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Wu'erkaixi

1968 - Today

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Uerkesh Davlet (Uyghur: ئۆركەش دۆلەت; Chinese: 吾尔开希·多莱特), commonly known by his pinyin name Wu'er Kaixi, is a Chinese political commentator known for his leading role during the Tiananmen protests of 1989. Uerkesh achieved prominence while studying at Beijing Normal University as a hunger striker who rebuked Chinese Premier Li Peng on national television. He was one of the main leaders of the pro-reform Beijing Students' Autonomous Federation and helped lead abortive negotiations with officials. Wu'er Kaixi eventually settled in Taiwan, where he works as a political commentator. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wu'erkaixi is the 636th most popular social activist (down from 568th in 2019), the 1,023rd most popular biography from China (down from 981st in 2019) and the 12th most popular Chinese Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Wu'erkaixi ranks 636 out of 840Before her are Jake Angeli, Sumaira Abdulali, Chen Guangcheng, Maria Verónica Reina, Alva Belmont, and Lillian Wald. After her are Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, Frank Kameny, Ingrid Newkirk, Elizaveta Glinka, Lucy Burns, and Charlotte Despard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Wu'erkaixi ranks 392Before her are Grace Poe, Necrobutcher, Oleh Luzhny, Nadia Farès, Francois Botha, and Clovis Cornillac. After her are Adílson Batista, Masahiko Harada, Uwe Rösler, Jorge Salinas, Tsuyoshi Kitazawa, and Tomas Svensson.

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In China

Among people born in China, Wu'erkaixi ranks 1,023 out of 1,610Before her are Guo Jinlong (1947), Fan Zhiyi (1969), Zheng Jie (1983), Sun Jihai (1977), Kong Linghui (1975), and Peng Shuai (1986). After her are Jordan Chan (1967), Zhang Zilin (1984), Meng Wanzhou (1972), Mao Chi-kuo (1948), He Pingping (1988), and Yang Yang (1991).

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In China

Among social activists born in China, Wu'erkaixi ranks 12Before her are Zhang Guotao (1897), Wei Jingsheng (1950), Chen Qimei (1878), Harry Wu (1937), Hu Jia (1973), and Chen Guangcheng (1971). After her are Wang Dan (1969), Guo Jianmei (1961), Ni Yulan (1960), Nathan Law (1993), Chen Qiushi (1985), and Xu Mengtao (1990).