Wu, Harry
WU, Harry
WU, Harry. American (born China), b. 1937. Genres: Area studies, Civil liberties/Human rights, Humanities, International relations/Current affairs. Career: Political prisoner in China, 1957-79; China Geoscience University, Wuhan, teacher, 1980-85; University of California, Berkeley, visiting scholar, 1985-87; Stanford University, Stanford, CA, research fellow at Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, 1987-. Laogai Research Foundation, founder and executive director, 1992-. Publications: Laogai: The Chinese Gulag, 1991; Bitter Winds, 1994; Troublemaker, 1996. Address: 1708 Broadfield Ln, Vienna, VA 22182-1800, U.S.A.
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