Escape From China: The Long Journey from Tiananmen to Freedom is a book by Zhang Boli

Zhang Boli

Zhang Boli is a Chinese dissident.-Biography:Zhang Boli was born in Wangkui County, Heilongjiang Province. He worked as a journalist after graduating from a three-year college in Heilongjiang Province...

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Zhang Boli was present in 1989 when pro-democratic students and rights-activists staged a massive protest in Tiananmen Square

Tiananmen Square

Tiananmen Square is a large city square in the center of Beijing, China, named after the Tiananmen Gate located to its North, separating it from the Forbidden City. Tiananmen Square is the third largest city square in the world...

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Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

. This is his story of how he was able to escape authorities who were seeking to imprison him.

It was published originally in the Chinese Mandarin language in 1998 by Zhang Boli.
The English translation was done by Kwee Kian Low and published in 2002 by Washington Square Press.

Mr. Zhang is currently a Christian pastor at the Harvest Chinese Christian Church near Washington, D.C.