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'''Artist:''' Fang Lizhi
'''Artist:''' Fang Lizhi (b. 1936)
 
 


'''Confronting Bodies:''' Chinese Communist Party, Communist Youth League
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Chinese Communist Party, Communist Youth League


 
'''Dates of Action:''' 1955, 1957, 1966
 
'''Dates of Action:''' 1955-57, 1966
 
 


'''Location:''' Beijing, China
'''Location:''' Beijing, China


'''Description of Artwork:''' Fang was an outspoken advocate of academic freedom.  In 1955, while studying theoretical and nuclear physics at Beijing University, he suggested that students oppose the Chinese education system and pressure the government to separate itself from academic research.  He wrote a letter with the same message to the Chinese Communist Party. <P>
'''Description of Artwork:''' Fang was an outspoken advocate of academic freedom.  In 1955, while studying theoretical and nuclear physics at Beijing University, he suggested that students oppose the Chinese education system and pressure the government to separate itself from academic research.  He wrote a letter with the same message to the Chinese Communist Party. <P>


 
'''The Incident:''' Fang was denounced by the Anti-Rightist Campaign in 1957.  He was expelled from the Communist Party and sent to Hebei province for labor reform.  Fang returned to teach at the University of Science and Technology, but was not permitted to do research.  He was arrested by the Red Guard and detained for three years beginning in 1966, then sent to work in the coal mines of Anhui province.  <P>
 
'''The Incident:''' Fang was denunciated by the Anti-Rightist Campaign in 1957.  He was expelled from the Communist Party and sent to Hebei province for labor reform.  Fang returned to teach at the University of Science and Technology, but was not permitted to do research.  He was arrested by the Red Guard and detained for three years beginning in 1966, then sent to work in the coal mines of Anhui province.  <P>
 
 


'''Results of Incident:''' Fang was able to return to the University of Science and Technology and re-initiated into the Communist Party during the 1970s.  He continued to pressure the government for academic freedom.  Fang and his wife fled China to study in Britain and the United States after the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989. <P>
'''Results of Incident:''' Fang was able to return to the University of Science and Technology and re-initiated into the Communist Party during the 1970s.  He continued to pressure the government for academic freedom.  Fang and his wife fled China to study in Britain and the United States after the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989. <P>


'''Source:''' Censorship, A World Encyclopedia, ed. D. Jones


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Latest revision as of 16:03, 14 November 2016

Date: 1955 1957 1966

Region: Asia

Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion

Medium: Public Speech, Literature


Fang.jpg

Artist: Fang Lizhi (b. 1936)

Confronting Bodies: Chinese Communist Party, Communist Youth League

Dates of Action: 1955, 1957, 1966

Location: Beijing, China

Description of Artwork: Fang was an outspoken advocate of academic freedom. In 1955, while studying theoretical and nuclear physics at Beijing University, he suggested that students oppose the Chinese education system and pressure the government to separate itself from academic research. He wrote a letter with the same message to the Chinese Communist Party.

The Incident: Fang was denounced by the Anti-Rightist Campaign in 1957. He was expelled from the Communist Party and sent to Hebei province for labor reform. Fang returned to teach at the University of Science and Technology, but was not permitted to do research. He was arrested by the Red Guard and detained for three years beginning in 1966, then sent to work in the coal mines of Anhui province.

Results of Incident: Fang was able to return to the University of Science and Technology and re-initiated into the Communist Party during the 1970s. He continued to pressure the government for academic freedom. Fang and his wife fled China to study in Britain and the United States after the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989.

Source: Censorship, A World Encyclopedia, ed. D. Jones