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Biography.
A theoretical physicist by training, he studied at the University of Science and Technology of China and entered the PhD program (1986–1989) in Astrophysics at the University of Notre Dame. He became a full-time human rights activist after the Tiananmen Massacre in 1989. Xiao was the Executive Director of the New York-based NGO Human Rights in China from 1991 to 2002 and vice-chairman of the steering committee of the World Movement for Democracy.
Recognition.
Xiao is a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship
External links.
- China Digital Times
- The 'blog' revolution sweeps across China by Xiao Qiang
- C-Span: Xiao Qiang at HEARING OF THE INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE, 12-18-1996
- C-Span: Xiao Qiang at UNESCO's World Press Freedom Day, 2011
- Xiao Qiang's TEDx talk on Chinese Internet, São Paulo, Brazil, 2014
- Xiao Qiang speaking at U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Washington