CNHRA PERSON RECORD · CNHRA-P-815077
Zhou Fengsuo
Born
Unknown
Occupation
Unknown
Role
Political Activist · Human Rights Defender
Record ID
CNHRA-P-815077
Visual Records
Zhou Fengsuo on May 12, 2022.
Biography
Zhou Fengsuo was a Tsinghua physics student who participated in the 1989 Beijing student movement.[1][2]
Zhou studied physics at Tsinghua, participated in student organizing in 1989 and was wanted and detained after June Fourth.[1][2]
The 2014 hearing biography describes Humanitarian China delivering assistance through writers, lawyers, 1989 participants and churches to prisoners’ families and earthquake victims.[1]
The biography records Zhou’s move to the US in 1995, a Chicago MBA in 1998 and co-founding Humanitarian China in 2007.[1]
In remarks published by HRW in May 2004, Zhou recalled hopes for a democratic China where “we could freely speak our minds.” He said he felt fortunate to have participated and also recalled the deaths that followed. The profile describes his later efforts to earn a living in engineering, futures trading and business after detention and interrupted study, followed by business education in the United States.[2]
Case Summary
HRW states that Zhou was not tried or sentenced. The 2014 hearing biography gives 1990 for release, while a passage in the older HRW interview says 1991.[1][2]
HRW describes rural re-education placement after release, subsequent surveillance and passport barriers to a US study opportunity.[2]
The interview records work in engineering, futures trading and his own business.[2]
Timeline
1989
Detained after student-movement participation
1990
Released after about a year in detention
2014-05-30
Experience presented at a congressional hearing
The congressional hearing biography recounts Zhou’s student role, detention and later work, including co-founding Humanitarian China in 2007.[1]
Related Events
Sources
- [1]
CNHRA-S-115501US House of Representatives
Evidence location: Biography: Tsinghua student, 1989 movement, 1990 release and subsequent public work.
- [2]
CNHRA-S-068399Human Rights Watch
Evidence location: Interview: Tsinghua student movement, detention, release and move to the US; Opening May 2004 remarks and the account of employment and study after detention.
- [3]
CNHRA-S-790519Wikimedia Commons
Evidence location: Photograph, subject description, author and licensing section.