He was killed by paramilitary police three years ago while he tried to reach Japan by boat. They beat him to death. In the past, Mr Lin said, the government used only to fine those it caught trying to leave. Fines we can bear, but they should not beat them. Farmland in Changle county is shrinking as villages grow, and crops are replaced by yet more mansions.
Drug use is on the rise.
One young girl stared from behind a wall, after hearing that an Englishman was in her village. They went three years ago, and she lives with her grandparents. The girl abruptly turned and ran to her home, a new four-storey house with a shop on the ground floor. Ten years ago, there were 5,000 people here. Now there are 1,000.