Wang Ruoshui

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Wang Ruoshui
王若水
Wang Ruoshui in 1998
Born	(1926-10-25)25 October 1926 Shanghai, Republic of China
Died	9 January 2002(2002-01-09) (aged 75) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality	Chinese
Occupation(s)	Journalist, philosopher
Political party	Chinese Communist Party

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.