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Zhang Shang () (born October 1993), also known as Tony and Shujen Chang (), is a Chinese political dissident and human rights activist from Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China. He was arrested and persecuted by Chinese government at the age of 14 for inciting subversion of state power.〔 After that, he studied abroad in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Currently he is in a Bachelor's degree at Queensland University of Technology. He is well known for getting involved in organising supportive activities for Hong Kong Umbrella Movement and meeting the 14th Dalai Lama in Brisbane in spite of pressure from the Communist Party of China. ==Early life in China== Zhang was born in Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China in 1993. Like many Chinese in pre-modern China, Zhang had many names. His birth name was Zhang Shang, and his English name was Tony. His courtesy name was Shuren or Shu-jen (Wade-Giles). He used Shujen Chang as his alias according to his courtesy name in Wade-Giles. Zhang was diagnosed with dyslexia and autism soon after his birth. Under enormous reading and writing practice by his father, his corresponding ability to read and write had gradually caught up with others by junior middle school.〔 His academic records was even at the top of the class, obtaining the first place of math in Grade 7. Late in 2007, Zhang was selected as an exchange student by his junior middle school, to attend an student exchange program in in South Korea.〔 Early in 2008, after back to China, Zhang started to strive for democracy and spread democratic values to classmates.〔 Later, he was arrested and persecuted by Chinese government for inciting subversion of state power due to his support of Taiwan independence movement. At the time of being arrested, he was just 14 years old. After being released, he continued to be monitored and harassed by the police, even rebuked and beaten by his teachers, and bullied by fellow students in his school. However, he accordingly decided to endeavour to change the political system in China.〔 On 18 September 2012, as a citizen journalist, Zhang participated in China anti-Japanese demonstrations, and wrote a report using his pseudonym Shujen Chang in Wikinews to uncover the manipulation of the demonstrations by Chinese government and protesters attacking the Japanese Consulate-General with the connivance of Chinese government. The article was later translated and republished by , a Japanese writer, attracting numerous views from Japan. He was consequently interrogated and questioned by the police again, but owing to the lack of evidence, he was released after writing a guarantee. This interrogation, nevertheless, terrified him deeply so that he began to prepare overseas studies to get rid of further persecution by Chinese government.〔 After finishing the IELTS test in 2013, Zhang was admitted to Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane. In May 2014, he left China for Australia to study and continued his fight for Chinese democracy movement.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zhang Shang」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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