The moment that my friend decided she wanted to leave China came one day in 2018, on a busy street in Beijing. The moment that my friend decided she wanted to leave China came one day in 2018, on a busy street in Beijing. A protester holds a sign that says "#JUSTICE FOR WANG WANG" with photos of the dog and a QR code. Last month, the torture and killing of Wang Wang, a stray dog, by a group of boys in Guangdong province provoked widespread grief and outrage. That is why some members of China’s elite continue to leave even when doing so means exchanging fast trains and inexpensive delivery services for the United States’ dysfunction and disorder.