Wan Xi Ping (Hu Ping)

Genus. on January 14, 1949 in Nanchang in China, in a family of teachers. On August 20, 1969, he fled with his sister to the USSR, swimming across the Amur River. Until the end of 1977 he lived “in an atmosphere of isolation from the outside world.” In early 1978, he sent several letters in a bottle to an acquaintance in China, describing his life and asking for political asylum from the presidents of three countries. In August 1978, he was taken to the Khabarovsk KGB, where he wrote several letters of repentance under threats. Moved to the village. Elgen in the Magadan region. 07/17/1980 addressed international organizations and the President of the United States with a letter “My short biography and request for political asylum.”