About Liu Jingsheng
Born 1954. Liu Jingsheng is a Chinese journalist, politician and trade unionist.
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.
Biography 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.
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Chinese activist
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Liu Jingsheng was born on 5 January 1954 in Beijing.
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Liu Jingsheng is a journalist, politician and trade unionist.
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