--- title: "3 Xu Zhiyong Quotes - Famous Lecturer (To Build a Free China)" description: "Xu Zhiyong is a Chinese civil rights activist and formerly a lecturer at the Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications. Browse 3 Xu Zhiyong quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-xu-zhiyong-96506.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Xu Zhiyong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-xu-zhiyong-96506.jpg) # Xu Zhiyong (1973) Lecturer People's Republic of China **3** quotes in **42** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Xu Zhiyong is a lecturer from People's Republic of China, best known for *To Build a Free China*. ## Quick Facts About Xu Zhiyong Born March 2, 1973 Nationality People's Republic of China Profession Lecturer Notable works To Build a Free China ## About Xu Zhiyong Xu Zhiyong is a Chinese civil rights activist and formerly a lecturer at the Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications. He was one of the founders of the NGO Open Constitution Initiative and an active rights lawyer in China who campaigned against corruption and helped those underprivileged. He is the main founder and icon of the New Citizens' Movement in China. In January 2014 he was sentenced to four years in prison for "gathering crowds to disrupt public order". He was detained again on February 15, 2020, in the southern city of Guangzhou after two months in hiding, for his participation in a meeting of rights activists and lawyers in Xiamen in December 2019 in which "democratic transition in China" was discussed. He was sentenced for subversion to 14 years in jail on April 10, 2023. ## Quotes by Xu Zhiyong > [I wish our country could be a free and happy one. Every citizen need not go against their conscience and can find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xu-zhiyong/i-wish-our-country-could-be-a-free-and-happy-one-every-citizen-need/) Xu Zhiyong [Anxiety](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anxiety/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1dd/xu-zhiyong-77980_anxiety_i-wish-our-country-could-be-a-free-and-h_336445.jpg) > [When hopes of reform are dashed, people will rise up and seek revolution,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xu-zhiyong/when-hopes-of-reform-are-dashed-people-will-rise-up-and-seek/) Xu Zhiyong [Hope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d4/xu-zhiyong-77980_hope_when-hopes-of-reform-are-dashed-people-w_922980.jpg) > [For the world to become a better place, someone has to pay a price, I think it's glorious to sacrifice for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xu-zhiyong/for-the-world-to-become-a-better-place-someone-has-to-pay-a-price-i/) Xu Zhiyong [Better place](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/better-place/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7f/xu-zhiyong-77980_better-place_for-the-world-to-become-a-better-place-s_3131832.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xu-zhiyong/#itemlist", "name": "Xu Zhiyong Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I wish our country could be a free and happy one. 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