Wu Renhua (1956-) is a scholar of historical documents, a participant in the 1989 pro-democracy movement, which he has long studied.
Born in Pingyang County, Zhejiang Province, Wu was admitted to the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Peking University in 1977, majoring in Classical Chinese Literature, and received his bachelor's and master's degrees. In 1986, he was assigned to the Institute of Classical Legal Literature at the China University of Political Science and Law and worked as an assistant researcher and office director.
During the 1989 pro-democracy movement, Wu was present throughout, participating in the organization of a special picket to maintain order and protect students, and witnessing the scene of tanks running over people. In February 1990, Wu swam from Zhuhai to Macao, and then took a fishing boat to Hong Kong under the arrangement of “Operation Yellowbird" (a Hong Kong-based operation to help Chinese dissidents escape arrest by facilitating their departure overseas via Hong Kong); on July 5, Wu arrived in the U.S.
From May 1991 to July 2005, Wu was the editor-in-chief of the Chinese newspaper *Press Freedom Herald*, founded by Chinese media workers living abroad. He was also a member of the China Democratic Solidarity League, a board member of Federation for a Democratic China, a board member of the *China Spring* magazine, and the secretary-general of the China Constitutional Reform Association.
Over the years, Wu has been dedicated to collecting information on the 1989 pro-democracy movement, searching for and compiling names of those who were arrested, died and injured, participated in the rescue of the injured, and those who did the harm. He has written and published three books, *Tiananmen Massacre in 24 Hours*, 1*989 Martial Law Troops*, and *Major Events, Tiananmen 1989*, which provide a comprehensive record of the 1989 pro-democracy movement and the June 4 Tiananmen Square incident.
Since 2018, Wu has settled in Taiwan. He was a visiting scholar at Soochow University and Chung Cheng University, where he offered courses on the June 4 Incident.
Born in Pingyang County, Zhejiang Province, Wu was admitted to the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Peking University in 1977, majoring in Classical Chinese Literature, and received his bachelor's and master's degrees. In 1986, he was assigned to the Institute of Classical Legal Literature at the China University of Political Science and Law and worked as an assistant researcher and office director.
During the 1989 pro-democracy movement, Wu was present throughout, participating in the organization of a special picket to maintain order and protect students, and witnessing the scene of tanks running over people. In February 1990, Wu swam from Zhuhai to Macao, and then took a fishing boat to Hong Kong under the arrangement of “Operation Yellowbird" (a Hong Kong-based operation to help Chinese dissidents escape arrest by facilitating their departure overseas via Hong Kong); on July 5, Wu arrived in the U.S.
From May 1991 to July 2005, Wu was the editor-in-chief of the Chinese newspaper *Press Freedom Herald*, founded by Chinese media workers living abroad. He was also a member of the China Democratic Solidarity League, a board member of Federation for a Democratic China, a board member of the *China Spring* magazine, and the secretary-general of the China Constitutional Reform Association.
Over the years, Wu has been dedicated to collecting information on the 1989 pro-democracy movement, searching for and compiling names of those who were arrested, died and injured, participated in the rescue of the injured, and those who did the harm. He has written and published three books, *Tiananmen Massacre in 24 Hours*, 1*989 Martial Law Troops*, and *Major Events, Tiananmen 1989*, which provide a comprehensive record of the 1989 pro-democracy movement and the June 4 Tiananmen Square incident.
Since 2018, Wu has settled in Taiwan. He was a visiting scholar at Soochow University and Chung Cheng University, where he offered courses on the June 4 Incident.
