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'''Xu Jiatun''' ({{zh|s=许家屯}}; 10 March 1916 – 29 June 2016) was a Chinese politician and dissident. He was the [[Chinese Communist Party]] secretary of [[Jiangsu Province]] from 1977 to 1983 and the [[Governor of Jiangsu]] from 1977 to 1979. After sympathising with the 1989 [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|Tiananmen Square student protests]], he left the country and lived in self-exile in the United States.
'''Xu Jiatun''' ({{zh|s=许家屯}}; 10 March 1916 – 29 June 2016) was a Chinese politician and dissident. He was the [[Chinese Communist Party]] secretary of [[Jiangsu Province]] from 1977 to 1983 and the [[Governor of Jiangsu]] from 1977 to 1979. After sympathising with the 1989 [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|Tiananmen Square student protests]], he left the country and lived in self-exile in the United States.


==Career==
==Career==
Xu was the member of the 11th and 12th [[Central Committee of the Communist Party of China]] from 1977 to 1987.<ref>{{cite web|work=China Vitae|url=http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/Xu_Jiatun/full|title=Xu Jiatun 许家屯}}</ref> He was the [[Chinese Communist Party]] secretary of [[Jiangsu Province]] from 1977 to 1983 and the [[Governor of Jiangsu]] from 1977 to 1979. He became the director of the Hong Kong branch of the [[Xinhua News Agency]] from 1983 to 1989,<ref name="Zhao">{{cite book|title=Prisoner of the State: The Secret Journal of Premier Zhao Ziyang|url=https://archive.org/details/prisonerofstates00zhao|url-access=registration|last=Zhao|first=Ziyang|publisher=Simon and Schuster|year=2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|page=106|title=Chinese Foreign Policy: Pragmatism and Strategic Behavior|first=Suisheng|last=Zhao|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|year=2004}}</ref> then China's [[De facto embassy#China in Hong Kong and Macau|''de facto'' political presence]] in the territory.<ref name="Zhao"/> He participated in the preparatory works of the establishment of the Hong Kong SAR and was vice-chairman of the [[Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee]].
Xu was the member of the 11th and 12th [[Central Committee of the Communist Party of China]] from 1977 to 1987.<ref>{{cite web|work=China Vitae|url=http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/Xu_Jiatun/full|title=Xu Jiatun 许家屯}}</ref> He was the [[Chinese Communist Party]] secretary of [[Jiangsu Province]] from 1977 to 1983 and the [[Governor of Jiangsu]] from 1977 to 1979. He became the director of the Hong Kong branch of the [[Xinhua News Agency]] from 1983 to 1989,<ref name="Zhao">{{cite book|title=Prisoner of the State: The Secret Journal of Premier Zhao Ziyang|url=https://archive.org/details/prisonerofstates00zhao|url-access=registration|last=Zhao|first=Ziyang|publisher=Simon and Schuster|year=2009|isbn=9781439149386 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|page=106|title=Chinese Foreign Policy: Pragmatism and Strategic Behavior|first=Suisheng|last=Zhao|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|year=2004}}</ref> then China's [[De facto embassy#China in Hong Kong and Macau|''de facto'' political presence]] in the territory.<ref name="Zhao"/> He participated in the preparatory works of the establishment of the Hong Kong SAR and was vice-chairman of the [[Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee]].


Xu sympathised with the [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|Tiananmen Square student protests]] in 1989. After the military crackdown in June, he fled to the [[United States]] and lived there in exile.<ref name="Zhao"/> He was later expelled from the Communist Party. In 1994, he published memoirs.
Xu sympathised with the [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|Tiananmen Square student protests]] in 1989. After the military crackdown in June, he fled to the [[United States]] and lived there in exile.<ref name="Zhao"/> He was later expelled from the Communist Party. In 1994, he published memoirs.
Xu later lived in [[Orange County, California|Orange County]], [[California]], United States. In 1997, he joined an appeal to the Communist Party Congress meeting in Beijing to reverse the government report condemning the 1989 Tiananmen student protests.<ref>{{cite news|title=Exile in U.S. Joins Tiananmen Appeal|date=18 September 1997|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1997/sep/18/news/mn-33677}}</ref> In an interview with Initium Media in 2016, after a stay in hospital, Xu, in an interview with the Hong Kong journalist Simon Kei shek Ming, predicted that Xi Jinping would arrest "higher level" tigers in the Communist Party.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theinitium.com/article/20160526-mainland-xujiatun/|title=百歲生死許家屯|website=theinitium.com|access-date=2016-06-07}}</ref> He died in June 2016 at the age of 100.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1269521-20160629.htm | title=Xu Jiatun dies at the age of 100 |publisher=[[RTHK]] |date=29 June 2016}}</ref>
Xu later lived in [[Orange County, California|Orange County]], [[California]], United States. In 1997, he joined an appeal to the Communist Party Congress meeting in Beijing to reverse the government report condemning the 1989 Tiananmen student protests.<ref>{{cite news|title=Exile in U.S. Joins Tiananmen Appeal|date=18 September 1997|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1997/sep/18/news/mn-33677}}</ref> In a 2016 interview with the Hong Kong journalist Simon Kei Shek Ming, published in [[Initium Media]], Xu, who had been recently released from hospital, predicted that Xi Jinping would arrest "higher level" tigers in the Communist Party.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theinitium.com/article/20160526-mainland-xujiatun/|title=百歲生死許家屯|website=theinitium.com|access-date=2016-06-07}}</ref> He died in June 2016 at the age of 100.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1269521-20160629.htm | title=Xu Jiatun dies at the age of 100 |publisher=[[RTHK]] |date=29 June 2016}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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Revision as of 12:07, 7 July 2024

Xu Jiatun
许家屯
Communist Party Secretary of Jiangsu
In office
February 1977 – April 1983
Preceded byPeng Chong
Succeeded byHan Peixin
Governor of Jiangsu
In office
1977–1979
Preceded byPeng Chong
Succeeded byHui Yuyu
Director of the Hong Kong Branch of the New China News Agency
In office
1983–1990
Preceded byWang Kuang
Succeeded byZhou Nan
Personal details
Born(1916-03-10)10 March 1916
Rugao, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
Died29 June 2016(2016-06-29) (aged 100)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Political partyCommunist Party of China (until 1991)
OccupationPolitician
In this Chinese name, the family name is Xu.

Xu Jiatun (Chinese: 许家屯; 10 March 1916 – 29 June 2016) was a Chinese politician and dissident. He was the Chinese Communist Party secretary of Jiangsu Province from 1977 to 1983 and the Governor of Jiangsu from 1977 to 1979. After sympathising with the 1989 Tiananmen Square student protests, he left the country and lived in self-exile in the United States.

Career

Xu was the member of the 11th and 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China from 1977 to 1987.[1] He was the Chinese Communist Party secretary of Jiangsu Province from 1977 to 1983 and the Governor of Jiangsu from 1977 to 1979. He became the director of the Hong Kong branch of the Xinhua News Agency from 1983 to 1989,[2][3] then China's de facto political presence in the territory.[2] He participated in the preparatory works of the establishment of the Hong Kong SAR and was vice-chairman of the Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee.

Xu sympathised with the Tiananmen Square student protests in 1989. After the military crackdown in June, he fled to the United States and lived there in exile.[2] He was later expelled from the Communist Party. In 1994, he published memoirs.

Xu later lived in Orange County, California, United States. In 1997, he joined an appeal to the Communist Party Congress meeting in Beijing to reverse the government report condemning the 1989 Tiananmen student protests.[4] In a 2016 interview with the Hong Kong journalist Simon Kei Shek Ming, published in Initium Media, Xu, who had been recently released from hospital, predicted that Xi Jinping would arrest "higher level" tigers in the Communist Party.[5] He died in June 2016 at the age of 100.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Xu Jiatun 许家屯". China Vitae.
  2. ^ a b c Zhao, Ziyang (2009). Prisoner of the State: The Secret Journal of Premier Zhao Ziyang. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781439149386.
  3. ^ Zhao, Suisheng (2004). Chinese Foreign Policy: Pragmatism and Strategic Behavior. M.E. Sharpe. p. 106.
  4. ^ "Exile in U.S. Joins Tiananmen Appeal". Los Angeles Times. 18 September 1997.
  5. ^ "百歲生死許家屯". theinitium.com. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Xu Jiatun dies at the age of 100". RTHK. 29 June 2016.
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