On a busy street in downtown Toronto, Chinese couple Luo Yu and Wang Jingjing walked among hundreds of people in a march, carrying a banner with determined expressions.
Both were born in the 1980s and are originally from Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. For years, they say, they accepted the official narratives they had been taught in China. Today, they actively participate in overseas democracy and human rights events. Their shift in outlook reflects a process some Chinese living abroad experience as they reexamine China’s political system and society.
From college classmates to life abroad
Luo Yu and Wang Jingjing met in college and married many years after graduation.
Luo worked as a tour guide and traveled frequently to countries around the world. As a result, he accessed information outside China’s Great Firewall earlier than many of his peers.
Wang, meanwhile, worked as a clerk at a state-owned enterprise in Nanjing. Her life was familiar to many ordinary Chinese office workers: working nine to five, giving gifts to superiors during holidays, and relying on such “shows of respect” to help secure her position.
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