[PAST EVENT] Dr. Wang Dan: "Understanding Today's China"

September 26, 2024
5pm - 7pm
Location
Tucker Hall, 127A (Theater)
350 James Blair Dr
Williamsburg, VA 23185Map this location
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  • Open to the public
Dr. Wang Dan
Dr. Wang Dan

Wang Dan was one of the two principal student leaders who led the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. He was #1 on the Chinese Communist Party's Most Wanted List of demonstration organizers following the massacre on June 4 and was incarcerated in Beijing's notorious Qincheng Prison on and off for more than seven years until he was permanently exiled from China and came to live in the US. After receiving his MA and PHD in History from Harvard, he began teaching Chinese political history. For the past several years, he has taught in the UK and Taiwan, and a few years ago, launched a pro-democracy think tank in Washington, D.C. called "Dialogue China." He recently published a new book, his first in English, titled, The Fifty Questions on China. To date, he has written more than 20 monographs about his experiences dealing with the Chinese authorities.   After the talk, a reception and book signing will follow in Chancellors Atrium.  Wang Dan also will  take part in a luncheon presentation at 12 noon at the Global Research Institute on the same day. 


Sponsored by: Government Department, Whole of Government Center for Excellence, Reves Center for International Studies, Global Research Institute and the International Relations Program

Contact

Heather Scully, Department of Government