The rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong once met the German chancellor in Beijing. Now his wife is hoping that Ms. Merkel can push Beijing to disclose his whereabouts.
This is a story about fear and the attempt to conquer fear. The wives of some of the lawyers who disappeared in China’s “709” crackdown have suffered house arrest, threats, and suppression. In their search to find their husbands, they hope no longer to be mere “political dissidents,” and instead to mature into self-aware women and citizens.