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Wang Ruoshui | |
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| 王若水 | |
 Wang Ruoshui in 1998 | |
| Born | 25 October 1926 |
| Died | 9 January 2002 (aged 75) |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, philosopher |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
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Wang Ruoshui (Chinese: 王若水; pinyin: Wáng Ruòshuǐ; Wade–Giles: Wang Jo-shui, 1926–2002), was a Chinese journalist, political theorist, and philosopher. He was born in Shanghai, and graduated from Peking University with a degree in philosophy. After working at the People's Daily for over three decades, Wang was expelled from the party in 1987 during the Anti-Bourgeois Liberalization Campaign, largely due to his long-standing vocal advocacy of Marxist humanism that led to the Anti-Spiritual Pollution Campaign in 1983. After his exile from the party, he went to United States as a visiting scholar to continue his research. Wang was known as a major exponent of Marxist humanism and of Chinese liberalism in the second half on his life.