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Li Hongkuan

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Li Hongkuan
(Chinese: 李洪宽)
Li Hongkuan during an interview on the Voice of America, Chinese desk. July 25, 2017
Born (1963-03-26) March 26, 1963 (age 61)
EducationNanjing 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

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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).[citation needed]

In 1989, Li participated in Tiananmen Square protests and later was persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party. From 1991 to 1994, Li studied for a Ph. D. in Molecular Biology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.[citation needed]

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, and other media, and also volunteering as current affairs commentators in some well-known programs.[citation needed]

In 1999, Li was awarded the "Prominent News and Culture Award" (万人杰新闻文化奖).[citation needed]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ China in Cyberspace,ChinaFile,November 4, 1999
  2. ^ "Losing Control: Freedom of the Press in Asia", p. 53.
  3. ^ Antigovernment News Site Struggles to Sort Fact, Fiction,The Wall Street Journal,May 31, 1999