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Sunday, October 17, 2010

Wang Dan

 Wang Dan was the main leader in the protests and hunger strikes that took place in Tiananmen Square in 1989. After the massacre, he became the most wanted man in China, because he was so prominent in the Tiananmen Square protests. He never fled China like the others; he saw that as admitting defeat. Instead, he went in to hiding. He got arrested in July of 1989, and was sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment. He got really sick, and was sent to the states and has been staying there ever since. He was nominated for the nobel peace prize. 

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