Profile
Zhang Hanjiang (张汉江) is documented as a Wuhan/Hubei China Democracy Party activist during the 1998–1999 organizing period. The available evidence supports describing him as a democracy activist and Hubei CDP organizer; claims beyond the source record are not inferred.
Organizations and roles
A reproduced 2001 Wuhan court judgment in the Lü Xinhua case identifies Zhang as first vice-chair of the former Hubei China Democracy Party branch. A reproduction of the China Democracy Party United Headquarters notice dated 6 February 1999 lists Zhang among both the headquarters committee and the executive committee. Because the original appointment notice has not yet been recovered, the United Headquarters role remains source-attributed rather than treated as independently verified primary-record fact.
Dated activity and pressure
Contemporaneous reporting identifies Zhang as a Wuhan China Democracy Party activist summoned by police on 24 February 1999 during suppression of a planned human-rights seminar. Reporting derived from AFP states that he was released after approximately one day. No later prison sentence is asserted on the evidence currently reviewed.
Documented significance
Zhang’s record helps document the organizational development of the Hubei China Democracy Party after the 1998 registration effort and the subsequent police pressure on local organizers. His Hubei leadership role is supported by later legal-text reproduction; the precise tenure boundaries remain a research gap.
Writings and viewpoints
No sufficiently verified first-person writing, interview, or quotation has yet been recovered for a responsible summary of Zhang’s individual political viewpoints. FreeChina therefore does not attribute views to him by inference from organizational affiliation.
Current status
The reviewed source package does not establish Zhang’s current 2026 residence, custody status, organizational role, or other present circumstances. The record is a historical one: a 1999 police summons with release after about one day; no later sentence established.
Sources and evidence
- Radio Free Asia reporting, 24 February 1999, on police action involving Wuhan democracy activists.
- Reproduced 2001 Wuhan court judgment in the Lü Xinhua case, used for the Hubei branch leadership description.
- Reproduced China Democracy Party United Headquarters notice (联总文1号), 6 February 1999, used with attribution for committee listings.
- Contemporaneous AFP-derived reporting concerning the February 1999 police summons and release.
Evidence note: The profile keeps independently reported activity, reproduced legal material, and reproduced organization records as separate evidence layers. Original Hubei branch appointment records, the original 6 February 1999 notice, police records, and reliable later-status evidence remain acquisition targets.
Identity note: This is the Hubei China Democracy Party organizer 张汉江. Same-name records from unrelated contexts are not merged without identity proof.
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