Dai Huang (February 1928 - February 19, 2016), a native of Funing, Jiangsu Province, was a writer and journalist. In 1944, Dai Huang joined the New Fourth Army, a unit of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China which was controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, and was assigned to the Xinhua News Agency as a reporter in 1947. In 1957, he was labeled a Rightist for opposing CCP’s privileges, and was exiled to northeastern China for re-education through labor. He was rehabilitated and returned to Xinhua News Agency in 1978 and passed away in 2006 due to illness. Dai Huang wrote several books including *Hu Yaobang and the Vindication of Wrongful Convictions* (held by the CUA), and *Narrow Escape: My Journey as a Rightist*.
