- Yang Jianli
Yang Jianli (zh-ts|t=|s=; pinyin: Yáng Jiànlì; b.
Shandong ,China ,1963 ) is a Chinesedissident with U.S. residency.Yang, a Tiananmen Square activist in
1989 , came to the United States, earned two Ph.D.s (Ph.D.,Political Economy ,Harvard University and Ph.D.Mathematics ,University of California, Berkeley ), and then founded the [http://www.china21century.org/default.asp Foundation for China in the 21st Century] . Given his political activism, he was blacklisted by the government of thePeople's Republic of China , who also refused to renew hispassport .Yang returned to China in April
2002 on a friend's passport to view labor unrest in northeast China. He was detained when trying to board an internal flight. AlthoughFreedom Now typically would not take up anillegal entry case, since his initial detention, Yang has been held incommunicado by the Chinese in violation of their own andinternational law . His wife and children as well as his extended family were denied access to Yang and were justifiably concerned for his health and safety while he languished inprison .On
May 13 ,2004 , the PRC announced a guilty verdict and sentenced Yang to five years in prison forespionage andillegal entry .On April 27, 2007, Yang was released from Chinese prison, but was not allowed to leave China. On August 19, 2007, he was finally allowed to return to the
United States .Reminded of his experience with the June 4,
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 forfreedom of speech anddemocracy , Jianli's recent article in theWashington Post shortly after his return toUnited States reflects his vivid observation of the current situation in Burma spiritually coined asSaffron Revolution , including China's 'parasitic relationship with Burma' and the genuine will of freedom loving intellectuals around the world condemning the current brutal oppressions in Burma. [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/28/AR2007092801356.html Echoes of Tiananmen Square] Yang Jianli's article in the "Washington Post", September 30, 2007]Notes
ee also
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Chinese democracy movement
*List of Chinese dissidents
*Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 External links
* [http://www.yangjianli.com/ Yang Jianli Website]
* [http://www.freedom-now.org/jianli.php Freedom-Now]
* [http://www.china21century.org/ Foundation for China in the 21st Century]
* [http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/58855 IFEX]
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