Wang Juntao | |
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王军涛 | |
 Wang Juntao in 2015 | |
| Born | July 11, 1958 Beijing, China |
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| Political party | Democracy Party of China |
Wang Juntao (Chinese: 王军涛; born July 11, 1958) is a Chinese dissident and democracy activist accused by the Communist government for being one of the “black hands” behind the Tiananmen Student Movement. He was listed first on the government's “six important criminals” list, and was sentenced to a thirteen-year prison term in 1991 for his alleged work of “conspiring to subvert the government and of counter-revolutionary propaganda and agitation”.[1] Wang was released from prison for medical reasons in 1994 and has been living in exile in the United States.[2][3][4]
- ^ Cormier, Michel. The Legacy of Tiananmen Square (New Brunswick: Goose Lane Editions, 2013), 19.
- ^ "Human Rights Watch - Wang Juntao - Tiananmen Square, 15 Years On". www.hrw.org. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
- ^ “Wang Juntao: A ‘Black Hand of Tiananmen’”, Chinese Law and Government, vol. 31, no.3, May – June 1998, 74, DOI: 10.2753/CLG0009-4609310374.
- ^ Hom, Sharon and Mosher, Challenging China: Struggle and Hope in an Era of Change, (New York: The New Press, 2007), 103.