Wu’er Kaixi (吾尔开希) is a Uyghur former student organizer from the 1989 Tiananmen Square movement who later became a commentator and democracy advocate in Taiwan. This archive collects verified interviews, congressional testimony, memoir material, documentaries, and public statements spanning his exile and later political activity.
Interviews and testimony
- 2012 — AFP report on his attempt to turn himself in at the Chinese embassy in Washington, D.C.: AFP reprint.
- 2013 — Global Voices report on his attempt to surrender at Hong Kong airport: Global Voices.
- January 2015 — BBC HARDtalk interview with Stephen Sackur; a third-party transcript is preserved here: transcript mirror.
- September 2015 — Long-form interview with New Bloom Magazine on Taiwan politics, exile, and identity: New Bloom.
- June 2019 — Written answers for the Congressional-Executive Commission on China hearing marking the 30th anniversary of Tiananmen: CECC written answers.
- June 2019 — NPR interview reflecting on Tiananmen and U.S.-China policy: NPR.
- August 2024 — AFP retrospective quoting him on the political legacy of 1989: AFP reprint.
Books and film
- 2013 — Memoir 《為自由而自首：吾爾開希的流亡筆記》, covering 1989, exile, repeated efforts to return to China, and later political views.
- 1995 — Appears in archival material associated with The Gate of Heavenly Peace: film transcript.
- 2022 — Featured in the documentary The Exiles; see a contemporary review at Modern Times Review.
Archival notes
Some details of Wu’er Kaixi’s escape route and the exact date of his 2010 attempt to enter the Chinese embassy in Tokyo are reported differently by sources. This archive preserves the broader documented chronology without asserting disputed day-level details.
Selected sources
- CECC hearing record, 2019
- Campaign for Uyghurs biography
- Oslo Freedom Forum biography
- New Bloom interview, 2015
Companion profile: Wu’er Kaixi (吾尔开希).