Heart for Freedom A HB: The Remarkable Journey of a Young Dissident, Her Daring Escape, and Her Quest to Free China's Daughters - Hardcover

Ling Chai

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1414362463 ISBN 13: 9781414362465

Publisher: Tyndale House, 2011

Synopsis

The dramatic and fascinating story of Chai Ling, commander-in-chief of the student protesters at Tiananmen Square and witness to the massacre of thousands of Chinese civilians. Risking imprisonment and possible death for her leadership role in the student democracy movement, she was on the run in China for ten months while being hunted by the authorities. She eventually escaped to the U.S., completed her education at Princeton and Harvard, found true love, and became a highly successful entrepreneur. But her desperate quest for freedom, purpose, and peace--which she had sought in turn through academic achievement, romantic love, political activism, and career success--was never satisfied until she had an unexpected encounter with a formerly forbidden faith. Her newfound passion for God led to her life's greatest mission: Fighting for the lives and rights of young girls in China.

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A Heart for Freedom "A Heart for Freedom" tells the story of the commander-in-chief of the student protesters at Tiananmen Square and witness to the massacre of thousands of Chinese civilians. Risking imprisonment and possible death for her leadership role, she was on the run in China for 10 months. She eventually escaped to the U.S., completed her education at Princeton and Harvard, found true love, and became a highly successful entrepreneur. But her desperate quest for freedom, purpose, and peace was never satisfied until she had an unexpected encounter with a formerly forbidden faith.

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More than twenty years ago, she led the protesters at Tiananmen Square and became China's most-wanted woman. Today, she's finally telling her astonishing story.

In the spring of 1989, Chai Ling--a young, idealistic college student in Beijing--found herself leading one of the greatest uprisings in history . . . until it turned into one of history's most horrifying massacres.

Facing imprisonment and possible death at the hands of the Chinese authorities, Chai Ling went deep underground--eventually hiding in a cargo box for five days to escape to safety in the United States. Though haunted by her past, Ling threw herself into pursuing the American dream, completing Ivy League degrees, finding love, and becoming a highly successful entrepreneur. She was twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Yet her longing for true freedom, purpose, and peace remained unfulfilled. Years after the events at Tiananmen Square, she was still searching to find meaning in all the violence, fear, and tragedy she'd endured.

A Heart for Freedom is a tale of passion, political furor, and spiritual awakening. An inside look at China, then and now. A love song to a now forbidden country. And the inspirational true story of a woman who has dedicated everything to giving people in China their chance at a future.

MY NAME IS CHAI LING.
I was born at the beginning of China's Cultural Revolution. Like all Chinese children, I was taught to love my country, sacrifice my own needs, and be ready to give up my life for a greater good. We were not allowed to know God.

In 1989, I became a leader of a student hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, a peaceful movement for a better, freer, and more loving China. There I discovered the truth about the government I had been taught to love. In the early-morning hours of June 4, I stood with my friends and watched in horror as the tanks rolled in. During the crackdown, thousands were wounded or killed.

I survived.

A lifetime later, after escaping to freedom and achieving success beyond the wildest American dream, I was still trapped between the past and the future. Haunted by memories of standing against the force of a powerful regime, I had lost my purpose, my homeland, and my strength . . . until God met me and healed me. When my eyes were then opened to another life-and-death battle, would I have the courage to join it and risk losing my most precious loved ones again? Do I dare hope that, with God's help, we can finally see true freedom in China?

Chai Ling was a key student leader in the 1989 Tiananmen Square movement. Today, she serves as founder, president, and coo of Jenzabar, Inc., a leading higher education software services provider. She holds an mba from Harvard Business School, an mPa in public affairs and international relations from Princeton University, and a ba in psychology from Peking University. Nominated twice for the Nobel Peace Prize, Chai Ling is founder of All Girls Allowed (www.allgirlsallowed.org), an organization dedicated to restoring life, value, and dignity to girls and mothers and revealing the injustice of China's one-child policy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tyndale House
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1414362463
• ISBN 13: 9781414362465
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 370