Xiong Yan (dissident)

For other people named Xiong Yan, see Xiong Yan (disambiguation).

Xiong Yan
Xiong image taken by Voice of America
Xiong in Army Service Uniform
Native name
熊焱
Born (1964-09-01) 1 September 1964 (age 60)
Shuangfeng, China[1]
Allegiance United States
Service / branch United States Army
Years of service1994[2]–1996[3]
1996–2003 (Reserve)
2003[4]–present
Rank Major[5][6]
UnitFort Bliss
Warrant Officer Career College, Fort Rucker
1st Cavalry Division
Battles / warsOperation Iraqi Freedom
Alma materPeking University
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
University of North Carolina
Covenant Theological Seminary
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Other workStudent protest leader

Xiong Yan (Chinese: 熊焱; born 1 September 1964) is a Chinese-American human rights activist, military officer, and Protestant chaplain. He was a dissident involved in 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.[7] Xiong Yan studied at Peking University Law School from 1986 to 1989. He came to the United States of America as a political refugee in 1992, and later became a chaplain in U.S. Army, serving in Iraq.[4][8] Xiong Yan is the author of three books, and has earned six degrees.[5] He ran for Congress in New York's 10th congressional district in 2022, and his campaign was reportedly attacked by agents of China's Ministry of State Security.[9]

Dissident

Growing up in Hunan, he moved to Beijing to pursue graduate level studies in law at Peking University.[10] He was a probationary member of the Chinese Communist Party.[11] While at Peking University, he was a member of Caodi Salon, which Liu Gang had organized.[12]

Yan was a student leader during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.[10] At one point, he called himself "general commander".[13] After the military crackdown and massacre at Tiananmen Square, he was placed on China's most wanted list.[14][15] Captured in late June 1989 at Datong,[14] he was returned to Beijing under armed guard of hundreds of soldiers.[16] Afterwards, he was detained for 19 months at maximum security Qincheng Prison without being charged with a crime.[5][8]

After his release, Yan's academic credentials were stripped from him, and he was unable to obtain identification.[2][10] During this period he converted to Christianity.[citation needed] He fled mainland China in May 1992.[10] After being granted political asylum he moved to the United States in June 1992, initially moving to the Los Angeles area.[17] He remains a fugitive of the People's Republic of China.[18]

After leaving China

Moving to Boston, he studied English at Harvard University and was accepted into its divinity school but declined its admission.[19] He later attended Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary;[11] eventually he earned a D.Min. degree from the same seminary in 2009.[19][20] He is active in the overseas China democracy movement.[21] In 2009, he made a trip to Hong Kong to attend a candlelight vigil on the June 4 anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown.[22] It was estimated that 150,000 people attended the vigil.[23] This was the first time, within a 17-year time span, for Yan to return to China since 1992.[18]

In 2010, Chai Ling and he were panel members at a discussion on China's One-child policy held at Rayburn House Office Building.[24]

In 2015, after receiving word that his mother's health was failing, Yan appealed to mainland China to be allowed to return to see her before she dies;[25] he was detained when trying to cross into China from Hong Kong, and was unable to see her before she died.[26] In 2017, when a United Kingdom diplomatic cable was declassified, which estimated that about 10,000 civilians were killed, Xiong agreed with the account.[27]

Xiong Yan was listed as a member of the preparatory committee of the Wang Dan's June 4 Memorial Museum. On 4 February, he published a statement protesting against the inclusion of his name in the committee.[28] On 16 February, Xiong Yan participated in an event organized by an overseas Chinese group against the June 4th Memorial Museum.[29]

Military service

Yan went on to join the United States Army[2] while working on a second bachelor's degree, studying at the University of North Carolina.[30] He graduated with a B.A. in English Literature in 1998.[20] By 1999, he was a sergeant in the Army Reserve.[30] He went on to earn an M.A. degree from the Covenant Theological Seminary in 2001 and a Master of Arts in Religion (M.A.R.) degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in 2002.[20] Serving eight years in the Army Reserve, he was commissioned as an officer in 2003.[4] He serves as a Protestant chaplain of the Evangelical Church Alliance denomination.[19] In 2010, he was a chaplain at the Warrant Officer Career College on Fort Rucker.[4] In 2014, Yan was stationed at Fort Bliss.[19]

Yan served two tours in Iraq.[31] Xiong has considered running for Congress in the future, after he retires from the Army.[25] In 2017, Xiong was stationed in Hawaii.[32]

Congressional campaign

In 2022, Yan ran for Congress in New York's 10th congressional district[33] as a Democrat.[34] The United States Department of Justice has reported that his campaign was attacked by agents of China's Ministry of State Security,[35] including surveillance, and discussion of possible smear campaigns, honey trapping and physical attacks.[36][37]

Personal life

Xiong is married to Qian Liyun.[1] She was arrested along with Shen Tong due to activity relating to the Democracy for China Fund in 1992;[38] they were released and sent to the United States.[39] In the United States, Liyun also joined the Army.[40]

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b c Beck, Simon (8 January 1995). "Concern grows over secret ban; Rights chief puts exiles on agenda". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015. Xiong Yan, 31. Former student leader. Arrested in Beijing and served two years in jail before leaving China in 1992. Now in US Army. Chair of the Chinese Freedom and Democracy Party.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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