# Cai Lujun

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Chinese dissident writer (born 1968)

Cai Lujun Cai Lujun in 2009 Born (1968-07-16) July 16, 1968 (age 57) Feixiang County, Hebei Province, China Occupation Dissident writer

**Cai Lujun** ([simplified Chinese](/source/Simplified_Chinese_characters): 蔡陆军; [traditional Chinese](/source/Traditional_Chinese_characters): 蔡陸軍; [pinyin](/source/Pinyin): *Cài Lùjūn*; born July 16, 1968) is a Chinese [dissident](/source/Dissident) writer.

## Biography

Cai Lujun was born in [Feixiang County](/source/Feixiang_County), [Hebei Province](/source/Hebei_Province). He was an owner of a foreign [trading company](/source/Trading_company) and a [freelance writer](/source/Freelance_writer). He graduated from secondary school.[1]

Cai was one of the first persons in China to be arrested for posting articles on the [internet](/source/Internet).

He was accused of posting a series of articles online under the pen name "盼民主 (Pan Minzhu)"("expecting for democracy") criticizing the Chinese government. Cai was put under house arrest on February 22, 2003. He was found guilty of “incitement to subversion” and sentenced to three years in prison by [Shijiazhuang](/source/Shijiazhuang) [Intermediate People's Court](/source/Intermediate_People's_Court) on 30 October 2003.[2]

In 2006 he was released from prison. He now lives in exile in [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan) since 2007.[3]

## See also

- [Cyber-dissident](/source/Cyber-dissident)

- [International Freedom of Expression Exchange](/source/International_Freedom_of_Expression_Exchange)

- [Internet](/source/Internet)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Independent Chinese pen writers, writers in prison"](https://web.archive.org/web/20081010220544/http://www.penchinese.net/en/wipc/cailijun.htm). penchinese.net. Archived from [the original](http://www.penchinese.net/en/wipc/cailijun.htm) on October 10, 2008. Retrieved November 17, 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["original court judgment"](http://www.chinagfw.org/2007/06/blog-post_8779.html). chinagfw.org. Retrieved November 17, 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Chinese Cyberdissident Cai Lujun on Freedom (CNNiReport)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110718072206/http://videos.wittysparks.com/id/3813713622). CNNiReport. Archived from [the original](http://videos.wittysparks.com/id/3813713622) on July 18, 2011. Retrieved November 17, 2009.

## Sources

- [\[1\]](https://web.archive.org/web/20081010220544/http://www.penchinese.net/en/wipc/cailijun.htm) Independent Chinese pen writers, writers in prison.

- [\[2\]](http://www.cecc.gov/pages/virtualAcad/index.phpd?showsingle=45625) Cai Lujun, Imprisoned for Posting Internet Articles, Released at End of Sentence

- [\[3\]](https://web.archive.org/web/20110718072206/http://videos.wittysparks.com/id/3813713622) Chinese Cyberdissident Cai Lujun on Freedom (CNNiReport)

- [\[4\]](http://www.chinagfw.org/2007/06/blog-post_8779.html) original court judgment

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