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Wei Jingsheng

Chinese democracy activist and dissident
Person Human Q318130

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
May 20, 1950
Place of birth
Beijing
Country of citizenship
People's Republic of China[5]
Occupation
human rights defender, writer
Employer
Beijing Zoo (1973–1979), Columbia University (1997–2000)
Educated at
High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China[6]
Award received
Sakharov Prize (1996), Amnesty International Menschenrechtspreis (1998), Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award (1996), Olof Palme Prize (1994), Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom (2000)[7][8][9][10][11]
Official website
www.weijingsheng.org[17]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Chinese[18]
Family name
Wei[16]
Name in native language
魏京生[19]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Human rights[20]
Residence
Beijing, New York City, Washington, D.C.[13][14][15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Jingsheng Wei en Wei Jingsheng ar وي جينغشينغ cs Wej Ťing-šeng el Γουέι Τζινσένγκ fa وئی ژنگشنگ he ויי ג'ינגשנג ja ウェイ・ジンシェン ja ぎ きょうせい ja 魏京生 ko 위경생 ko 웨이징성 ru Вэй Цзиншэн sv Jingsheng Wei vi Ngụy Kinh Sinh
🔖 Identifiers · 34
ISNI
0000000081397089
VIAF cluster ID
311299606
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n79123903
GND ID
118980432
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Wei Jingsheng par Claude Truong-Ngoc novembre 2013.jpg ↗
20th Century Chinese Biographical Database ID
c7aa8e58-2167-4197-b618-7a4000a67a05
BBC Things ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
119289867
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
wei-jingsheng
CiNii Research ID
1140845216785011968
DDB person (GND) ID
118980432
Der Spiegel topic ID
wei_jingsheng
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FAST ID
44755
FID performing arts ID
agent/gnd_118980432
Facebook username
jingsheng.wei.3
Freebase ID
/m/01p3bq
GTAA ID
168500
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Wei_Jingsheng
HKCAN ID
9811105421603406
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
69535
IdRef ID
027194280
JRC Names ID
53550
KBR person ID
14509352
Lex ID
Wei_Jingsheng
Munzinger person ID
00000022393
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA11447015
NDL Authority ID
00672759
NE.se ID
wei-jingsheng
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
159323770
Persée author ID
690354
SBN author ID
LIGV058703
SNAC ARK ID
w6j973g2
Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID
wei-jingsheng
Yale LUX ID
person/e309ec96-265b-4226-9064-38102f817e7f

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🔗 Connections
Award received 4
Sakharov Prize, Olof Palme Prize, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, Amnesty International Menschenrechtspreis
Residence 3
New York City, Beijing, Washington, D.C.
Employer 2
Columbia University, Beijing Zoo
Occupation 2
writer, human rights defender
Country of citizenship 1
People's Republic of China
Family name 1
Wei
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Chinese
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
WikiProject Human rights
Place of birth 1
Beijing
Sex or gender 1
male
Works by author 1
Fifth Modernization
← Winner 1
Sakharov Prize
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Wei Jingsheng was born on May 20, 1950, in Beijing.[1][2][3][4] He has citizenship of the People's Republic of China.

He is a human rights defender and writer. He was educated at the High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China.

His awards include the Sakharov Prize, Amnesty International Menschenrechtspreis, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, Olof Palme Prize, and Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom.

Why It Matters

Works attributed to him include Fifth Modernization[21], a big-character poster[22].

FAQs

Where was Wei Jingsheng born?

Wei Jingsheng was born in Beijing[2].

What did Wei Jingsheng do for work?

Wei Jingsheng worked as a human rights defender[3] and writer[4].

Where did Wei Jingsheng go to school?

Wei Jingsheng was educated at High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China[6].

What awards did Wei Jingsheng receive?

Honors received include Sakharov Prize[7], Amnesty International Menschenrechtspreis[8], Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award[9], and Olof Palme Prize[10].

Related Entities

Beijing New York City People's Republic of China

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  1. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 28d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Residence → Beijing, New York City, Washington, D.C.
    Languages spoken, written or signed → Chinese
    Family name → Wei
    Award received → Sakharov Prize, Amnesty International Menschenrechtspreis, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award +1
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