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Springtime for Hope
On January 31, 2023, the third issue of the China Spring online magazine was published, and as its editor-in-chief, I felt relieved. Looking out the window at the snow settling in the wake of strong winds, I couldn't help but think of Dr. Wang Bingzhang, the founder of this magazine. He has been in solitary confinement for twenty years, serving a life sentence in prison in China.
14 Years and One Tweet
On September 27, 2022, on our 14th anniversary of arriving in Canada seeking refuge after fleeing Mexico to survive death threats from organized crime and corrupt officers, I signed my contract as a part-time janitor in a supermarket in Toronto. The next day, I was introduced at a conference at the University of Ottawa as an award-winning journalist in exile and author published by the world’s largest printing house.