Wang Dan

Wang Dan (February 26, 1969 -), originally from Juancheng County, Shandong Province, was born in Beijing and is a social activist. During the Tiananmen Square Incident in 1989, he served as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Tiananmen Square Defense Headquarters. He was one of the 21 student movement leaders wanted by the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, ranking first. After the Tiananmen Square clearance, he was arrested and imprisoned twice by the government of the People's Republic of China. He has been in exile overseas since 1998, and later obtained a PhD in history and East Asian linguistics from Harvard University. He often lives in Taiwan, the United States and other places and is engaged in social activities. He has served as a visiting assistant professor at National Tsinghua University, National Cheng Kung University and other universities. He is currently the director of the "Dialogue with China" think tank in the United States and the director of the "June 4th Memorial Museum" in Los Angeles.