Wu Jianmin (democracy activist)

Chinese dissident

For the Chinese diplomat, see Wu Jianmin (diplomat). For the American banker, see Dominic Ng.

In this Chinese name, the family name is  Wu.

Wu Jianmin

Personal details
Born| 1963
Nanjing, People's Republic of China
Education| Jiangsu Institute of Commercial Management Cadres (Jiangsu Vocational Institute of Commerce (JVIC))[1][2][3]
Occupation|

* student leader
* media
* pundit

Known for| politics, press, education
Chinese name
Chinese| 吳建民
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Wú Jiànmín

Wu Jianmin (simplified Chinese: 吴建民; traditional Chinese: 吳建民; pinyin: Wú Jiànmín; born 1963) is a Chinese dissident and democracy activist from Nanjing, Jiangsu. He studied at Jiangsu Institute of Commercial Management Cadres and is one of the main leaders at the Nanjing Students' Autonomous Federation.[1][2][3][4][5]

## Political activism

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From 1982 to 1986, Wu Jianmin served in the People's Liberation Army Navy. He began studying at the Jiangsu Institute of Commercial Management Cadres in 1987.[6][7]

In 1989, Wu participated in the student patriotic democratic movement and was elected as the student leader.[1][8][9] He organized and led the June 4th Movement at many Nanjing universities. On the morning of June 1, Wu led a student procession of about 10,000 people from Gulou square in Nanjing to support the Tiananmen Square protests. On June 4, the student procession led by Wu went to a small town called Zhang Baling in Chuzhou in Anhui Province. He was sent back to Nanjing by the Chinese Communist Party.[1][10]

After the June 4th movement, he formed a political party called the China Democracy Front, and served as the chairman. In the summer of 1990, when the first issue of the China Democracy Front magazine was published, he was found by the Nanjing Public Security Bureau.[11]

## Imprisonment

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Wu Jianmin is a member of a democratic movement which was suppressed by the Chinese Communist Party. In 1990, Wu was arrested by the Ministry of State Security of the People's Republic of China. In July 1991, he was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment for being "the arch-criminal of organizing and leading a counter-revolutionary group".[1][12] He is listed as political prisoner No. 001 of arrest by the Ministry of State Security in Nanjing and secretly detained in the military prison.[13]

On November 17, 1991, US Secretary of State James Baker visited China and requested for the Chinese government to release political prisoners, including Wu Jianmin. However, Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen used the director of the Information Department of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, whose name was also Wu Jianmin, to confuse the public and deceive Baker. The Chinese government did not release the detained student leader Wu Jianmin.[14][15][1][16][13]

## After release

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Wu Jianmin was early released from prison in 1997 after American government's negotiation.[5] In 2008, Wu led the people to defend their rights to SOHO International developers on housing issues. This lasted for 100 days and Wu won.[17]

Due to persecution by the Chinese Communist Party, Wu was forced to go into exile in the United States in 2015.[12][11] In 2017, he founded the channel Jianmin On Overthrowing Autocracy on YouTube.[11] In the fall of 2018, Wu Jianmin made a special visit to James Baker, former Secretary of State of the United States, at Rice University's Baker Institute in Houston, Texas.[16][18]

Wu was invited to attend the June 4th Movement commemorative activities and delivered speeches in Washington, D.C., Vancouver, Toronto, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New Yorkas well as in other places.[12][8] Voice of America and Radio Free Asia often invite Wu as a guest to comment on current affairs.[19][20][5]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f "曹雅學：六四後美中外交宏圖中一個年輕政治犯". 11 May 2016. Archived from the original on 2019-05-27. Retrieved 2019-05-27.
2. ^ a b Jiangsu Vocational Institute of Commerce (JVIC). "About". 江蘇經貿職業技術學院（Jiangsu Vocational Institute of Commerce）. Archived from the original on 2019-06-10. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
3. ^ a b Jiangsu Vocational Institute of Commerce (JVIC). "About JVIC". Jiangsu Vocational Institute of Commerce (JVIC).
4. ^ VOA reporter. "Wu Jianmin". Voice of America.
5. ^ a b c RFA reporter. "Wu Jianmin". Radio Free Asia.
6. ^ Boxun News (2017-06-03). "南京學運領袖吳建民帶領學生北上險遭屠殺". BOXUN NEWS.
7. ^ Wu Jianmin and Boxun News (June 2017). "吳建民：1989年南京學生數千人徒步北上，險遭屠殺鎮壓". YouTube.
8. ^ a b RFA reporter. "To Commemorate the 30th Anniversary of June 4th Movement, Vancouver Chinese Held Another Ssymposium". Radio Free Asia.
9. ^ RFA reporter (2019-05-31). "US State Department: June 4th Incident is a "Massacre"". Radio Free Asia.
10. ^ 桃李不言 (2012-06-20). "槍聲擊碎我的夢（"六四"23週年南高聯"北上"隨感）". BOXUN NEWS.
11. ^ a b c Wu Jianmin. "Jianmin On Overthrowing Autocracy". YouTube.
12. ^ a b c Cao Yaxue (2016-05-11). "A Young Political Prisoner in the Grand Picture of US-China Diplomacy in the Wake of June 4th Massacre". CHINA CHANGE.
13. ^ a b Bowen Press and Wu Jianmin (2016-04-18). "歷史沉鉤：六四學運領袖吳建民撰文爆中共前外長錢其琛無恥". Bowen Press.
14. ^ Qian Qichen (2005). Ten Episodes in China's Diplomacy. New York: Harper Collins Publishers. ISBN 978-0-06-085419-5.
15. ^ 錢其琛（Qian Qichen） (2003). 外交十記（Ten Episodes in China's Diplomacy） (in Chinese). Beijing: 世界知识出版社（World Affairs Press）. p. 191\. ISBN 9787501221103. "名單中有'吳建民'其人，我向貝克說，我們的新聞司司長叫吳建民，正在現場。此時，吳建民答道：'在。 '貝克見狀，反應還算機敏，馬上說：'噢，你放出來了。 '引起哄堂大笑。"
16. ^ a b Wu Jianmin (2018-12-28). "《建民論推牆437》遲來的會面——美國前國務卿貝克和兩個吳建民的故事". YouTube.
17. ^ Wu Jianmin (22 May 2017). "吳建民作為帶頭大哥帶領民眾向SOHO國際開發商維權紀實". YouTube.
18. ^ Wu Jianmin. "Jianmin On Overthrowing Autocracy". Jianm in China.
19. ^ Zheng Yuwen, Zhang Xun, and Wu Jianmin (2019-07-04). "Let's Talk about Current Affairs: Is It Reasonable for the New York Times to Question the Greatness of the United States?". VOA.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
20. ^ "89民運南京學生領袖吳建民談六四教訓：懇求中共改革只能遭到武力鎮壓，只有打倒中共才能建立新中國". Radio Free Asia. 14 June 2017. Archived from the original on 2019-05-27. Retrieved 2019-05-27.

## External links

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* Radio Free Asia
* Voice of America