Bao Zunxin
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Biography
Born in September 1937 in Wuhu County, Anhui, China, he was a 34th-generation descendant of Bao Zheng. Bao graduated from Peking University in 1964. He was a scholar at the History Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Bao also taught as a professor at Beijing Normal University.[1]
In 1989 Bao spoke out in support of pro-democracy protesters who marched in the Tiananmen Square democracy protests.[1] Bao also signed a petition which declared that China was still ruled by an emperor.[1] The "emperor" which the declaration referred to was the supposedly retired Chinese Communist Party leader Deng Xiaoping.[1]
Bao was arrested after the Tiananmen Square massacre, and was charged with "counterrevolutionary propaganda and incitement."[2] He was sentenced to 5 years in prison for his participation in the pro-democracy movement.[1] He served <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />3+1⁄2 years of his sentence before being released in November 1992.[1][3]
Death
Bao died of a brain hemorrhage at the Dongfang Hospital Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Fengtai District, Beijing on October 28, 2007.[1][4] He was 70 years old.
Notes
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- ↑ China Charges 8 Dissidents In 1989 Tiananmen Protests, The New York Times, January 16, 1991.
- ↑ Chinese Dissident Freed from Prison, The New York Times November 26, 1992.
- ↑ Los Angeles Times: Bao Zunxin, 70; activist jailed for Tiananmen Square protest
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