Xu Zhangrun, a former professor at Tsinghua University School of Law, has been under close surveillance by the authorities since he was dismissed from his teaching position. According to Xu’s friends, the Chinese Communist authorities have installed at least nine cameras at Xu’s residence, and those who deal with him have been threatened and made difficult by the Chinese authorities.
Professor Xu Zhangrun recently wrote an article, “My home is full of cameras,” saying that dozens of new cameras have been installed in his Beijing neighborhood, and nine new cameras have been installed within a 50-meter radius of his home.
He described the probes as “jagged and staggered, pointing east to hit the west, all focused on the door, dense surrounding the cold house. Two of them, with their own light source underneath the lens, are lit up every evening, shining brightly all night long and shining directly at visitors.”
He went on to criticize the “peace projects” that spy on the Chinese people as having huge collusion of interests. The companies and individuals involved in the project “are making a lot of money”, including the technology companies that design the probes, the upstream and downstream manufacturers that produce the equipment, and the contractors that install the system, a dragon, a food chain.
Xu Zhang Run said that the land of God, all over the cities and villages, there are hundreds of millions of probes, is a big deal. It is said that the government procurement, engineering subcontracting, package and re-package, layers and layers, brother-in-law and uncle, the oil is also quite large, I do not know if it is true.
Xu Zhangrun’s close friend, Chinese democracy activist Jifeng, recently visited him and confirmed Xu’s story.
Radio Free Asia quoted Ji Feng as saying that in the past, there was someone standing guard near Xu Zhangrun’s home, but recently it has been replaced with surveillance cameras, which not only can turn with the movement of people, but also can not only record video but also listen to it.
Ji Feng said he could see the monitor has nine, if Xu Zhangrun has any action, the relevant units can immediately arrive.
Ji Feng said that the Chinese authorities not only do not allow Xu Zhangrun to leave the country, and even Beijing does not allow him to leave. He believes that the Chinese authorities also want to cut off all friends and relatives who have contact with Xu Zhongrun.
He has a friend, a professor at Shou Shi University (Capital Normal University), because I took him to see Xu Zhangrun and then returned to the school, and the school’s leaders talked to him,” Ji Feng said. Based on the pressure of his former colleagues at Tsinghua University, are now reluctant or afraid to meet with him. People who were closer to him in the past are now afraid or unwilling to be threatened, and dare not communicate with him. Not long ago Songzhuang artist Ai Song had dinner with him and now he has been expelled from Songzhuang and is not allowed to live there.”
The Chinese Communist authorities are also attempting to cut off all avenues of trying to help Professor Xu Zhangrun.
Ji Feng said that a professor at Renmin University gave Xu Zhangrun 10,000 yuan (RMB) and was returned, and the professor was actively approached by the leadership, “saying why he gave Xu Zhangrun money. They raised 100,000 and 800 yuan, that is, a group of people from Tsinghua University, right, the authorities are not allowed to give.”
After the meeting, Ji Feng on December 14 also left a group photo on his Twitter and wrote: “Last night and Zhang Run (Xu) brother once again a rare meeting, the last meeting was a week after his release from prison, Geng Xiaonan was also present, and now things are different, there is a bit of pathos.”
Professor Xu Zhangrun has been repeatedly suppressed by the Chinese Communist authorities because of his long-standing criticism of the CCP’s wrongdoings and Xi Jinping himself.
On July 6, Xu was arrested for “prostitution” and released from prison on July 12, and was expelled from Tsinghua University on July 15.
On August 13, the Fei Zhengqing Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University sent Xu a letter of appointment, inviting him to be a research scholar at the center from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021. The letter also said that Professor Xu’s appointment could be extended, meaning he could serve from July 1, 2021, if the process was delayed due to problems with the New Coronavirus (Neoconiosis, New Coronavirus Pneumonia) outbreak.
However, Xu Zhangrun’s friend Lu Nan told Voice of America that Xu Zhangrun himself is clear that he cannot travel to Harvard University and that his personal safety is still guaranteed for now, but it can be 100% concluded that he is being borderline controlled.
On August 19, Professor Xu wrote back to Harvard University, expressing his sincere joy at receiving the letter of appointment and praising the Fei Zhengqing Center as a world center for sinology, which he was “honored to be a part of.
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