Setelah datang ke Paris pada 1902, Li meraih gelar kelulusan dalam bidang kimia dan biologi. Kemudian, bersama dengan teman masa hidupnya Wu Zhihui dan Zhang Renjie, ia mendirikan gerakan anarkis Tiongkok dan mendukung gerakan revolusioner Sun Yat-sen.
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