Liu Jingsheng

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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.

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.

[edit] External links

• http://www.pen.org/freedom/hm/liu.htm
• http://usinfo.state.gov/dhr/Archive/2004/Dec/01-313610.html
• http://www.laborrightsnow.org/Liu_case.htm