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Ding Jiaxi
Ding Jiaxi ( zh, s=丁家喜; born 17 August 1967) is a Chinese civil rights activist known for co-organizing the New Citizens' Movement advocating for political change in China. Ding was detained, along with other human rights activists, in 2019 after having a dinner together in Xiamen with other human rights activists to discuss social issues. He was then sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2022 for subversion of state power. According to Ding's wife, evidence for charges against Ding and other detainees include "participating in a Telegram (software), Telegram group chat, articles and online posts, and organizing classes in non-violent resistance." Ding was the recipient of the U.S. Department of State's Global Human Rights Defender Award in 2023. In 2024, Ding was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize due to his "commitment to human rights and peace in China" by the chairs of Congressional-Executive Commission on China. Conviction In June 2022, Ding and Xu Zhiyong were given pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ding (surname)
Ding () is a Chinese family name. It consists of only 2 strokes. The only two characters that have fewer strokes are "一" and "乙". Distribution In 2019 it was the 48th most common surname in mainland China. Origins There are four main hypothesized sources of Ding: *The earliest record of this surname in history was the Duke of Ding during the Shang dynasty. *The name derived from the ancestral surname Jiang. Duke Ding of Qi was the second recorded ruler of the State of Qi. After his death, his descendants adopted his posthumous name Ding as their clan name in his honor. Most of the people surnamed Ding are his descendants. *During Spring and Autumn period, the descendants of Duke Ding of Song also used Ding as their last name. *During the Three Kingdoms period, a general, Sun Kuang of the Wu kingdom, accidentally burnt the food supply and as a punishment, the king Sun Quan ordered this general to change his last name to Ding; the king did not want to bear the same last name a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
