Chinese dissident Dong Guangping arrived in Canada after a 40‑hour journey on a dinghy and subsequent detention in South Korea. He had been imprisoned multiple times in China for activities related to the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown and for distributing leaflets, and he attempted to flee several times before. On May 24 he set out from Weihai, Shandong, in a gray rubber dinghy with an engine, intending to reach Japan. When his phone battery died, he changed his plan to head toward South Korea. The South Korean Coast Guard detained him for alleged immigration violations; a court declined to issue an arrest warrant, saying it was difficult to find sufficient grounds. He was taken to a refugee center in Incheon, where the United Nations refugee agency contacted him via video call and a center manager requested his height, weight and eye color. He later boarded a flight and arrived in Toronto on Friday. Dong said he felt surprised, described his new life as tasting freedom for the first time in over a decade, and said he hopes to work as a truck driver or rideshare driver. He plans to consult a lawyer about suing Thailand and Vietnam for his previous deportations and intends to continue advocacy for Chinese democratization. The Canadian Embassy declined to comment, and the United Nations refugee agency and South Korean authorities did not respond to requests for comment. His ex‑wife and daughter reside in Canada.