A former activist spent six months meticulously preparing to leave China—securing travel papers and sanitizing her social-media accounts. As her plane took off, she started sobbing.
For six months, Li Tingyu prepared meticulously to leave China—securing travel papers, creating a cover story and sanitizing her social-media accounts. Even her mother didn’t know what she was planning.
Many dissidents face social stigma that persists beyond the end of their judicial punishment. Mr. Xi’s efforts to stoke nationalistic fervor has fostered a social climate more hostile to dissidents, some of whom have tried to leave China to rebuild their lives. In Ms. Li’s case, she said she grew frustrated with how she couldn’t express herself honestly in her daily life.
, Lu Yuyu. Her account of her post-detention experiences, which hasn’t been reported before, is consistent with other cases documented by rights activists. Ms. Li was born in 1991 to working-class parents in Guangdong province, a manufacturing hub in southern China. After her parents divorced when she was around 12 or 13 years old, Ms. Li stayed with her mother and focused on studies, satiating her love for reading with books and online news.
The couple moved to the southwestern city of Dali in early 2014 to escape state scrutiny. Ms. Li dropped out of university and threw away her mobile SIM card, cutting herself off from her family and friends. They spent most of their time doing documentation work, leaving their apartment only to get food and unwind with occasional walks and bicycle rides.Months of interrogation and isolation wore Ms. Li down.
“I had to keep lying to them about who I am, what I believe, in order to fit in,” Ms. Li said. “My life was made up of lies.”
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