A Chinese mother and her U.S.-born young child are being barred from leaving China after a family trip there last year, marking another case where Beijing has stopped foreigners and Chinese nationals from departing the country.
On Aug. 7, the Dui Hua Foundation, a San Francisco-based advocacy group for at-risk detainees in China, raised the plight of the Gao family—permanent U.S. residents Gao Zhen and his wife Zhao Yaliang, and their seven-year-old son, Gao Jia, a U.S. citizen from New York.
The senior Gao and his younger brother, Gao Qiang, are well-known as the “Gao Brothers” for their artworks critical of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). One particularly well-known art piece is a bronze statue of former CCP leader Mao Zedong kneeling, his right hand on his chest with a sorrowful expression….