Shen Tong

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Shen Tong is a Chinese dissident who was the leader in the democracy movement at Tiananmen Square in 1989.

Shen Tong was born in 1968, in Beijing. He studied at Beijing University from 1986 to 1989, became one of the students leader during the 1989 protest. He was wanted by Chinese government but successfully escaped from the PRC, six days after the government response on June 4, 1989.

He then studied biology at Brandeis University and later political philosophy at Harvard University and Boston University. Also, he is the co-author of the book 'Almost a Revolution'.

Shen Tong is currently the founder and CEO of the company Vfinity, which makes software tools for media production, archiving, and publishing. He also runs a foundation for China's democracy movements. He lives in New York City now. He has a daughter.