This list consists of activists who are known as Chinese dissidents. The label is primarily applied to intellectuals who "push the boundaries" of society or criticize the policies of the government. Examples of the former include Wei Hui and Jia Pingwa, whose sexually explicit writings reflect dissent from traditional

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rather than the laws of the state.

Detained and jailed people

Many Chinese political activists have been detained or jailed or exiled for their pro-democracy or rights defending activities. They include the following notable activists.

Others

* Michael Anti (journalist), proponent of freedom of the press in China * Chai Ling *

Chang Ping Chang Ping ( zh, s= 长平, t= 長平, born 22 June 1968), whose real name is Zhang Ping, is a Chinese writer and Curator of June 4th Museum of Memory and Human Rights. He won the Human Rights Press Awards in Hong Kong in 2014 and the CJFE 201 ...

Chaohua Wang Chaohua Wang is a freelance essayist and researcher, with a Ph.D. in modern Chinese literature from the University of California, Los Angeles.Sullivan,MeSurvivor of Tiananmen Square reaches her goal — a Ph.D. 3 June 2009, at ''UCLA Today'' W ...

* Chen Guangcheng *

Fang Lizhi Fang Lizhi (also Li-Zhi; February 12, 1936 – April 6, 2012) was a Chinese astrophysicist, vice-president of the University of Science and Technology of China, and activist whose liberal ideas inspired the pro-democracy student movement ...

* Feng Congde *

Feng Zhenghu Feng Zhenghu (born 1 July 1954) is a Chinese economist and scholar based in Shanghai. Citing Amnesty International, ''The Guardian'' said that Feng was "a prominent human rights defender" in Mainland China. In 2001 he was sent to prison for th ...

* Gao Xingjian, recipient of the 2000

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* Gao Yu (journalist) * Gao Zhisheng * Gui Minhai, publisher and writer of books on Chinese politics *

Guo Wengui Guo Wengui (; born May 10, 1970—self claim or October 5, 1968), also known under the names Guo Haoyun (), Miles Guo, and Miles Kwok, is an exiled Chinese billionaire businessman who became a political activist and controls Beijing Zenith Hold ...

, also known as Miles Guo * Han Dongfang * Jiao Guobiao, former professor of

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and the author of ''Denouncing the Central Propaganda Department (of the Communist Party of China)'' *

Li Hongkuan Li Hongkuan (; born March 26, 1963) is a Chinese dissident. Biography Li Hongkuan was born in Dezhou, Shandong. He graduated from Nanjing University and Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

* Li Lu *

Li Qiaochu Li Qiaochu (; born 13 January 1991 in Beijing) is a Chinese labor and women's rights activist and researcher on labour issues. She was detained by authorities for four months in the first half of 2020 and again in February2021, in both cases on ...

* Li Zehou, scholar of philosophy and intellectual history * Liu Binyan * Alex Liu (Yongchuan Liu), data scientist *

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, former merchant who became involved in the Beijing Workers' Autonomous Federation in 1989. She later lived in New York. Attempted to return to Beijing in June 1993 but was refused entry and sent back to US. *

Murong Xuecun Murong Xuecun (, born 1974) is the pen name of the Chinese writer Hao Qun (郝群). His debut work ''Leave Me Alone: A Novel of Chengdu'' (), which was distributed online, propelled him to stardom. On July 22, 2008 Murong made the long list for the ...

, writer and critic of censorship * Shen Tong *

Su Changlan Su Changlan (; born ) is a prominent civil rights activist, who has worked in particular on women's rights, from Foshan, Guangdong, China. Background Su was born in Guangxi, and worked as an elementary school teacher for over a decade. She bec ...

Su Xiaokang Su Xiaokang (; born 1949) is an intellectual, writer, journalist, political activist and in 1989 was named one of China's seven most-wanted dissident intellectuals. His most notable work '' River Elegy'' paved the way to the Tiananmen Square prote ...

* Tang Baiqiao *

Tashi Wangchuk Tashi Wangchuk is a Tibetan filmmaker who works for Voice of America, Tibetan Service as a TV Producer and host. Tashi in collaboration with his cousin/friend filmmaker, Tsultrim Dorjee established Seykhar Films (Formally Tibet Motion Pictures & A ...

, sentenced to 5 years in prison in May 2018 for "inciting separatism" after speaking to '' The New York Times'' about his concerns over the current state of Tibetan culture and language in China. * Wang Bingzhang * Wang Meiyu (王美雨), democracy activist who died in police custody under suspicious circumstances in September 2019 after having been arrested for " picking quarrels and provoking trouble" in July 2019 when he was protesting for universal suffrage and calling for the resignation of Xi Jinping and

Li Keqiang Li Keqiang (born 1 July 1955) is a Chinese politician who is the outgoing premier of China. An economist by profession, Li is head of China's executive branch as well as one of the leading figures behind China's Financial and Economic Affai ...

* Wang Ruowang *

Wu Fan Wu Fan (Simplified Chinese: 吴凡; Hanyu Pinyin: Wú Fán) (December 1923 – 6 December 2015) was a Chinese artist from Chongqing in Sichuan province. He studied guohua with Pan Tianshou and Li Keran and oil painting with Ni Yide Ni Yide (19 ...

* Harry Wu * Wu'erkaixi * Xie Wanjun, founding member of the

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* Xiong Yan (dissident) * Xu Jiatun *

Xue Fei (host) Xue Fei () is a Chinese host and educator. Biography After graduating from Communication University of China in 1982, he was assigned to China Central Television to host ''Xinwen Lianbo''. Xue was forced to resign for expressing sympathy when ...

* Yan Jiaqi *

Yang Jianli Yang Jianli (born Lanling County, Linyi, southern Shandong, China, August 15, 1963) is a Chinese dissident with a United States residency. He is the son of a Communist Party leader. Yang was detained in China in 2002 and was released in 2007. ...

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* Yu Jie, dissident writer *

Zhang Boli Zhang Boli (, born 1959) is a Chinese dissident. Biography Zhang Boli was born in Wangkui County, Heilongjiang Province. He worked as a journalist after graduating from a three-year college in Heilongjiang Province. He attended a short trai ...

Zheng Yi (writer) ''Scarlet Memorial: Tales of Cannibalism in Modern China'' is a book of investigative journalism, reportage literature (''baogao wenxue'') by the Chinese novelist Zheng Yi (郑义; born 1947). Zheng and a group of writers under the joint pseudonym ...

Zhou Fengsuo Zhou Fengsuo (; born October 5, 1967) is a Chinese human rights activist, investor, and former student leader during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. He was listed number 5 on the government's ...

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External links

* hina: List of Political Prisoners Detained or Imprisoned as of November 5, 2017 (1,414 cases) http://www.cecc.gov/sites/chinacommission.house.gov/files/documents/CECC%20Pris%20List_20171105_1414.pdfbr>List of top Chinese dissidentsHuman Rights in ChinaIFEX: Monitoring Censorship in ChinaPhotos of Chinese dissidents
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