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魏京生

Mandarin · pinyin Wèi Jīng shēng

Wei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and 1995-1997, released to the US in 1997

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魏: wèi · kingdom of Wei; surname
京: jīng · capital city
生: shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth

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4–1–1 · Wei4 Jing1 sheng1

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