I have fear. I know if I got caught, I will be put into a prison, but it's worth to

get my daughter out of this country.

This is a story of defiance and love. It's about a group of extremely determined women who

felt they had no choice but to take on the mites of China's communist government.

At first it was like I set out to help my dad, but then it's like I learned about what

was happening in China and how what people were experiencing and it was very difficult

to ignore it.

These women are what you might call accidental activists. They didn't want to become political

campaigners, but were forced into the real laughter, the jailing of their husbands and

fathers for dissent. They've endured surveillance persecution in the breakup of their families,

two have escaped China. They all juggle home life with campaigning to free their loved ones.

We are educated ladies, we are educated women in China. We support our loved ones without

hesitation. We call we leave for our loved.

In Beijing, Xi Jinping has just been anointed for a third term in office in ceremonies that

were polite, formal and orderly.

But his rule, now into its second decade, is supported by something far darker. A brutal

machine of repression that crushes even the smallest signs of opposition. I'm Michael

Bristo, and in this episode of Assignment I'll tell you the stories of a group of women

to reveal a vision of China that Xi Jinping would rather remain hidden.

My journey into the heart of China's regime of repression begins in what is perhaps an

unusual location. I'm in Minneapolis in the Midwest of the United States. I'm standing

in a beautiful leafy park, the sun's beaming down and there's a lake nearby. Parents

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