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Chen Guangcheng
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Chen Guangcheng is a male lawyer, activist, human rights defender, and dissident who is blind. He speaks Chinese and began his work in 2006. He is associated with the Weiquan movement. He holds citizenship in China and the United States.
He has received the Ramon Magsaysay Award and was recognized in the Time 100 collection. He is employed by New York University and resides in New York City. His name in his native language is 陈光诚.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Chen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Award
- Time 100
- Movement
- Weiquan movement
- Image
- Chen Guangcheng at US Embassy May 1, 2012.jpg
- Residence
- New York City
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- Commons category
- Chen Guangcheng
- date of birth
- 1971-11-12
- medical condition
- blindness
- name in native language
- 陈光诚
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Human rights
- start of work period
- 2006-00-00
- social media followers
- 168188
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