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| ⚫ | '''Wang Youcai''' ({{zh|c=王有才|p=Wáng Yǒucái}} |
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| ⚫ | '''Wang Youcai''' ({{zh|c=王有才|p=Wáng Yǒucái}}, born 29 June 1966) is a ] and was one of the prominent student leaders in the ]. At the time he was graduate student at the ], he was arrested in 1989 and sentenced to four years in 1991<ref name="Jim">{{cite news |last1=Yardley |first1=Jim |title=Leading Chinese Dissident Released From Prison |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/05/world/leading-chinese-dissident-released-from-prison.html |access-date=22 May 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=March 5, 2004}}</ref> for "conspiring to overthrow the Government of China". | ||
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| ⚫ | He was released early, in November 1991, due to the help of former U.S. Secretary of State ], who visited Beijing in 1991. | ||
| ⚫ | On June 25, 1998, he and his colleagues organized the ], which |
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| ⚫ | On June 25, 1998, he and his colleagues organized the ], which was subsequently banned by the ] government. In December 1998 the Chinese government sentenced him to 11 years in prison for ]. He was released from prison and exiled in 2004 under international political pressure, especially from the ]. | ||
| Wang was a visiting scholar at Fairbank Center at ] for one year, and completed his master's degree in the ] in 2006. He is one of the members of the ] and one of the members of the ]. On Jul. 15, 2009. became co-advisor of Overseas Supporters’ Association of the China Democracy Party and later became co-executive associate for Committee of Exiled members of the China Democracy Party on Oct. 10, 2009. | |||
| Wang was a visiting scholar at Fairbank Center at ]<ref name="HRW">{{cite web |title=Tiananmen, 15 Years On |url=https://www.hrw.org/legacy/campaigns/china/scholars/t15/yangyoucai.htm |website=Human Rights Watch |access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref> for one year, and completed his master's degree at the ]<ref name="Grace">{{cite news |last1=Wong |first1=Grace |title=An Ode to China's Future: Former Reform Leader Wang Youcai Speaks |url=https://medium.com/finding-tiananmen/an-ode-to-chinas-future-former-reform-leader-wang-youcai-speaks-f6417cf8b561 |access-date=22 May 2021 |publisher=Medium |date=January 14, 2018}}</ref> in 2006. He is a member of the ] advisory board.<ref name="WiredUK-1357">{{Cite magazine |title=Exposed: Wikileaks' secrets |url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/exposed-wikileaks-secrets |magazine=Wired UK |language=en-GB |issn=1357-0978 |access-date=13 March 2022}}</ref><ref name="Wikileaks-2007a">{{Cite web |date=22 November 2007 |title=Wikileaks:Advisory Board - Wikileaks |url=https://wikileaks.org/Advisory_Board |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071122093707/http://wikileaks.org/Wikileaks:Advisory_Board |archive-date=22 November 2007 |access-date=13 February 2023}}</ref> He is one of the members of the ] and one of the members of the ]. On July 15, 2009, he became co-advisor of Overseas Supporters' Association of the China Democracy Party, and later became co-executive associate for Committee of Exiled members of the China Democracy Party on October 10, 2009. | |||
| He did his Ph.D research on quark transversity at National Jefferson Laboratory in Newport News, Virginia from June 2007 to June 2010. | |||
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He did his Ph.D. research on quark transversity at National Jefferson Laboratory in Newport News, Virginia from June 2007 to June 2010. He was awarded a Ph.D. degree in physics at the ] in 2011. He worked at ] in New York from February 2011 to December 2012. Then he joined ] and worked there from January 2, 2013 to June 20, 2022. | ||
| He worked at American Express in New York from Feb, 2011 to Jan. 2013. | |||
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Latest revision as of 14:11, 24 July 2024
Tiananmen Square Student Leader In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.
Wang Youcai (Chinese: 王有才; pinyin: Wáng Yǒucái, born 29 June 1966) is a Chinese dissident and was one of the prominent student leaders in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. At the time he was graduate student at the Peking University, he was arrested in 1989 and sentenced to four years in 1991 for "conspiring to overthrow the Government of China".
He was released early, in November 1991, due to the help of former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker, who visited Beijing in 1991.
On June 25, 1998, he and his colleagues organized the China Democracy Party, which was subsequently banned by the Chinese government. In December 1998 the Chinese government sentenced him to 11 years in prison for subversion. He was released from prison and exiled in 2004 under international political pressure, especially from the United States.
Wang was a visiting scholar at Fairbank Center at Harvard University for one year, and completed his master's degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2006. He is a member of the WikiLeaks advisory board. He is one of the members of the Chinese Constitutional Democratic Transition Research and one of the members of the Coordinative Service Platform of China Democracy Party. On July 15, 2009, he became co-advisor of Overseas Supporters' Association of the China Democracy Party, and later became co-executive associate for Committee of Exiled members of the China Democracy Party on October 10, 2009.
He did his Ph.D. research on quark transversity at National Jefferson Laboratory in Newport News, Virginia from June 2007 to June 2010. He was awarded a Ph.D. degree in physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2011. He worked at American Express in New York from February 2011 to December 2012. Then he joined Citi and worked there from January 2, 2013 to June 20, 2022.
References
- Yardley, Jim (5 March 2004). "Leading Chinese Dissident Released From Prison". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- "Tiananmen, 15 Years On". Human Rights Watch. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- Wong, Grace (14 January 2018). "An Ode to China's Future: Former Reform Leader Wang Youcai Speaks". Medium. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- "Exposed: Wikileaks' secrets". Wired UK. ISSN 1357-0978. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- "Wikileaks:Advisory Board - Wikileaks". 22 November 2007. Archived from the original on 22 November 2007. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
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