I saw all these videos on social media of Chinese people crossing the US border with Mexico by taking the route, what we call the Darién Gap.Īnd most people taking the Darién Gap are from Venezuela, Ecuador, and Haiti. And in early 2023, I started seeing something quite surprising for me. You know, I watch a lot of Chinese social media for my job. Li, you write about China for the “Times.” Tell us how it is that you first came to this story. My colleague Li Yuan on how that crisis is now showing up at the US-Mexico border.
Today, a crisis of confidence is brewing inside China, where the heavy hand of the government is turning true believers in the Chinese dream into skeptics willing to flee the country. michael barbaroįrom “The New York Times,” I’m Michael Barbaro. Please review the episode audio before quoting from this transcript and email with any questions. While it has been reviewed by human transcribers, it may contain errors. This transcript was created using speech recognition software.
Transcript How China Broke One Man’s Dreams Gao Zhibin is among the thousands of migrants disillusioned with their home country who have risked the perilous crossing into the United States.