Han Dongfang is the son of a peasant and, before the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, worked as a railroad electrician. Han Dongfang is known primarily for his activities during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 after which he became a human rights activist. In 1989 Han Dongfang was the convener of the Beijing Autonomous Workers Federation, the first independent labor organization in mainland China in 50 years. Wikipedia
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Han Dongfang. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Dongfang
Han talked to us in New York, where he was one of three advocates honored at our annual Human Rights Award Dinner in 2000. www.humanrightsfirst.org/workers_rights/wr_china/wr_china...
Chinese activist Han Dongfang paints a bleak picture of working conditions in China, and spreads a message of hope and reform www.theworldly.org/ArticlesPages/Articles2005/MayJune05Ar...
