- This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chai.
Chai Ling (Chinese: 柴玲; Pinyin: Chái Líng) (born April 15th, 1966 in Rizhao, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China) was one of the student leaders in the Tian'anmen Square protests of 1989.
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Education
Chai Ling graduated from Beijing University in 1987 and then undertook graduate study in Beijing Normal University concentrating on child psychology. After going into exile in the USA, she started studying at the Harvard Business School in 1996.
Exile
Spent five years on the run from the Chinese government before escaping. Chai was nailed into a crate and shipped by boat to Hong Kong. She then flew to France before eventually migrating to the United States.
Career
In 1998, Chai founded a successful internet company called Jenzabar. Jenzabar provides internet services to universities across the United States of America[1]. She has been President since founding Jenzabar and Chief Operating Officer since 2001.[2]
Role in Tiananmen Square
On May 12, Chai Ling convinced several dozen students to join a hunger strike in order to maintain the pro-democracy movement. This proved to be a turning point in the protests. She also helped procure money and supplies from sympathetic sources in Hong Kong. For her leadership role, she was nominated twice for the Nobel Peace Prize.
References
- ^ Jenzabar.net:About Jenzabar. Retrieved on 2007-12-29.
- ^ Jenzabar.net:Management Bios. Retrieved on 2007-12-29.
External links
- Articles concerning Chai Ling on the website of the documentary "Gate of Heavenly Peace" by Carma Hinton and Richard Gordon:
- Ye Ren: The Democracy Movement in Exile is Trapped by Communist Mentality - The Way out for the Overseas Democracy Movement (translation of two articles originally published in Chinese in July and August 1995 in the Hong Kong Magazine The Nineties)
- Paul Judge: Chai Ling: From Tiananmen Leader to Entrepreneur (Business Week)
- Gary LaMoshi: Echoes of Tiananmen (Asia Times)
- Yvonne Abraham: Cashing in on Tiananmen (Boston Phoenix)
- Garry Emmons: Chai Ling - The meaning of freedom (Harvard Business School)
- Jenzabar - Chai Ling's company (official website)
- Chai Ling and James Lilley (the U.S. Ambassador to China during the protest) interviewed on Charlie Rose June 4, 1996
