Chinese dissident arrives in Canada after 11 years of trying

Dong Guangping last month staged his third escape from China, arriving in South Korea, which did not send him back but allowed him to leave for Canada. (Photo: Frontline Defenders)

A Chinese dissident who fled to South Korea last month in a rubber dinghy has arrived in Canada, more than a decade after his first escape attempt ended when authorities in Thailand sent him back to his home country.

“I’m very happy,” Dong Guangping told the New York Times after his arrival in Toronto late Friday. “Sitting here now, it feels like I’ve come home.”