As one of the top student leaders in the Tiananmen Square demonstrations Zhang eluded a nationwide police manhunt, until he realized he would have to leave China to stay alive.
Content Note
Escape from Beijing -- The road to Tiananmen Square -- A university without walls -- Twenty-one people wanted -- Help from the police -- Crossing the border -- Interrogated by the KGB -- China again -- On the banks of Wild Deer River -- Gunplay -- Gambling with the harvest -- A family broken -- A farewell to my mother -- Free at last -- Epilogue.