Liu Gang

For the boxer, see Liu Gang (boxer). For the Chinese sport shooter, see Liu Gang (sport shooter).
In this Chinese name, the family name is Liu (刘).
Liu Gang
刘刚
Born (1961-01-30) 30 January 1961 (age 63)
Liaoyuan, Jilin, China
Alma materUniversity of Science and Technology of China (BS)
Peking University (MA)
Columbia University (MA)
New York University
Known forParticipation in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests
TitleFounder of Beijing Students' Autonomous Federation
Liu Gang
Traditional Chinese劉剛
Simplified Chinese刘刚
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLiú Gāng

Liu Gang (Chinese: 刘刚; born 30 January 1961) is a Chinese-born American aerospace engineer, computer scientist, optical physicist, political activist, and writer. He founded the Beijing Students' Autonomous Federation. He was a prominent student leader at the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.[1] Liu holds an M.A. in physics from Peking University and an M.A. in computer science from Columbia University. After his exile to the United States in 1996, Liu studied technology and physics at Bell Labs in New Jersey. Liu was employed at Morgan Stanley as a Wall Street IT analyst.[2]

  1. ^ Andrew Jacobs (June 3, 2014). "Tiananmen's Most Wanted". The New York Times. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  2. ^ "From China's Prisons To Columbia's Computers". Columbia University. Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2016.