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SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Wei Jingsheng

1950 - Today

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Wei Jingsheng (Chinese: 魏京生; born 20 May 1950) is a Chinese human rights activist and dissident. He is best known for his involvement in the Chinese democracy movement. He is most prominent for having authored the essay "The Fifth Modernization", which was posted on the Democracy Wall in Beijing in 1978. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wei Jingsheng has received more than 338,357 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Wei Jingsheng is the 302nd most popular social activist (up from 342nd in 2019), the 672nd most popular biography from China (up from 700th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Chinese Social Activist.

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  • 340k

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  • 51.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Wei Jingsheng ranks 302 out of 538Before him are Ricardo Flores Magón, Túpac Katari, Millicent Fawcett, Zhang Guotao, Yuri Levitan, and Maurice Bishop. After him are Sophie Adlersparre, Tatyana Baramzina, Mehdi Huseynzade, William I, Margrave of Meissen, Klara Zamenhof, and Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Wei Jingsheng ranks 169Before him are Jan Zajíc, Chung Sye-kyun, Amos Gitai, Luis Donaldo Colosio, Eddie Clarke, and Michel Lotito. After him are Otto Pérez Molina, Lindsay Duncan, Terry Gou, Anton Ondruš, Moshe Ya'alon, and Kozo Arai.

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In China

Among people born in China, Wei Jingsheng ranks 672 out of 1,392Before him are Shi Pei Pu (1938), Kenneth Tsang (1935), Nie Er (1912), Huang Gongwang (1269), Qu Qiubai (1899), and Michael Hui (1942). After him are Zeng Gong (1019), Lei Jun (1969), Zhao Wei (1976), Sam Hui (1948), Zhong Nanshan (1936), and Cai E (1882).

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In China

Among social activists born in China, Wei Jingsheng ranks 7Before him are Liu Xiaobo (1955), Zhang Jue (200), Meng Huo (101), Chen Sheng (-250), Li Hongzhi (1951), and Zhang Guotao (1897). After him are Harry Wu (1937), Chen Qimei (1878), Wang Dan (1969), Wu'erkaixi (1968), Hu Jia (1973), and Chen Guangcheng (1971).