Wang Youcai
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Wang Youcai (born June 29, 1966), an active dissident of the Chinese democracy movement
, was one of the student leaders in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
. Then a graduate student at the Peking University
, he was arrested in 1989 and sentenced in 1991 for "conspiring to overthrow the Government of China".
On June 25, 1998, he and his colleagues organized the China Democracy Party
, which is banned by the Chinese
government. In December 1998 the Chinese government sentenced him to 11 years in prison for subversion. He was exiled in 2004 under international political pressure, especially of the United States
.
Wang was a visiting scholar at Fairbank Center at Harvard University
for one year, and completed his Masters Degree in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
in 2006. He is one of the members of the Chinese Constitutional Democratic Transition Research and one of the members of the Coordinative Service Platform of China Democracy Party. On Jul. 15, 2009. became co-advisor of Overseas Supporters’ Association of the China Democracy Party and later became co-executive associate for Committee of Exiled members of the China Democracy Party on Oct. 10, 2009.
He was elected as co-chairman of the National Committee of the China Democracy Party at the special convention of the China Democracy Party in Long Island, New York, USA on April 4, 2010.
He did his Ph.D research on quark transversity at National Jefferson Laboratory in Newport News, Virginia from June 2007 to June 2010.
He was awarded Ph.D degree in Physics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
in 2011.
Chinese democracy movement
The Chinese democracy movement refers to a series of loosely organized political movements in the People's Republic of China against the continued one-party rule by the Communist Party. One such movement began during the Beijing Spring in 1978 and was taken up again in the Tiananmen Square...
, was one of the student leaders in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
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...
. Then a graduate student at the Peking University
Peking University
Peking University , colloquially known in Chinese as Beida , is a major research university located in Beijing, China, and a member of the C9 League. It is the first established modern national university of China. It was founded as Imperial University of Peking in 1898 as a replacement of the...
, he was arrested in 1989 and sentenced in 1991 for "conspiring to overthrow the Government of China".
On June 25, 1998, he and his colleagues organized the China Democracy Party
China Democracy Party
Democracy Party of China is a political party that started in the People's Republic of China, and was banned by the Communist Party of China . The history of the DPC and its foundation date is unclear because it has many historical paths under different groups of founders...
, which is banned by the Chinese
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
government. In December 1998 the Chinese government sentenced him to 11 years in prison for subversion. He was exiled in 2004 under international political pressure, especially of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Wang was a visiting scholar at Fairbank Center at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
for one year, and completed his Masters Degree in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...
in 2006. He is one of the members of the Chinese Constitutional Democratic Transition Research and one of the members of the Coordinative Service Platform of China Democracy Party. On Jul. 15, 2009. became co-advisor of Overseas Supporters’ Association of the China Democracy Party and later became co-executive associate for Committee of Exiled members of the China Democracy Party on Oct. 10, 2009.
He was elected as co-chairman of the National Committee of the China Democracy Party at the special convention of the China Democracy Party in Long Island, New York, USA on April 4, 2010.
He did his Ph.D research on quark transversity at National Jefferson Laboratory in Newport News, Virginia from June 2007 to June 2010.
He was awarded Ph.D degree in Physics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...
in 2011.