Wu Jiaxiang

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wu.

Wu Jiaxiang
吴稼祥
Born	(1955-10-07) October 7, 1955 (age 69) Tongling County, Anhui, China
Alma mater	Peking University
Occupation(s)	Scholar, writer, public intellectual
Years active	1989–present
Notable work	The Empire In A Nutshell
Movement	Tiananmen Square protests of 1989

Wu Jiaxiang (simplified Chinese: 吴稼祥; traditional Chinese: 吳稼祥; pinyin: Wú Jiàxiáng; born 7 October 1955) is a Chinese scholar, writer, and public intellectual. Wu once served in various political roles in the Chinese government. He is visiting scholar at the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research at Harvard University.[1][2]

Biography

Wu was born and raised in Datong Town of Tongling County, Anhui. After the Cultural Revolution, he entered Peking University, majoring in economics. After graduation, he was assigned to the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party as an official, then he worked in the Secretariat and General Office of the Chinese Communist Party. In 1989, during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, he was arrested by the Beijing Public Security Bureau and put in Qincheng Prison. He was subsequently freed in 1992. In 2000, he became a visiting scholar at the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research at Harvard University.

Work

• The Empire In A Nutshell (Chinese: 果壳里的帝国)[3]

References

1. "Wu Jiaxiang". Australian Centre on China in the World. 2015.
2. 吴稼祥：民主是中国不可能拒绝的东西. Ifeng (in Chinese). 2013-04-27.
3. 果壳里的帝国 [The Empire In A Nutshell] (in Chinese). Shanghai Joint Publishing. 2005. p. 301. ISBN 9787542621023.

External links

• Wu Jiaxiang on Weibo (in Chinese)
• Wu Jiaxiang on Sinablog