Wei Jingsheng
Born: May 20, 1950 AD
Currently alive, at 58 years of age.
Nationality: Chinese
Categories: Activists, Writers
Currently alive, at 58 years of age.
Nationality: Chinese
Categories: Activists, Writers
1950 - Born on May 20th. Chinese dissident and pro-democracy activist.
1978 - Wei was first imprisoned for his essay, “The Fifth Modernization,” in which he suggested that Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping’s efforts to modernize the country would not succeed until the government itself modernized and became a democracy.
1993 - He was released but within six months returned to jail with a 14-year sentence for his continued calls for democracy.
1997 - Wei garnered international attention when he was released in exile to the United States, just weeks after Chinese President Jiang Zemin visited President Clinton.
1978 - Wei was first imprisoned for his essay, “The Fifth Modernization,” in which he suggested that Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping’s efforts to modernize the country would not succeed until the government itself modernized and became a democracy.
1993 - He was released but within six months returned to jail with a 14-year sentence for his continued calls for democracy.
1997 - Wei garnered international attention when he was released in exile to the United States, just weeks after Chinese President Jiang Zemin visited President Clinton.
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The Courage to Stand Alone: Letters from Prison and Other Writings by Jingsheng Wei (Hardcover - May 1, 1997) For some writers, publication is an achievement; for Wei Jingsheng it is closer to a miracle. The letters Wei wrote during his first 15 years as a political prisoner in China are addressed to his...  |
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Biography of Wei Jingsheng by Jinsong Chen (Mass Market Paperback - May 25, 1998) |
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Trial, conviction and imprisonment Wei Jingsheng, how should it affect U.S. policy?: Hearing before the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human ... Congress, first session, December 18, 1995 by United States (Unknown Binding - Jul 25, 1996) |
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For the relief of Wei Jingsheng : report (to accompany S. 11) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office) (SuDoc Y 1.1/8:106-955) by U.S. Congressional Budget Office (Unknown Binding - Jul 25, 2008) |
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Prav li Den Siaopin, ili, Kitaiskie inakomysliashchie na poroge XXI veka by IU. M Galenovich (Unknown Binding - Jul 25, 2008) |
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The Phoenix Volume VIII Nos. 1&2 (Fall 1980) by Hervey White, Galina Grigoryeva, Yuliya Voznesenkaya, Wei Jingsheng, N.C.S.M. , Thomas Clarke, James Cooney (Edi Herbert Mason (Paperback - Jul 25, 1980) |
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