Xie Wanjun

Xie Wanjun (simplified Chinese: 谢万军; traditional Chinese: 謝萬軍; pinyin: Xiè Wànjūn; Wade–Giles: Hsieh Wan-chün) (born 10 July 1967) is a Chinese political activist who has fled to the United States. The chairman of China Democracy Party, he was an active student during the Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989. On 17 October 1996, he led an anti-Japan protest and was imprisoned for a month. In August 1997, he tried to apply a trade union in Shanghai but he was expelled from Shanghai. He was one of the founding members of China Democracy Party in 1998, and was elected to the central committee in February 1999, he escaped from China in April 1999, he then fled to Russia then the United States.

In 2022, he falsely claimed that corrupt officials in Henan had begun armed resistance against the central government of China. On 19 October 2026, he falsely claimed that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had died and that China had sent 9,000 troops to occupy Pyongyang amid fears of a succession crisis. The false claim was reported as true by international outlets such as The Sun and the New York Post.

References

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  2. ↑ "Hunger Strikers, Heart of China Protest". The New York Times. 19 May 1989. Archived from the original on 20 December 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Chinese Dissident Leaves Vladivostok for New York". The Moscow Times. 3 August 1999. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Old TV screenshot doctored to show 'military clash' in China's Henan province in 2022". 11 January 2022. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Kim Jong-un death rumours intensify, claims emerge sister Kim Yo-jong has taken power, 9,000 Chinese troops sent to North Korea". The Economic Times. 20 October 2026. ISSN 0013-0389. Archived from the original on 19 October 2026. Retrieved 19 October 2026.
  6. ↑ "Kim Jong-un is 'dead' again: Why rumours about North Korean leaders never die". The Korea Herald. 22 October 2026. Retrieved 24 October 2026.