Wang Dan was a student leader of the Tiananmen protests in 1989. He was exiled to the United States in 1998 and received his Ph.D. in history from Harvard University in 2008.

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Tiananmen's Enduring Challenge

2 Comments | Posted June 4, 2009 | 12:41 AM (EST)


CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Two decades ago, in May 1989, I was a 20-year-old history student at Beijing University. By June 13, my name was at the top of the list of the 21 "most wanted" student leaders of the Tiananmen democracy movement. I was arrested and spent nearly four years...

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