Bao Zunxin

Bao Zunxin was a Chinese historian and political dissident who was arrested and jailed for his role in the 1989 .

Biography

Bao graduated from Beijing University in 1964. He was a scholar at the History Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Bao also taught as a professor at Beijing Normal University. He was released in 1992. He was sentenced to 5 years in prison for his participation in the pro-democracy movement. He served 3 and a half years of his sentence before being released.

Death

Bao died in Beijing on October 28, 2007 of a brain hemorrhage. He was 70 years old.