Immigrant Story Series Week 8: Amani From China

Amani Zhang grew up in 1980s' China -- it was a relatively more open time, but she still grew up in primitive conditions and was indoctrinated by the CCP's history textbooks. She worked in China's state media for 8 years -- an experience that made her determined to leave China and seek freedom in the Western world. She shares with us her story of working inside the CCP propaganda system; her struggle to leave China and her love and concerns for today's America. #immigrantstory #communism #censorship

Please read Ms. Zhang's 2010 article commemorating the 1989 Tian'anmen Square Protests here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Hl48z_XcXdlt5J6C63VhzAD0uL3AbKOFedcgvKGY31I/edit?usp=sharing

The quote from Mr. Liu Xiaobo: "Hatred can rot away at a person's intelligence and conscience. Enemy mentality will poison the spirit of a nation, incite cruel mortal struggles, destroy a society's tolerance and humanity, and hinder a nation's progress toward freedom and democracy."

"Merely for publishing different political views and taking part in a peaceful democracy movement, a teacher lost his lectern, a writer lost his right to publish, and a public intellectual lost the opportunity to give talks publicly."

"Freedom of expression is the foundation of human rights, the source of humanity, and the mother of truth. To strangle freedom of speech is to trample on human rights, stifle humanity, and suppress truth."

This is part of Mr. Liu's Nobel lecture, delivered in absentia at the Nobel ceremony in 2010. It was taken from a speech he wrote in December 2009, days before he was jailed for the fourth and final time. Mr. Liu died a prisoner of China in 2017.

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