To read about and look at photos of a movement online gauges personal curiosity. To see the artefacts in person however, arouses a feeling of shock and personal revelation.
As my time in DC comes to an end, I finally reach Boston. The days here feel a little lazier, since I wasn’t able to get in contact with any exiles (Chai Ling is the only one I know who lives in Boston, but she is rather emotional about Tiananmen and has since turned her focus towards religion)…
This morning, I had my meeting with Wang Dan. To be able to meet one of the key leaders of the 1989…
6am — Today’s the day. I’m thinking about the first exile I’ll be meeting with this afternoon and…