Guo Yushan

Guo Yushan (simplified Chinese: 郭玉闪; traditional Chinese: 郭玉閃; pinyin: Guō Yùshǎn; born 1977) is a Chinese scholar and human rights activist. He is a co-founder of a non-governmental organization Transition Institute.[1] He was detained on October 12, 2014, on the criminal charge of provoking troubles.[2]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Guo.

In 2012, Guo was instrumental in helping the blind activist Chen Guangcheng travel to Beijing after Chen escaped from house arrest in an eastern Chinese village. Chen then sought shelter in the U.S. Embassy and subsequently went to the United States to study law after negotiations on his behalf by the U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.[2]

References
  1. Wee, Sui-Lee; Rajagopalan, Megha (13 October 2014). "China detains scholar, bans books in crackdown on moderate voices". Reuters. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  2. "Beijing detains prominent scholar on troublemaking charge". The Globe and Mail. October 12, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2018.


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