Fu was born and raised in mainland China and was a student leader during the Tiananmen Square demonstrations for freedom and democracy in 1989. Fu taught English to Communist Party officials in Beijing for three years while simultaneously aiding the underground church network. He and his wife, Heidi, were imprisoned for two months for “illegal evangelism” in 1996. Bob and Heidi fled to the United States as religious refugees in 1997 and subsequently founded ChinaAid to bring international attention to China’s gross human rights violations and to promote religious freedom and rule of law in China. ChinaAid, based in Midland, Texas, is an international Christian non-profit organization committed to promoting religious freedom, human rights, and rule of law in China.

Living Lyrics: Poems from Prison