Bao Zunxin

Bao Zunxin (; September 1937 – 28 October 2007) was a Chinese historian and political dissident who was arrested and jailed by the Chinese government for his role in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.

Biography Born in September 1937 in Wuhu County, Anhui, China, he was a 34th-generation descendant of Bao Zheng. Bao graduated from Peking University in 1964. He was a scholar at the History Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Bao also taught as a professor at Beijing Normal University. He was sentenced to 5 years in prison for his participation in the pro-democracy movement.

Death Bao died of a brain hemorrhage at the Dongfang Hospital Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Fengtai District, Beijing on October 28, 2007. He was 70 years old.