A Brief Introduction of Mr. Lizhi Fang(方励之), a World-Renowned Pro-Democracy Forerunner
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Date: 4/12/2012 2:08:34 PM
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A Brief Introduction of Mr. Lizhi Fang(方励之), a World-Renowned Pro-Democracy Forerunner
Mr. Lizhi Fang, a world-renowned pro-democracy forerunner, and an astrophysicist, passed away in Arizona State of America in the morning of April 6, 2012, at the age of 76.
Mr. Lizhi Fang’s ancestral home is Hangzhou, Zhejiang, and he grew up in Beijing. He entered primary school at the age of four, and was a smart and studious boy, he entered Beijing University when he was sixteen. Afterwards he became a nationally known astrophysicist, and was selected as a commissioner of the department of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the vice-president of China Science and Technology University, and the director of the Center for Astrophysics of China Science and Technology University.
In 1980s, Mr. Lizhi Fang disseminated the idea of democracy and freedom in China, and openly challenged China Communist Party’s dictatorial system. His speech and political views were favored by countless Chinese people, and were widely spread among the young students and the intelligentsia. After the “Student Movement” took place in 1986, Mr. Lizhi Fang set a good example with his own conduct, and took the lead in supporting democratic appeals from the young students. It was Lizhi Fang, Binyan Liu, and Ruowang Wang that became the three leaders to support the students’ democratic movements. Xiaoping Deng, the potentate of the China communist government, could not tolerate Mr. Lizhi Fang’s speech and political views. Therefore, in 1987, during the movement of “oppose to bourgeois liberalization” held by the China communist government, Mr. Lizhi Fang was named by Xiaoping Deng, and was expelled from China Communist Party.
In 1989 when the Tiananmen Square Movement occurred, Mr. Lizhi Fang wrote an open letter to Xiaoping Deng, the chairman of the Central Military Commission of China Communist Party, to demand the release of democratic activists. Also, he criticized the political system of the China communist government, and publicly supported the student movements. After the June Forth Massacre, both Mr. Lizhi Fang and his wife named Ms. Shuxian Li, a pro-democracy activist, were wanted by the China communist government. Mr. Lizhi Fang and his wife were compelled to come to the United States Consulate in China for seeking refuge. After the senior officials of the American government stepped in and interfered, Mr. Lizhi Fang and his wife flied to England by an American military aircraft, and after half a year they arrived America, and then he taught in University of Arizona.
著名民运先驱方励之先生简介
著名民运先驱、天体物理学家方励之先生于2012年4月6日早晨在美国阿利桑拿州去世，享年76岁。
方励之先生祖籍浙江杭州，在北京长大，四岁上小学，自幼聪明好学，16岁进北京大学读书。后来成为了中国著名的天体物理学家，曾任中国科学院学部委员，中国科学技术大学副校长，中国科学技术大学天体物理中心主任。
二十世纪的八十年代，方励之先生在中国传播民主自由思想，公开挑战中共专制制度，他的言论和政治主张得到了无数中国民众的认同，特别在青年学生和知识界得到了广泛的传播。在1986年“学生运动”中，方励之先生以身作则、义无反顾，率先支持青年学生的民主诉求。他与刘宾雁、王若望成为支持学生的民主活动的三大领军人物。中共当权者的代表人物邓小平不能容忍方励之先生的言论和主张，1987年在中共的“反对资产阶级自由化”运动中，被邓小平点名，开除了中共党籍。
在1989年天安门民主运动中，方励之先生向时任中共军委主席的邓小平致公开信，要求释放民运人士，批评中共的政治体制，公开支持学生运动。六四屠杀事件后，方励之先生与同样支持学生民主运动的妻子李淑娴女士一道遭到中共政府的通缉。方励之夫妇被迫前往美国驻华使馆寻求避难。在美国政府高层出面斡旋之后，方励之夫妇于1990年6月搭乘美国军机取道英国，半年后抵达美国，在亚利桑那大学任教。
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