Bob Fu

Bob Fu
Fu Xiqiu
傅希秋
Fu in 2018
Born1968 (age 55–56)
Shandong, China
Nationality United States
EducationLiaocheng University
Westminster Theological Seminary
Occupation(s)Pastor, activist
SpouseHeidi Fu (Bochun Cai)
Children3
Bob Fu
Chinese傅希秋
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinFù Xīqiū
Wade–GilesFu4 Hsih1-ch'iu1
IPA[fû ɕítɕʰjóʊ]

Bob Fu (Chinese: 傅希秋; pinyin: Fù Xīqiū) is a Chinese-American pastor.[1] In 2002, he founded ChinaAid, which provides legal aid to Christians in China, and has been its president since then.[2] Bob Fu was born in Shandong in 1968 and studied English literature at Liaocheng University in the 1980s. He converted to Christianity after an American teacher gave him a biography of a Chinese Christian convert.[3] After his studies, Fu taught English at the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing while participating in the house church movement.[4] In 1996, Bob Fu and his family emigrated to Hong Kong and then the United States, after his wife became pregnant without government permission to have a child.[5][dead link‍][dubious – discuss] Fu founded the China Aid Association in Philadelphia in 2002, but moved its headquarters to Midland, Texas, in 2004.[2] Fu is also known for his role in helping negotiate barefoot lawyer Chen Guangcheng's immigration to the United States. In this sense, he has been described as a "liaison" between oppressed groups in China and foreign governments or media that can help them.[3]

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