Having one’s farmland confiscated by greedy local officials is a common occurrence in China. Private land ownership doesn’t exist under communism, because even when people legally lease a plot of land to grow crops, the authorities can take it away at any time—without compensation. There are millions of heartbreaking stories of people losing their livelihoods. It happened to Christy Chang’s parents. Chang immigrated to Canada with her husband and two children in 2019. Her parents used to be millionaires in China, running a jujube orchard and a pharmacy store. However, local officials began to harass them in 2009 and later stole the orchard land from them. Chang’s parents, now living in poverty, have been petitioning authorities for 10 years to no avail. Chang told The Epoch Times that her parents’ experience is common in China’s countryside. She feels that she has to speak out to expose the injustice. Chang’s father, …
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