Fang Lizhi
Britishnoun
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Bush in 1989, but blocked his invitation of Fang Lizhi, then the country’s best-known dissident.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2023
He also hosted the China Forum, a lecture series that gave voice to key Chinese dissidents, including Harry Wu and Fang Lizhi.
From Washington Times • Jun. 15, 2020
A long string of Chinese political activists—people like Fang Lizhi, Xu Wenli, Wei Jingsheng, Wang Dan, and others—have opted for exile in the past 20-odd years.
From Slate • May 2, 2012
The veteran educator and physicist had been sacked for not exercising tighter control over University Vice President Fang Lizhi, an outspoken defender of liberalization who had also lost his job after the marches.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Washington continued to thwart China's efforts to silence two prominent dissenting voices, those of astrophysicist Fang Lizhi and his wife Li Shuxian.
From Time Magazine Archive
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