Liu Jingsheng


Liu Jingsheng is a Chinese political opposition activist and a former co-editor of Tansuo, a journal he founded in the late 1970s with Wei Jingsheng.

Biography

Liu played a leading role in the Democracy Wall and was arrested. 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.