Wang Xizhe (Chinese: 王希哲), born in 1948 in Sichuan, is a Chinese writer and a political critic.[1]
Wang Xizhe | |
|---|---|
| writer and a political critic- China | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1948 Sichuan (China) |
| Occupation | Writer, Critic |
| Profession | Human right activist Politician |
Biography
editWang was born on August 13, 1948, to a middle-class family in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. Raised in Guangdong, Wang became involved with the rebels during the Cultural Revolution and was sent to the countryside in 1968.[2]
In 1974, Wang, together with Li Zhengtian and Chen Yiyang, under the pseudonym "Li Yizhe," posted a big-character poster entitled "Socialist Democracy," in which they questioned the ideological system of the Gang of Four and Lin Biao, and even Mao Zedong's authority, claiming that a "newborn bourgeoisie" had emerged, and calling for the establishment of a socialist system that was more democratic and based on the rule of law.[3]
Together with Liu Xiaobo he wrote and signed a letter that was published on September 30, 1996.[4] This letter called on the Chinese authorities to reconcile the Chinese Communist Party and Guomindang,[5] and have dialogue with the Dalai Lama, the exiled head of the Tibetan government.
Liu Xiaobo was later arrested and sentenced to 3 years of "re-education through labor" camp. To escape from arrest, Wang Xizhe took refuge in Hong Kong.[6] His escape was revealed on October 13. Two days later on October 15, he arrived in the United States where he obtained political asylum.[7]
References
edit- ^ Derek Jones, Censorship: A World Encyclopedia, p. 2606
- ^ Chan, Anita; Rosen, Stanley; Unger, Jonathan (1985). On Socialist Democracy and the Chinese Legal System: The Li Yizhe Debates. Routledge. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-315-63895-9.
- ^ Chan, Anita; Rosen, Stanley; Unger, Jonathan (1985). On Socialist Democracy and the Chinese Legal System: The Li Yizhe Debates. Routledge. pp. 10–12. ISBN 978-1-315-63895-9.
- ^ "Factbox: Who is Liu Xiaobo?". Reuters. 7 December 2010.
- ^ Jean-Philippe Béja, La Philosophie du porc et autres essais, p. 30.
- ^ Veteran Chinese dissident Wang Xizhe demands answers after he is refused entry to Hong KongSouth China Morning Post Jeffie Lam
- ^ Ian Jeffries, Economies in Transition: A Guide to China, Cuba, Mongolia, North Korea and Vietnam at the Turn of the 21st Century, Routledge, 2002, ISBN 113456158X, 9781134561582, p. 72
