Bao Zunxin
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Bao Zunxin was a Chinese historian and political dissident who was arrested and jailed for his role in the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy protests
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. Bao also taught as a professor at Beijing Normal University
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Bao spoke out in support of pro-democracy protesters who marched in the Tiananmen Square democracy protests
. Bao also signed a petition which declared that China was still ruled by an emperor
. The "emperor" which the declaration referred to was the supposedly retired Chinese Communist Party leader Deng Xiaoping
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Bao was arrested after the Tiananmen Square massacre
, and was charged with "counterrevolutionary propaganda and incitement." He was released in 1992. He was sentenced to 5 years in prison for his participation in the pro-democracy movement. He served 3 and a half years of his sentence before being released.
on October 28, 2007 of a brain hemorrhage. He was 70 years old.
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, also known as the June Fourth Incident in Chinese , were a series of demonstrations in and near Tiananmen Square in Beijing in the People's Republic of China beginning on 15 April 1989...
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Biography
Bao graduated from Beijing University in 1964. He was a scholar at the History Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social SciencesChinese Academy of Social Sciences
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences , established in 1977, is the premier and highest academic research organization in the fields of philosophy and social sciences as well as a national center for comprehensive studies in the People's Republic of China. It was described by Foreign Policy...
. Bao also taught as a professor at Beijing Normal University
Beijing Normal University
Beijing Normal University , colloqiually known as 北师大 or Beishida, is a public research university located in Beijing with strong emphasis on basic disciplines of humanities and sciences...
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Bao spoke out in support of pro-democracy protesters who marched in the Tiananmen Square democracy protests
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, also known as the June Fourth Incident in Chinese , were a series of demonstrations in and near Tiananmen Square in Beijing in the People's Republic of China beginning on 15 April 1989...
. Bao also signed a petition which declared that China was still ruled by an emperor
Emperor
An emperor is a monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife or a woman who rules in her own right...
. The "emperor" which the declaration referred to was the supposedly retired Chinese Communist Party leader Deng Xiaoping
Deng Xiaoping
Deng Xiaoping was a Chinese politician, statesman, and diplomat. As leader of the Communist Party of China, Deng was a reformer who led China towards a market economy...
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Bao was arrested after the Tiananmen Square massacre
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, also known as the June Fourth Incident in Chinese , were a series of demonstrations in and near Tiananmen Square in Beijing in the People's Republic of China beginning on 15 April 1989...
, and was charged with "counterrevolutionary propaganda and incitement." He was released in 1992. He was sentenced to 5 years in prison for his participation in the pro-democracy movement. He served 3 and a half years of his sentence before being released.
Death
Bao died in BeijingBeijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
on October 28, 2007 of a brain hemorrhage. He was 70 years old.