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Xu Zhangrun | |
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| 许章润 | |
| Born | October 1962 (age 61) Hefei, Anhui, China |
| Alma mater | Southwest University of Political Science and Law China University of Political Science and Law University of Melbourne |
| Occupation(s) | Law professor, jurist |
| Known for | Criticism of Xi Jinping |
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Xu Zhangrun (Chinese: 许章润; pinyin: Xǔ Zhāngrùn; born October 1962) is a Chinese jurist. He was a professor of Jurisprudence and Constitutional Law at Tsinghua University in Beijing, and a research fellow with the Unirule Institute of Economics. His dissident writing having previously caused retributions by the authorities, in July 2020 he was detained for a week and subsequently barred from leaving Beijing. Observers believed this to be the result of an essay in which Xu sharply criticized the management of the COVID-19 pandemic in China under Paramount leader Xi Jinping.