Chai Ling

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chai.
Not to be confused with Chai Jing.
Chai Ling
柴玲
Chai Ling (2009)
Born (1966-04-15) April 15, 1966 (age 58)
Rizhao, Shandong, China
CitizenshipUnited States
People's Republic of China (former)
Alma materPeking University (BA)
Beijing Normal University
Princeton University (MLA)
Harvard University (MBA)
Occupation(s)President and chief operating officer of Jenzabar
Known forStudent leader during Tiananmen square protests
MovementJune 4th Movement
Spouses
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(m. 1987; div. 1990)​
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Children3 (with Maginn)

Chai Ling (Chinese: 柴玲; pinyin: Chái Líng; born April 15, 1966) is a Chinese psychologist who was one of the student leaders in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. According in the documentary Gate of Heavenly Peace, she had indicated that the strategy of the leadership group she dominated was to provoke the Government to use violence against the unarmed students. She had also claimed to have witnessed soldiers killing student protesters inside Tiananmen Square.[1]

She is the founder of All Girls Allowed, an organization dedicated to ending China's one-child policy,[2] and the founder and president of Jenzabar, an enterprise resource planning software firm for educational institutions.[3]

She has made a number of controversial remarks regarding her role in the 1989 protests that were recorded in an interview with Phillip Cunningham in the documentary The Gate of Heavenly Peace, which have since been the subject of various legal[4][5][6] and personal[7] disputes.

  1. ^ Chai, Ling (October 2012). A Heart for Freedom: The Remarkable Journey of a Young Dissident, Her Daring Escape, and Her Quest to Free China's Daughters. Tyndale House Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4143-6247-2.
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  7. ^ Schoppa, R. Kieth (2004). Twentieth Century China: A History In Documents (PDF). Oxford University Press. p. 182. ISBN 0-19-514745-6. Retrieved May 11, 2023.