An American’s Gripping Story of Escaping to Freedom During China’s Cultural Revolution

Teresa Buczacki’s gripping story of surviving persecution under Mao and fighting her way to freedom in America

Buczacki with her husband and son. She married Jeff Buczacki in 1982. Their child, Andrew, was born in 1985. Courtesy of Teresa Buczacki

Two hundred words, and the future she dreamed of would be within reach.

That is, 200 words condemning her American father, regurgitating the Chinese Communist Party line that he was “a servile follower of capitalism and an enemy of the Chinese people,” and declaring that she was severing all ties with him.