He Zuoxiu

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is He.

He Zuoxiu (Chinese: 何祚庥; pinyin: Hé Zuòxiū; born 1927) is a controversial Chinese physicist and member of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a "crusader" against supernatural and "unscientific thinking,"[1] He is known for his criticism of Falun Gong.[2] Inside China, along with Sima Nan, He is known to be one of the biggest critics of public fraud.

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He Zuoxiu was born in Shanghai in 1927. He was admitted to Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1945, and transferred to Tsinghua University and graduated in 1951.

After graduation, He worked in Propaganda Department of the CPC from 1951 to 1956. Subsequently he worked at the Science Institute of China, in the atomic energy division. He has written various papers on the subjects of quantum theory, philosophy and economics. During that time, he criticized Liang Sicheng and argued in favor of destroying the Beijing city wall. He is described by a sympathetic Asia Times article as soft-spoken and well-mannered.[3]

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"The deaths in Chinese coal mines are also unavoidable! Because the people of China are too poor... He Zuoxiu does not want people to die. But certain sacrifices are sometimes unavoidable during the process of development. You hope to have no sacrifices, but that is very unpractical."[4] (Note, the validity of this quote is questioned. [5])

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  1. ^ International Religious Freedom Report, [1], Vol. 3, issue 1, April 2001
  2. ^ Patsy Rahn, "Is Falun Gong a cult?", The Cult Observer, Vol 16, 1999 (12).
  3. ^ Francesco Sisci, FALUNGONG Part 1: From sport to suicideAsia Times, January 27, 2001
  4. ^ Coal Mine Deaths and The Price of Development, Southern People's Weekly, December 15, 2005
  5. ^ [http://www8.tianya.cn/publicforum/Content/no01/1/207257.shtml 《南方人物周刊》又一次作了背离诚信原则的报导

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