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Dissident Dong Guangping South Korea Flee China Rubber Boat

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- Dong Guangping, a 68-year-old Chinese dissident, was detained by South Korean coastguard after arriving by rubber boat.
- He traveled over 30 hours at sea from Weifang, Shandong province, a distance of more than 300 km.
- He is being questioned for immigration law violations and seeks resettlement in Canada.
- He previously attempted to flee to Thailand in 2015 and to swim to Taiwan in 2019.



