Chen Ziming

Chen Ziming (; January 8, 1952 – October 21, 2014), pen name Wang Sirui (), was a Chinese dissident and columnist for ''Deutsche Welle''. He was born in Shanghai and grew up in Beijing. He actively participated in Chinese democratic movements in the 1970s and 1980s. He was arrested and imprisoned. After his release, he was placed under residential surveillance in Beijing. He died of pancreatic cancer in Beijing in 2014. Provided by Wikipedia