard Canadian officials say, “Welcome to Canada.”

…Mr. Dong, 68, has been jailed four times by Beijing for speaking out against Chinese government’s human-rights violations including the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989, as well as for past efforts to escape China…

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