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	Han Dongfang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Han Dongfang (韩东方) is the son of a peasant and, before the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, worked as an assistant librarian and a refrigeration engineer.
		Han Dongfang is known primarily for his activities during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 after which he became a human rights activist.
		In 1989 Han Dongfang was the convener of the Beijing Autonomous Workers Federation, the first independent labor organization in mainland China in 50 years.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Han_Dongfang (251 words)

	HAN DONGFANG - BRINGING CHINA'S LABOR MOVEMENT TO LIGHT
		Han Dongfang was trained as a railway electrician in his native China, and for a good part of his life, scraped out a living doing what he was trained for.
		Han Dongfang points to a time in decades to come, however, when these workers will age and require healthcare as a result of their lifetimes of hard labor and poor living conditions.
		Dongfang asserts that these laws have up until now only served as points of good publicity for China – to create a façade of modernity and reformation for all the world to see and use as confirmation that the Chinese government is set to join the ranks of first-world leaders.
	theworldly.org /ArticlesPages/Articles2005/MayJune05Articles/HanDongFang.html (2701 words)

	Growing resistance by Chinese workers
		HAN DONGFANG, 34, an organiser of the Beijing Workers Autonomous Federation, which was formed and crushed in May-June 1989 in Tiananmen Square, has been a vocal defender of Chinese workers' rights since he was released in 1991 after 22 months of imprisonment.
		Han is not aware of any moves yet to throw workers out of their quarters, but he is sure that such an offensive would invite strong social reaction.
		Han considered himself part of the democracy movement but, in practical terms, dissociated himself from the mainstream of the movement, which, in his opinion, is too dominated by students and intellectuals.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/55/300.html (1176 words)

	Han Dongfang - the man who beat Beijing
		Han lives with his wife Chen Jingyun and two U.S.-born sons, Jonathan, 3, and Nathan, 4, in a simple third-floor flat on Lamma Island, 40 minutes by ferry from central Hong Kong, but a world apart from the city's neon hyper grind.
		Han prefers not to talk about worst-case scenarios, not even with the wife he married nine years ago in Beijing, the woman who waited as he wilted in prison.
		Han Dongfang was born poor in Nanweiquan, a village of 2,000 people in Shanxi province, but was mostly raised in Beijing, where his mother fled following the Cultural Revolution.
	www.gluckman.com /HanDongFang.html (2637 words)

	AFT - AFT 2006 Convention - AFT Convention Highlights - July 22, 2006
		Han Dongfang, a Chinese labor activist who rose to prominence through the events of Tiananmen Square in 1989, spoke on Saturday of what motivated him to take the stand that ended with his imprisonment and which still motivates Chinese workers today.
		Han's program, "China Labor Bulletin," publicizes the plight of millions of Chinese migrant laborers who work in factories, make 5 cents an hour, are sometimes not paid until the end of the year and then may be paid at 70 percent of the rate promised.
		Han said that when he was in prison and conditions were desperate, he knew he was being supported by something powerful beyond his prison walls, and this gave him hope.
	www.aft.org /convention/072206.htm (1287 words)

	Events
		The 1993 Democracy Awards were presented to: Han Dongfang, leader of the Beijing Workers Autonomous Federation; Vesna Pesic, director of the Center for Anti-War Action in Belgrade; and Gitobu Imanyaram, human rights lawyer and editor of the Nairobi Weekly in Kenya.
		Han Dongfang, a 29-year old railway worker, is the leading dissident labor activist in China.
		In March 1990, Han was formally charged with "counterrevolutionary propaganda and incitement" and moved to the infamous Banbuqiao Prison K Block, which had earlier housed prominent political prisoners such as Wei Jingsheng.
	www.ned.org /events/demaward/demaward1993.html (1084 words)

	PM - Labour unrest in China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		HAN DONGFANG: We have never had that high level unemployment, we have never had that level of corruption, we have never had that level of peoples' anger, and we have never had these kind of, you know, strikes and demonstrations, five years ago, ten years ago, no.
		Han Dongfang says labour protests are likely to continue in China because under Communist rule, workers have no other option to voice their anger.
		HAN DONGFANG: Only thing you can do is go to the street to say what you want and block the road, and block the entrance of the Government building.
	www.abc.net.au /pm/stories/s800633.htm (614 words)

	Han Dongfang (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		He got off the bus, at the prompting of his wife, began to listen to some of the people talking there, and was surprised that all these students, with their high-minded aspirations to democracy, didn't have anything to say about the conditions of ordinary workers, much less peasants.
		Tiananmen Square happened, Han Dongfang was arrested just a few days afterwards, held in prison, thrown into a cell with 19 cell-mates, all of whom had either tuberculosis or hepatitis.
		Han, would you mind if you do some favors for us, because we have tons of schools in our county closed down because the schoolhouse is dangerous and is falling down; we can't really use that anymore; we don't have money.
	www.gegrapha.org /HanDongfang.asp (5261 words)

	Human Rights Watch - Yang Tao - Tiananmen Square, 15 Years On
		Han Dongfang, a twenty-six year-old railway worker, first became involved in the pro-democracy movement on April 15, 1989, the day Hu Yaobang died.
		After the massacre in Beijing on June 4, Han took off on his bicycle on what he expected to be a one- or two-year cross country trip designed to help him learn more about working conditions in China.
		Han was never tried or sentenced, but at the end of April 1991, after he contracted drug-resistant tuberculosis, he was permitted to return home.
	www.hrw.org /campaigns/china/scholars/t15/handongfang.htm (787 words)

	Mensenrechten: De onbreekbare wil van Han Dongfang (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Han stelde zich dan consequent voor met zijn naam en beroep, iets dat vrijwel niemand durfde.
		Han besloot dat hij liever zijn waardigheid dan zijn leven behield en poogde zelfmoord te plegen door met zijn hoofd tegen de rand van een muur aan te beuken.
		Han liep er tuberculose op en belandde uiteindelijk in een ziekenhuis, dat hem bijna fataal werd.
	dannyfriedmann.nl /articlesdutch/article_2 (714 words)

	Chinese workers find platform for complaints: 5/26/99
		Han Dongfang produces a Chinese-language radio show twice a week for Radio Free Asia, which is funded by the U.S. government.
		Han would like to return to China to foster independent trade unions, but he is banned from his homeland, leaving him to do his work over the airwaves.
		Han said it is important for his listeners to know they are not alone with their problems.
	www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/05-99/05-26-99/d07wn188.htm (888 words)

	Chinese Labor Activist Han Dongfang on Why China Needs Unions, UCLA International Institute
		Han Dongfang is best known for challenging China's government by organizing the nation's first autonomous labor union.
		Han continues to promote workers’ rights in China, and is in contact via phone and e-mail with workers throughout the mainland.
		Han's lecture was sponsored by the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies and the UCLA Asia Institute.
	www.isop.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=35613 (472 words)

	Han Press Release, Albert Shanker Institute
		Han Dongfang, a labor leader who was jailed for his participation in the Tiananmen Square demonstrations and now continues his dissident activities from Hong Kong, and Harry Wu, a dissident who spent 19 years in Chinese prisons and is now a U.S. citizen, called on Bush and Jiang to address these issues.
		Han Dongfang spent two years in a Chinese prison following his arrest after the Tiananmen Square massacre.
		Released for treatment in the U.S., Han was subsequently denied re-entry to the Mainland.
	www.shankerinstitute.org /Downloads/HanRelease.html (503 words)

	Listening to the voices inside China
		It was in April 1989 that Han and his wife first noticed a rally in Tiananmen Square.
		Han knows China's regional accents and he knows how to use telephone operators in remote areas to find the middle-management leaders and laborers who have stories to tell.
		Han assumes that his telephone is tapped, so he focuses on simple, yet revealing questions about daily life.
	tmatt.gospelcom.net /column/2001/07/11 (650 words)

	AFT: Publications: American Educator: Winter 2002: Creating Political Space To Defend Chinese Workers
		In 1989, Han Dongfang turned himself in to the Chinese government: He was wanted for "counter-revolutionary crimes." An electrician employed in a railway factory, Han attempted to organize China’s first independent union from a tent he set up in Tiananmen Square during the democracy movement.
		Han is now encouraging them to go one step further--to file lawsuits against their employers when those employers violate workers’ rights.
		In Han’s words, the Chinese government is "sitting on a fire." As he and other worker activists continue to inspire protests and lawsuits, they send Party officials a message that jailing protest organizers and ignoring the workers’ plight will only make the fire grow stronger.
	aft.org /pubs-reports/american_educator/winter2002/DefendWorkers.html (1965 words)

	NEWS - 01/6/01 Tiananmen Square activist to address unions Annual Conference.
		Dongfang is a Chinese workers activist, who was jailed by the Beijing government for his role as a key organiser in the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy uprising.
		Dongfang contracted Tuberculosis during his imprisonment and was released after 22 months.
		Dongfang presents a weekly radio show from Hong Kong on Radio Free Asia, giving disaffected Chinese workers the chance to air their grievances about state owned industry.
	www.bfawu.org /news-01062001b.htm (269 words)

	MM JUNE 1997
		Han Dongfang helped organize China's first independent trade union, and was a leader of the labor movement in China's 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations.
		Han Dongfang: After 3 years in the army, I went to the Beijing railway bureau and became a railway worker.
		Han: In some of the big joint venture car factories, including joint ventures with Audi and Volkswagen, the situation is quite good, and payments and housing are much better than state enterprises.
	multinationalmonitor.org /hyper/mm0697.08.html (2655 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Chinese labor activist runs radio protest
		HONG KONG –; Chinese labor activist Han Dongfang mounted a daring protest during the ill-fated Tiananmen Square democracy movement in 1989, helping form a short-lived free trades union.
		With his call-in radio shows that can be heard in many parts of the region, Han breaks news on the abuse of workers, farmers and others in China.
		A trained electrician, Han was one of the leaders of the first independent labor union in communist China, formed in the full glare of international media at the height of the Tiananmen Square movement in May 1989.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20041228-0500-china-dissident.html (782 words)

	Online NewsHour: Tianamen at 10 -- June 4, 1999
		Han Dongfang led workers into the square in 1989.
		HAN DONGFANG, Labor Rights Activist: This is a very dangerous country, very dangerous society.
		Kaixi hosts a lively chat and music program while Han Dongfang's is part of a more sober campaign for workers' rights in China.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/asia/jan-june99/tiananmen_6-4.html (522 words)

	RFA: Talk Show Host Han Dongfang Wins Gleitsman Prize
		Han received the prize May 5 at the Foreign Correspondents' Club in Central, Hong Kong.
		Han will donate his U.S. $50,000 share of the award to the China Labour Bulletin Legal Defense Fund, which supports the organization's workers' rights litigation program in China.
		Han began producing regular radio broadcasts for Radio Free Asia’s Mandarin service in 1997, focusing on workers' issues in China.
	www.rfa.org /english/about/awards/2005/05/05/china_han (292 words)

	Human Rights for Workers Bulletin
		In rebuttal, Han points out that China's repressive regime forbids the "right to speak out on government policies," and therefore there is no way to show that ordinary workers lend their support to the reforms.
		Han emphasizes that he is not charging either the World Bank or foreign investment with complicity in widespread corruption.
		Han notes that the World Bank report acknowledges the right of workers to form free trade unions and to bargain collectively.
	www.senser.com /eighteen.htm (1009 words)

	Vozes do Mundo/Voices of the World
		Han Dongfang, a quietly spoken man, was born in Beijing in 1963 and lived his early years in the poverty stricken town of Licen, in Shanxi province.
		Han emerged as one of the key leaders of the protesting workers.
		Han - In a way it was a coincidence.
	www.ces.fe.uc.pt /emancipa/voices/gen/handongfang.html (942 words)

	Interview with Cai Chongguo, speaking out against WTO
		China Labour Bulletin is published in Hong Kong by Chinese railworker Han Dongfang, who was the founder of the Autonomous Workers' Federation of Beijing.
		(Han was stripped of his Chinese citizenship and cannot leave the country, as he would not be allowed to re-enter.)
		He is editor of the French edition of China Labour Bulletin, the voice of the independent trade union movement in China published in Hong Kong by Chinese railworker Han Dongfang, who was the founder of the Autonomous Workers' Federation of Beijing.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/55/305.html (1368 words)

	Online NewsHour: Remembering Tiananmen -- June 4, 1997
		If they try to ban this sort of activity after July 7th, it will mean the direct confrontation for the people of Hong Kong, and also it will mean a losing of confidence in the future freedom that we enjoy and also I think it will erode confidence of the international community.
		Han Dongfang was jailed and then exiled from China.
		HAN DONGFANG, Labor Rights Activist: People like me--not only me--but like me--in Hong Kong are doing many things the Chinese government doesn't like.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/asia/june97/hongkong_6-4.html (654 words)

	Han Dongfang in Toronto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Han Dongfang, Chinese labour activist, to speak in Toronto, February 22
		China are pleased to sponsor a presentation by HAN DONGFANG, a founding
		Han was held without trial for 22 months.
	www.tibet.ca /en/wtnarchive/1996/2/16_2.html (135 words)

	Zhao Pinlu
		The difference is that, while Han was later arrested and left the country with a Chinese passport after his release from prison, Xiang and Zhao fled the country.
		The method for dealing with people in the second category is: In line with the relevant spirit of the central authorities, if such a person is found to enter the border, he or she should be prevented from entering the border and ordered to leave immediately.
		However, the fact that Han Dongfang, Lu Jinghua and Ni Yuxian were expelled when they returned to the mainland probably verifies the genuineness of the "fl list".
	www.freechina.net /2004/heroes/00047.htm (9041 words)

	Red Pepper \| The Struggle Continues, Han Dongfang (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sixteen years on from 4 June 1989, the social struggle that took such a bloody turn on that day has continued to deepen and intensify, in the face of all the efforts to suppress it.
		Han Dongfang was a founding member of the Beijing Workers’ Autonomous Federation, which was suppressed in Tiananmen Square.
		He wly, he has run the China Labour Bulletin from Hong Kong and broadcasts the problems of Chinese workers live on Radio Free Asia.
	www.redpepper.org.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /china/x-dec05-dongfang.htm (938 words)

	NewStandard: 6/4/99
		Han Dongfang: One of the few non-students with a major role at Tiananmen Square, Han, a young railway worker, set up an independent trade union from a large tent on the corner of the square.
		Today, Han, 36, is still fighting for workers' rights within China from a base in Hong Kong, where he publishes the China Labor Bulletin and does two broadcasts a week devoted to labor issues on Radio Free Asia.
		Wang Dan: Though he looked even younger than his 20 years, Wang was the main force behind the heady, early days of the Tiananmen Square movement, when exuberant students burst through police lines to bring their protests into the heart of Beijing.
	www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/06-99/06-04-99/d08wn379.htm (775 words)

	World Movement for Democracy - About Us
		Han Dongfang is the Director of China Labour Bulletin, a Hong Kong-based labor rights group.
		Dongfang is also a broadcaster for Radio Free Asia.
		Dongfang has also worked as a railway maintenance worker on long-distance cargo trains and has served in People's Liberation Army, rose to rank of squad leader.
	www.wmd.org /about/steering.html (4148 words)

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