Wei Jingsheng
- January 9, 2024
- Writer
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Wei Jingsheng Biography
| Name | Wei Jingsheng |
| Birthday | May 20 |
| Birth Year | 1950 |
| Place Of Birth | Beijing |
| Birth Country | China |
| Birth Sign | Taurus |
| Parents | Wei Zilin |
| Siblings | Wei Ling, Wei Shanshan |
Wei Jingsheng is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on May 20, 1950 in Beijing, China.
Wei was the oldest of four children, brought up by Chinese Communist Party cadres. In 1966, Wei joined the Red Guards as a 16-year-old student during the Cultural Revolution. He lived in remote rural areas in Northern China and was able to speak with peasant farmers about the widespread famines that had occurred a few years before, during the Great Leap Forward. He uncovered the role that the communist government under Mao Zedong played in causing the famines, and it forced Wei to start questioning the nature of the system he lived under. Wei would later write about this period: “I felt as if I had suddenly awakened from a long dream, but everyone around me was still plunged in darkness.” In 1973, he began working as an electrician at the Beijing Zoo.
Wei did not publicly voice his feelings until 1978, when he decided to take part in the newly emerged Democracy Wall movement taking place in Beijing. On 5 December 1978, he posted an essay he authored to the wall, entitled, “The Fifth Modernization” as a response to Paramount leader Deng Xiaoping’s essay, the Four Modernizations. Wei’s basic theme in the essay is that democracy also should be a modernization goal for China along with the other four proposed by Deng (the four being: industry, agriculture, science and technology, and national defense).
Wei Jingsheng Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Writer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Wei Jingsheng is one of the richest Writer from China. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Wei Jingsheng 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Wei Jingsheng (Chinese: 魏京生 ; pinyin: Wèi Jīngshēng ; born 20 May 1950, Beijing) is a Chinese human rights activist who is known for his involvement in the Chinese democracy movement. He is most prominent for having authored the essay, “The Fifth Modernization”, which was posted on the Democracy Wall in Beijing in 1978. Due to the manifesto, Wei was arrested and convicted of “counter-revolutionary” activities, and was detained as a political prisoner from 1979–93. Released briefly in 1993, Wei continued with his dissident activities by speaking to visiting journalists, and was imprisoned again from 1994–97, spending a total of 18 years in different prisons. He was deported to the United States on 16 November 1997, on medical parole. Still a Chinese citizen, in 1998 Wei established the Wei Jingsheng Foundation in New York City (now based in Washington D.C.) whose stated aim is to work to improve human rights and democratization in China.
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Willem Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in China. Wei Jingsheng celebrates birthday on May 20 of every year.