Cleared for exchange
Beijing, China
Wants Western liberty
Wei Chen
Software engineer · Age 34
“I can write the code that watches a billion people. I cannot write a sentence the Party dislikes.”
Wei builds the systems that score his neighbors. He has never voted for the people who own those systems. He wants a country where a man can own a shop, baptize a child, and criticize a minister without disappearing from the directory. He has been on the waiting list for three years. He packed a Bible in a pillow once. He unpacked it.
Stated wants
- Free speech
- Property rights
- A church that is not a bureau
- A passport that works
Seeking a seat in
the United States
Leaving People's Republic of China. The Program is looking for an American who would prefer China.