Anastasia Lin, I Won Miss World Canada. But My Work Puts My Father at Risk in China. Washington Post, June 26, 2015 (op-ed)
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ ... e6ab94b5_story.html
("Shortly after my victory, my father started receiving threats from Chinese security agents complaining about my human rights advocacy. * * * No doubt fearing for his livelihood and business, my father asked me to stop advocating for human rights. He told me that if I did not stop, we would have to go our separate ways")
Note:
(a) Anastasia Lin 林耶凡
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastasia_Lin
(1990- ; BA, University of Toronto; "moved to Canada at age 13 with her mother. Her father is a businessman based in China"/ is known for her public position against human rights abuses in China, particularly against practitioners of Falun Gong)
(b) Anastasia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastasia |