15 Facts About Yu Jie

Yu Jie, is a Chinese-American writer and Calvinist democracy activist.

Yu Jie is active in the Chinese dissident movement, and was arrested and allegedly tortured in 2010 for his friendship with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo and a critical biography of Prime Minister Wen Jiabao titled China's Best Actor.

Yu Jie promotes reconciliation with Japan, the US invasion of Iraq, and religious freedom in China for Christians, after converting to Christianity himself.

Yu Jie later wrote that during this period, "I was tortured by the country's secret police and nearly lost my life".

Yu Jie stated that he was continuing to write Liu's biography, and was at work on a new biography of Chinese president Hu Jintao titled "Hu Jintao: Cold-Blooded Tyrant".

Yu Jie converted to Christianity in 2003, and in China was a member of a house church.

Yu Jie was the first Chinese person to win the award, and he stated that he hoped the prize would encourage China's dissidents.

However, Yu Jie said that he "can't help laughing up to the sky", and called her "the worst enemy of the United States".

Yu Jie defined them as "abusing the Japanese" and claimed that they would be blocked and dealt with.

Yu Jie once wrote a long article called "Why I'm Not Optimistic about Ai Weiwei" criticizing Ai Weiwei, and Ai Weiwei personally attacked Yu Jie on Twitter, claiming Yu to be an "idiot".

When talking about you, Yu Jie said that he did not want to mention your name, and I don't even want to talk about your problem.

Yu Jie's views are simple but incisive, and he is worthy of being a cultural person.

Yu Jie said that Gao is not only a person who has no political sense at all, but a person who has no brains.

In 2008, Yu Jie wrote a long article criticizing Yang Jia.

Yu Jie wrote an article called "Don't Treat Criminals as Heroes", describing Yang Jia as Hitler.