Yu Jie

Quick Facts

Full Name	Yu Jie
Occupation	Human Rights Activist
Date Of Birth	Oct 3, 1973(1973-10-03)
Age	51
Birthplace	Chengdu
Country	China
Horoscope	Libra

Yu Jie Biography

Yu Jie is one of the most popular and richest Human Rights Activist who was born on October 3, 1973 in Chengdu, China. Fire and Ice was his first book. It contained extensive social and political criticism. Yu was a “literary phenomenon” after his first book, Fire and Ice, was published in 1999. He also met Liu Xiaobo a democracy activist and became an active member of the Chinese dissident movements. He read and commented upon drafts of Charter 08 democracy manifesto Charter 08 as part of his collaboration with Liu. He also helped to found the Independent PEN Center.

Yu was held by security officers in July 2010 in order to discuss his forthcoming book China’s Best Actor, Wen Jiabao. This “scathing critique” about China’s prime minster that Yu planned to publish in Hong Kong. According to the book, Wen’s warm and empathic public image was a façade, and he had the same goals as other Chinese leaders. Yu claims that a government official said his book was “harming the state security and national interest” and Yu would likely be in prison for many years if it were to be published. Yu published the book in August.

In 2012, Yu was named the winner of the 2012 Civil Courage Prize of the US- based Train Foundation. The prize recognizes “steadfast resistance to evil at great personal risk — rather than military valor.” The prize comes with a $50,000 honorarium. He was the first Chinese person to win the award, and he stated that he hoped the prize would encourage China’s dissidents.

His house arrest, and a concomitant travel ban, lasted until January 2012, at which point he and his family emigrated to the US. Following his emigration, he submitted a nine-page report detailing his alleged torture to the US State Department and the United Nations Human Rights Council. He stated that he was continuing to write Liu’s biography, and was also at work on a new biography of Chinese president Hu Jintao titled “Hu Jintao: Cold-Blooded Tyrant”.

Yu’s close friend Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel Peace Prize on October 8. Yu was placed under house arrest on October 13th, allegedly because he had plans to write a biography about Liu and for publishing China’s Best Actor. Later, Yu wrote that he was subject to torture by the secret police of China and almost lost his life during this time. Yu claims Yu was stripped naked and burned with cigarettes until Yu was taken to the hospital.

Yu Jie Net Worth

Yu Jie is one of the richest Human Rights Activist from China. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yu Jie 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Yu is married to Liu Min and has one son, Yu Guangyi. In 2003, he converted to Christianity and was a member in China of a house-church.

Yu published “Apologies To Tibet” (Xiang Xi Cang Chan Hui ), a piece on boxun.com in 2004. It expressed regret over China’s control of Tibet and praised Palden Gyatso’s pro-independence monk efforts. Although his piece was criticised by Chinese netizens, he was also heckled in Los Angeles by students from overseas for attacking “national unity”. However, he dismissed the criticisms as an angry group of brainwashed youth. Yu Jie, a convert to Christianity, also supports reconciliation with Japan and the US invasion in Iraq. He also advocates religious freedom for Christians in China.

Yu Jie is also active in the Chinese dissident movement, and was arrested and allegedly tortured in 2010 for his friendship with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo and a critical biography of Prime Minister Wen Jiabao titled China’s Best Actor. Following more than a year of house arrest, Yu emigrated to the US with his family in January 2012. Later that year, he was awarded the Civil Courage Prize of the Train Foundation. More recently, he has become among the most outspoken Chinese-dissident supporters of Donald Trump’s policies towards China.

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Who is Yu Jie Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Yu Ranked on the list of most popular Human Rights Activist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in China. Yu Jie celebrates birthday on October 3 of every year.