Smuggling into the United States through five continents

By Jian Cui, World Journal, 31 July 2008.
Original translation by Independent Press Association New York
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Tang Cheng, a 27-year-old Fujianese, left his hometown, Fuzhou, a southeast province in China, in November of 2007 and started a two-month difficult journey through five continents. Early this year, he arrived in the United States. As he reflected on his experience smuggling into the country, he expressed much regrets. Cheng was an owner of a convenience store back in his province in Fuzhou. In his hometown, all the pretty girls got married in the United States and all the strong young men left for the United States to find work. Leaving for the United States was the norm, so he was convinced to leave Fuzhou as well.


Through his relatives, Cheng contacted a “snakeheadâ€