Xiong Yan | |
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| Native name | 熊焱 |
| Born | 1 September 1964 Shuangfeng, China[1] |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Service |  United States Army |
| Years of service | 1994[2]–1996[3] 1996–2003 (Reserve) 2003[4]–present |
| Rank | &sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:US-O4_insignia.svg){kind=small} Major[5][6] |
| Unit | Fort Bliss Warrant Officer Career College, Fort Rucker 1st Cavalry Division |
| Battles / wars | Operation Iraqi Freedom |
| Alma mater | Peking University Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary University of North Carolina Covenant Theological Seminary Trinity Evangelical Divinity School |
| Other work | Student protest leader |
Xiong Yan (Chinese: 熊焱; born 1 September 1964) is a Chinese-American human rights activist, military officer, and Protestant chaplain. He was a dissident involved in 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.[7] Xiong Yan studied at Peking University Law School from 1986 to 1989. He came to the United States of America as a political refugee in 1992, and later became a chaplain in U.S. Army, serving in Iraq.[4][8] Xiong Yan is the author of three books, and has earned six degrees.[5] He ran for Congress in New York's 10th congressional district in 2022, and his campaign was reportedly attacked by agents of China's Ministry of State Security.[9]
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- ^ Beck, Simon (8 January 1995). "Concern grows over secret ban; Rights chief puts exiles on agenda". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
Xiong Yan, 31. Former student leader. Arrested in Beijing and served two years in jail before leaving China in 1992. Now in US Army. Chair of the Chinese Freedom and Democracy Party.
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He served two years, 1994–96, in the U.S. army before immersing himself in a divinity school doctoral program.
- ^ a b C. Todd Lopez (4 June 2010). "Chaplain remembers Tiananmen Square on anniversary". Army News Service. United States Army. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ a b "Chaplain (Major) Xiong Yan's Bio" (PDF). Committee Repository. United States House of Representatives. 30 May 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 November 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
- ^ "Chaplain promotion list for majors announced". Army Times. 3 March 2011. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- ^ "Report to Congress Concerning Extension of Waiver Authority for the People's Republic of China". The Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States. U.S. Government Publishing Office. 28 May 1993. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
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