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Zhang Zhongshun
HRD, Academic
Zhang Zhongshun is a former lecturer at the Yantai University in Shandong. He was arrested in August 2007 after he played footage of the 1989 military crackdown of pro-democracy protests in Beijing while teaching a class. He was convicted and sentenced to three years in prison for “using evil religious organisation to undermine the implementation of the law”. After completing his sentence, he was dismissed by Yantai University and became actively involved in civic activism, including the “same city movement”.