Du Daozheng

Du Daozheng (simplified Chinese: 杜导正), né Du Yuzhi (杜毓芷) (born September 22, 1923) is a Chinese journalist who served as the head of National Press and Publication Administration in China and the founding director of the liberal journal Yanhuang Chunqiu.[1][2][3] He was also the editor-in-chief of Guangming Daily and Yangcheng Evening News.[1][4]

Biography

Du was born in 1923 in Dingxiang County, Shanxi, China.[1] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1937.[1][4]

After the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, he served as the branch director of the Xinhua News Agency in Hebei, and then in Guangdong.[1] He later became the chief editor of the Yangcheng Evening News.[1]

After the Cultural Revolution, Du served as the editor-in-chief of Guangming Daily during the first phase of the Reforms and Opening-up, which was launched by Deng Xiaoping and other reformists within CCP.[4][5] In 1987, Du became the head of China's National Press and Publication Administration.[1][4][5] Under Hu Yaobang and Zhao Ziyang, the liberal General Secretaries of CCP in the 1980s, media freedoms reached their height at that time.[4]

However, Zhao was ousted and detained amid the crackdown of Tiananmen protests in 1989, and Du only re-connected with Zhao privately in 1992 after Deng Xiaoping's southern tour.[5] He later published the book Du Daozheng Diary: What Zhao Ziyang Said in Hong Kong.[5][6]

In 1991, with the support of Xiao Ke, a liberal general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Du founded the Yanhuang Chunqiu journal in Beijing and served as the director of the publisher.[7] But the traditional version of the journal was cracked down by Xi Jinping's administration in 2016, with Du and other editors replaced by pro-Xi personnel.[2][3][4][8][9]

Daozheng turned 100 on September 22, 2023.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "杜导正：晚年考试成绩好些". Renmin Wang (in Chinese). 2004-10-15. Archived from the original on 2019-08-12.
  2. ^ a b "China censorship: How a moderate magazine was targeted". BBC News. 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  3. ^ a b "The Death of a Liberal Chinese Magazine". The Diplomat. Archived from the original on 2016-07-20. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Amid Crackdown, China's Last Liberal Magazine Fights For Survival". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  5. ^ a b c d Du, Daozheng (2019-10-17). "赵紫阳和我的交往：痛定思痛，改弦更张". The New York Times (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2019-10-17. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  6. ^ Vogel, Erza. "Deng Xiaoping Book". Harvard University. Archived from the original on 2013-05-09. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  7. ^ "Ouster of liberal Chinese magazine publisher marks era's end". The Seattle Times. 2016-07-20. Archived from the original on 2016-07-21.
  8. ^ "Writing on the wall for outspoken Chinese magazine two years ahead of closure". South China Morning Post. 2016-07-28. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  9. ^ Zhao, Kiki (2016-07-15). "Liberal Chinese Journal, Claiming Interference by Overseers, Files Lawsuit". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  10. ^ "陶斯亮 – 贺杜导正叔叔百岁生日" (in Chinese). Hybsl. 22 September 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-11-01. Retrieved 2 September 2024.