Guizhou 1989 democracy movement leader, independent thinker and poet Ji Feng forcibly taken back to Guizhou by Zunyi political security authorities in Beijing; currently in a state of enforced disappearance

On August 25, 2026, this outlet learned that Ji Feng, a Guizhou 1989 democracy movement leader, independent thinker and poet living in Yanjiao, was forcibly taken back to Guizhou by political security authorities from Zunyi. At the same time, people in Hunan and other places were successively contacted by Zunyi political security authorities, who said that Ji Feng had been formally placed under investigation in March for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” Ji Feng is currently completely unreachable and in a state of enforced disappearance.

According to information from Ji Feng’s friends, Ji Feng was taken away on the morning of August 20, 2026. Many people arrived at the time; all his luggage was packed and taken away, and the landlord had emptied the apartment. Special police also arrived, causing quite a commotion, and many nearby neighbors witnessed it. The case-handling unit was led by the Beijing side, and the cause may be related to his online statements.

Ji Feng’s biography: Born in the 1960s. A native of Loushanguan Town, Tongzi County, Guizhou. Leader of the 1989 democracy movement, independent thinker, poet, senior planner and private corporate consultant. A student in the 1986 class of the Chinese Department at Guizhou University. During the 1989 democracy movement, he served as chairman of the Guizhou University branch of the “National Autonomous Federation of Students,” and was consequently imprisoned for more than two years. He was subsequently subjected to close monitoring and suppression by the Chinese Communist authorities. From 1992 to the present, he spent ten years in Shenzhen and more than twenty years in Beijing. During that time, he worked as a professional manager in foreign-funded, state-owned and private enterprises, holding almost every level of position, from salesperson to department manager and ultimately general manager. He started companies, operated projects, ran a cultural studio and worked as an independent planner, among other things, but all ultimately failed because of man-made disasters that followed him like a shadow. His professional experience has covered twenty or thirty industries.

Ji Feng describes himself on Twitter as: “A contemporary prisoner of the state, a leader of the 1989 June Fourth democracy movement, a thinker and a philosopher in the darkness, a poet, a solitary night wanderer stumbling along. I have lived elsewhere for more than thirty years—elsewhere in this country. I write copy with my left hand to make a living, and articles with my right hand to cultivate my spirit. I lived temporarily in Shenzhen for ten years but am not a Shenzhen native; I have lived temporarily in Beijing for more than twenty years but am still not a Beijinger. I have long been monitored and subject to border controls, unable to speak out or leave the country. I have been exiled across most of China, moved more than thirty times, and to this day still have no fixed place to eat or live.”

He has published the poetry collections: True Colors and Wherever I Am Is Where Home Is.