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WANG DAN - 30 years ago in Beijing’s Tiananmen....

In May 1989, Wang Dan was 20 years old. With a megaphone held up to his thin face, which was in part masked by his large glasses, he rallied the pro-democracy crowds in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. Little more than a month later, after a deadly crackdown by Chinese troops, he found himself on the top of the country’s most wanted list.

- Chinese dissident Wang Dan speaks during an interview in Boyds, Maryland, on May 14, 2019. Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP, - Now, 30 years on, the US-based dissident still remembers every minute of those pivotal days, ....Of course, he was arrested again. This time, he was handed an 11-year prison sentence.
But in 1998, he was again freed, ostensibly for medical reasons, and sent to the United States, where he has continued his fight for democracy in China, while earning a degree in history from Harvard University. Link https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/05/28/30-years-chinese-dissident-wang-dan-reflects-tiananmen-massacre/ - -

Opinion | What I Learned Leading the Tiananmen Protests ... Link https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/01/opinion/sunday/tiananmen-protests-china-wang-dan.html
Wang Dan is the founder and director of Dialogue China, a Washington-based think tank, that initiates research and activities, to promote democratic reforms in China. This article was translated by ...
........ instead of instigating liberalization, Western capital fattened the pockets of the Communist Party leaders, giving them the power to prolong their rule, by silencing dissent at home and expanding the country’s global clout. And today, the West has finally recognized the dangers of China’s totalitarian regime. - I paid a hefty price. In addition to spending a better part of my youth in prison, I am not allowed to return to my native country, where my ailing parents live. Yet, as painful as this is, I don’t regret my choices.

2015: On Monday Wang stopped by the studios of Radio Free Asia, where he's planning to be the voice of the dissident movement. Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6TdhkAxUEE -
2016: Dan Wang: "Tiananmen Square Democracy Leader Speaks on Whither China Under Xi Jinping" - Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhit8ZLVQN8 - -

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