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Lin Zhao | |
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林昭 | |
Born | Peng Lingzhao 23 January 1932 |
Died | 29 April 1968 | (aged 36)
Cause of death | Execution by firing squad |
Alma mater | Peking University |
Parent(s) | Peng Guoxian (彭国彦) Xu Xianmin (许宪民) |
Lin Zhao (Chinese: 林昭; 23 January 1932 – 29 April 1968), born Peng Lingzhao (彭令昭), was a prominent Chinese dissident who was imprisoned and later executed by gunshot by the People's Republic of China during the Cultural Revolution for her criticism of Mao Zedong's policies. She is widely considered to be a martyr[1] and exemplar for Chinese and other Christians, like the Chinese church leader and teacher Watchman Nee.