Story of a Cultural Revolution Sent-Down Survivor Who Escaped to Hong Kong for Freedom

Wong Tung-hon, a 75-year-old survivor of the sent-down youth who escaped to Hong Kong, recalls the memories of fleeing to Hong Kong, and how he works hard with other fleeing survivors to commemorate the lost lives. Courtesy of Wong Tung-hon

Wong Tung Hon is a 75-year-old survivor who escaped China during the cultural revolution. He was one of the students who got sent down to the countryside.

Wong gave an audience to the sounds of the bristly waves rippling at the reefs; on the opposite shore were the gravitating buildings of Shenzhen. He was deep in his thoughts. The flashback of Wong fleeing and lifting anchor on a dark cold night is vividly evoked after 50 long years.