CNHRA EVENT RECORD · CNHRA-E-199208
Fang Lizhi and Li Shuxian: Embassy Refuge, 1989–1990
Date
1989-06 — 1990
Location
U.S. Embassy, Beijing (refuge)
Event Type
Other
Human Rights Issues
Freedom of Expression · Right to Liberty and Security · Right to a Fair Trial
Record ID
CNHRA-E-199208
Summary
After the June 1989 crackdown, Fang and Li Shuxian sought refuge in the US embassy in Beijing. His signed 1989 essay records his circumstances and political views during refuge.[2]
Description
After the June 1989 crackdown, Fang and Li Shuxian sought refuge in the US embassy in Beijing. His signed 1989 essay records his circumstances and political views during refuge.[2]
Fang and Li left China in 1990. He joined the University of Arizona in 1992, continued research and teaching and died in Tucson on April 6, 2012 without returning to China.[1]
Developments
Takes refuge in the US embassy
Allowed to leave China
Fang and Li were allowed to leave China after roughly a year of embassy refuge. Fang continued physics research and joined the University of Arizona in 1992.[1]
Related People
Organizations
No organizations have been added.
Documents
No documents have been added to this record yet.
Sources
- [1]
CNHRA-S-936443The China Quarterly
Evidence location: Body: science and public expression, embassy refuge, departure in 1990 and death in 2012.
- [2]
CNHRA-S-617501ChinaFile / The New York Review of Books
Evidence location: Signed essay and editorial introduction on embassy refuge.