Liu Gang
| Liu Gang | |
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| Founder of Beijing Students' Autonomous Federation | |
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In office 23 April 1989 – 23 April 1989 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by |
Zhou Yongjun (as Chairperson) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
30 January 1961 Liaoyuan, Jilin, China |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Alma mater |
University of Science and Technology of China Peking University Columbia University New York University |
| Known for |
1986 Student Demonstrations Tiananmen Square protests |
| Liu Gang | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 劉剛 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 刘刚 | ||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Liú Gāng |
Liu Gang (born 30 January 1961, Liaoyuan, Jilin) is a Chinese scientist and revolutionary who founded the Beijing Students' Autonomous Federation. He was a prominent student leader at the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Liu holds a M.A. in physics from Peking University and a M.A. in computer science from Columbia University. After his exile to the United States in 1996, Liu studied technology and physics at Bell Labs in New Jersey. Liu was employed at Morgan Stanley as a Wall Street IT analyst.
As an undergraduate student at University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei, Liu met Fang Lizhi, a pro-democracy activist. Then, at Peking University, Liu organized "Democracy Salons". Wang Dan later held a position there.
Liu was a 28-year-old graduate when the 1989 demonstrations began. He organized the Beijing Students' Autonomous Federation and joined the movement's organizing body. As a result, he was sixth on a list of twenty-one activists whose arrests were ordered by the government. Liu went into hiding as a fugitive, but on 15 June 1989, Liu was arrested and charged with attempted subversion of the Communist Party of China. In 1991, he was convicted and sentenced to six years imprisonment at Qincheng Prison.
After his release from prison in 1996, Liu continued to advocate for human rights in China and organized an underground democracy movement. After moving to the United States, Liu continued his studies at Columbia University in New York City. From there, he continued to support the Chinese democracy movement and in 2011, initiated further pro-democracy protests.
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