Liu Jingsheng
Chinese activist
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| Intro | Chinese activist | ||
| Places | China | ||
| is | Journalist Politician Activist Trade unionist | ||
| Work field | Activism Journalism Politics | ||
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| Birth | 5 January 1954, Beijing, People's Republic of China | ||
| Age | 71 years | ||
| Star sign | Capricorn | ||
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Liu Jingsheng (born c.1950) is a Chinese political opposition activist and a former co-editor of Tansuo (Explorations), a journal he founded in the late 1970s with Wei Jingsheng.
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Liu played a leading role in the Democracy Wall and was arrested (when?). Upon his release, Liu resumed his job as a bus driver. In 1992, he was arrested again for his associations with "counter-revolutionary organizations." Liu was released in November 2004.
Liu was awarded the PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award in 1998.