Bei Ling

Bei Ling studied at Capital University of Economics and Business. The recorded working language is Chinese and English. The field of work recorded is literature, poetry and editing. Places of work recorded in the authority are New York City and Boston. Employment is recorded with Shenzhen University.

• Name — Bei Ling • Born — 28 December 1959 • Birthplace — Beijing • Education — Capital University of Economics and Business, Brown University • Genre — Poetry • Movement — Independent Chinese PEN Center

He came to the United States as an exchange student, he was a fellow at Brown University. After the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, in 1992, he founded the literary journal 傾向 (Tendency). In 2000, he opened an office in Beijing. He launched a literary magazine named Tendency in 1993 as a platform for young underground writers' talents. On August 13, 2000, he was detained for 14 days at the Qinghe Detention Center, and charged with "illegal publication." After an international protest, he was fined $24,000, and deported. He lives in Boston, and New York City. He founded the Independent Chinese PEN Center together with Liu Xiaobo and later became its president In 2009, he sought dialogue with Chinese officials at the Frankfurt Book Fair. In 2010, he wrote about Liu Xiaobo in The Wall Street Journal. In 2011, he organized a letter in support of Ai Weiwei. In 2016, he was prominent in the campaign to preserve freedom of expression in Hong Kong after the Causeway Bay Books disappearances, one of whom was Gui Minhai, his friend since the 1980s.

• 主題與變奏, 貝嶺, 黎明文化事業股份有限公司, 1994, • 政治, 再见, Havel, Vaclav 哈维尔, 貝嶺, 林宗憲, 左岸文化: 傾向出版社出版, 2003, • 半先知與賣文人: 哈維爾評論集, 貝嶺, 鄭純宜, 傾向出版社, 2004, • 在土星的光環下: 蘇珊·桑塔格紀念文選, 貝嶺, 傾向, 2007, • Wandering in March • The Deceived

• Bei Ling selected poems, 貝嶺, Willis Barnstone, Denis Mair, 傾向出版社, 2006,

Bei Ling worked in literature, poetry, editing and publishing house. He was employed by Shenzhen University. He worked at New York City and Boston.

Bei Ling is recorded as poet, writer, journalist, editing staff and publisher. Recorded at birth as 黄贝岭.