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Freedom on Her Face
Yaqiu Wang has devoted her life to the cause of human rights in China. It is a great and important cause. She has worked for Freedom House, Human Rights Watch, and the Committee to Protect Journalists. Currently, she is a fellow at the University of Chicago’s Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression. Her website is www.wangyaqiu.com.
She was born in a village in southeast China. Her family was a peasant family. That’s what it said right on the registration card: “peasant.”
Yaqiu grew up in a relatively liberal, relatively lenient period. The word “relatively” is very important. The atmosphere…
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