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  2. Xiong Yan (dissident) - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. List of Chinese dissidents - Wikipedia

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    political cartoonist 2015 incitement to subversion Escaped from China to Thailand in 2004, he was granted political asylum by the Canadian Government, but was arrested by Thailand Immigration authorities on illegal entry. In November 2015 he was deported from Thailand at the request of the Chinese authorities and now awaiting trial in custody.

  4. List of people who took refuge in a diplomatic mission

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    China: Beijing United States: April 26, 2012 () [citation needed] May 2, 2012 () 6 days Left to go to hospital under unclear circumstances. Was later able to go to the U.S with his family. Roger Pinto: Bolivian Senator; leader of the opposition Political persecution by Government of President Evo Morales Bolivia: La Paz Brazil

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  6. List of people granted asylum - Wikipedia

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    China ( Hong Kong resident) United Kingdom: Hong Kong resident, politician and activist Self Exiled in United Kingdom after China's increasing control over Hong Kong. [54] 2021 Tuhin Das Bangladesh United States: Bengali Writer, Activist Exiled in 2016 for speaking out against Islamic fundamentalism. Granted Asylum in the United States. [55 ...

  7. Right of asylum - Wikipedia

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    In 1979, Hoàng Văn Hoan, the Vice Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam, was the last foreigner to be granted political asylum by China. From 1980 to the present, no foreigner has been granted political asylum by China. All foreigners who have been granted political asylum in China are foreign pro-communist political leaders.

  8. The 10 best political TV shows, definitively ranked, just in ...

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    So as Election Day gets ever closer, we rank the 10 best political TV shows ever, from comedies to dramas to even science fiction. Robin Wright as Claire Underwood in Season 6 of "House of Cards." 10.

  9. Wang Lijun incident - Wikipedia

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    In the aftermath of the event, political commentators speculated Wang's actions might imperil Bo Xilai's further political advancement. China analyst Willy Wo-Lap Lam suggested that the Wang Lijun incident would doom Bo's chances of further advancement to the Politburo Standing Committee: "When they do the horse-trading in Beijing, his enemies ...