Dai Qing

Dai Qing
傅小庆
A photograph of Dai Qing from the Voice of America archives.
Born (1941-08-24) August 24, 1941 (age 83)
NationalityChinese
Alma mater Harbin Institute of Military Engineering
Occupation(s)Author, Political Activist, Academic, Intelligence Officer, Engineer.
Political partyChinese Communist Party (until 1989)
Criminal charges"Advocating bourgeois liberalization and instigating civil unrest"
Criminal penalty10 Months Imprisonment. House arrest.
AwardsNieman Fellow
(Harvard University)
Fellowship - Columbia University School of Journalism
Fellowship - Woodrow Wilson Center
Fellowship - Australian National University
Golden Pen of Freedom Award
Goldman Environmental Prize
Dai Qing
Chinese戴晴
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDài Qíng
Fu Xiaoqing
Simplified Chinese傅小庆
Traditional Chinese傅小慶
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinFù Xiǎoqìng
Fu Ning
Chinese傅凝
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinFù Níng

Fu Xiaoqing (Chinese: 傅小庆, born 24 August 1941), better known by her pen name Dai Qing (Chinese: 戴晴), is a journalist and activist for China-related issues; most significantly against the Three Gorges Dam Project. She left the Chinese Communist Party after the bloodshed of 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre and was thereafter incarcerated for ten months at maximum security facility Qingcheng Prison. Dai is also an author who has published many influential books, articles, and journals.