Xu Youyu
Xu Youyu (simplified Chinese: 徐友渔; traditional Chinese: 徐友漁; pinyin: Xú Yǒuyú; Wade–Giles: Hsü Yuyü, born 1947), is a Chinese philosopher, public intellectual and proponent of Chinese liberalism.
Xu was a teenage Red Guard at the time of the Chinese Cultural Revolution,[1] and also was a witness to the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989[2] He is a Research Fellow in the Institute of Philosophy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,[3] is an expert on Western social theories including Marxism and the Frankfurt School. He is particularly noted as a historian of the Cultural Revolution.
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[edit] Charter 08
Xu was one of the signatories of Charter 08, a manifesto to promote political reform and democratization in China, and has been told by the Chinese police to retract his signature.[3]
[edit] Bibliography
Xu Youyu (1999). Xingxing sese de zaofan – hongweibing jingshen suzhi de xingcheng ji yanbian (Rebels of All Stripes: A Study of Red Guard Mentalities). Hong Kong: Chinese University Press.
[edit] References
- ^ "Mao's lust for power cooked up catastrophe". AFP: p. 9. 2006-05-18. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2006/05/18/2003308825. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
- ^ MacLeod, Calum (2009-06-04). "Remembering the Tiananmen Square Massacre". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-06-03-china_N.htm.
- ^ a b Stanway, David (2009-01-04). "Beijing strikes at dissidents". Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/04/china-human-rights-charter-08. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
