Li Hongkuan
 Li Hongkuan during an interview on the Voice of America, Chinese desk. July 25, 2017 | |
| Born | March 26, 1963 |
| Education | Nanjing University, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
| Occupation(s) | dissident, writer, publisher of online magazines |
| Awards | "Prominent News and Culture Award" (Chinese: 万人杰新闻文化奖) |
Li Hongkuan (Chinese: 李洪宽; pinyin: Lí Hóngkuān; born March 26, 1963) is a Chinese dissident.
Biography
Li Hongkuan was born in Dezhou, Shandong. He graduated from Nanjing University and Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. After graduation, he became a teacher of Beijing Medical University (Today's Peking University Health Science Center).
In 1989, Li participated in Tiananmen Square protests and later was persecuted by the Communist Party of China. From 1991 to 1994, Li studied for a Ph. D. in Molecular Biology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.
In late 1997, Li began publishing online magazines under the name Big News (大参考). Li founded Small News (小参考)[1], a news journal similar to Big News, in 1998. [2] The aim of the two magazines is to break through the Great Firewall of China and send news about Chinese dissidents and Chinese Opposition Movement to the Chinese domestic e-mail address. [3]
Li has also been interviewed by the Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, the Epoch Times and other media, and also volunteering as current affairs commentators in some well-known programs.[4]
In 1999, Li was awarded the "Prominent News and Culture Award" (万人杰新闻文化奖).[citation needed]
Notes
- ^ China in Cyberspace，ChinaFile，November 4, 1999
- ^ "Losing Control: Freedom of the Press in Asia", p. 53.
- ^ Antigovernment News Site Struggles to Sort Fact, Fiction，The Wall Street Journal，May 31, 1999
- ^ Chinese Dissent in an Age of Social Media，Epoch Times，October 14, 2016