Our Team

 

Jing Zhang

 Founder, Executive Director

Jing Zhang was a reporter. Advocate for democracy, freedom, and human rights. In 1986, She was sentenced to five years in prison by the CCP authorities for the Crime of counter-revolutionary propaganda and incitement. After leaving China, she worked as a newspaper editor in Hong Kong and the United States for more than 20 years. Jing is well aware of the hardships Chinese women endure double oppression under the patriarchal culture and dictatorship. She founded Women’s Rights in China in 2007, aiming to popularize the concept of feminism and speak out for China’s disadvantaged groups.

 

Ann Noonan

Ann is the executive director of the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting with a demonstrated history of working in the public relations and communications industry. She used to be New York Coordinator for the Laogai Research Foundation. She is skilled in Grassroots Organizing, Crisis Communications, Journalism, Coalitions, and International Relations.

 

Yao Cheng (Tan, Chunsheng)

Chief Project Officer in China

Cheng graduated from the China Naval Academy in 1980s. He was sentenced twice by the CCP authorities for changing his political ideas that were not aligned with the CCP and was in jail total of 9 years. After he was released from political prison, he was in charge of five projects of WRIC including helping victims’ families against the forced abortion policy of the CCP. He made remarkable achievements in anti-children trafficking. He was exiled to the United States in 2016.

 

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Cindy Lin

Public Communication Officer

Cindy graduated from Queens College with majors in Political Science and Psychology. She is also a graduate of the Women’s Campaign School at Yale. It is at WCS that inspired Cindy to join WRIC. She is the current website maintenance coordinator.

 

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Julie Kim

Public Information Officer

Julie is a recent graduate of Carnegie Mellon University with majors in International Relations & Politics and Chinese Studies. She has interned at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul and U.S. Department of Education. In addition, she has studied in Beijing and Shanghai where she became deeply interested in Chinese affairs.

 

Yan Xu

Office Manager

Yan graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Political Science. He is one of the senior principal members of WRIC. Yan is responsible for evaluating WRIC’s programs and financial operations.

 

Huang, Ziyin (Wuting)

Public Advocacy Officer

Ziyin completed her high school education in China. In the 1990s, she was educated in the United States and obtained a professional accountant license. Since 2015, Wuting has been active on social platforms such as WeChat, Twitter, YouTube, etc., promoting the universal values of freedom and democracy. She frequently accepts interviews with Chinese and English media and exposes the injustice of Chinese society and the darkness of the CCP’s regime. Currently, she is in charge of the official Twitter for the WRIC, and also assists in the promotion of other WRIC publicity material.