Pu Zhiqiang is an executive partner of Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

 Huayi Law Firm, and a leading civil rights

Civil rights

Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from unwarranted infringement by governments and private organizations, and ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the state without discrimination or repression.Civil rights include...

 lawyer in China.

Biography

Pu Zhiqiang received his Bachelor degree in History from Nankai University

Nankai University

Nankai University , commonly known as Nankai, is a public research university based in Tianjin on mainland China. Founded in 1919 by educators Zhang Boling and Yan Fansun , Nankai University is a member of the Nankai serial schools. It is the alma mater of former Chinese Premier and key historical...

 in 1986, and LL.M. degree from China University of Political Science and Law

China University of Political Science and Law

China University of Political Science and Law is a university in Beijing, People's Republic of China. Its law school is considered one of the best in China. In 2009, The Ministry of Education ranked CUPL 2nd among top law schools in China. CUPL has two campuses, one in Haidian, which is the...

 in 1991. When he was graduate student, he joined the pro-democracy movement

Tiananmen Square protests of 1989

The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, also known as the June Fourth Incident in Chinese , were a series of demonstrations in and near Tiananmen Square in Beijing in the People's Republic of China beginning on 15 April 1989...

 in 1989.

Pu Zhiqiang has represented Chinese writers and journalists in some important free speech cases in China including the Chen Guidi

Chen Guidi

Chen Guidi is a Chinese writer from Huaiyuan county, Anhui. The book A Survey of the Chinese Peasants which he co-wrote with his wife Wu Chuntao was published in January 2004 but banned by the Communist Party in March of that year. It nevertheless won the 2004 Lettre Ulysses Award...

 case and the China Reform Magazine case.

External links

• News about Pu Zhiqiang from China Digital Times
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