Born in Shanghai, Zhu was shaped in his eventual outlook by China's
Cultural Revolution, when he was sent to rural
Lankao County,
Henan as a
sent-down youth in 1970. In 1972, he was transferred to
factory work. After earning an
MA in
history in 1985 from
Shaanxi Normal University, from 1985 to 1991 Zhu taught in the
Air Force Politics Institute. In 1992, he graduated from
Fudan University with a
doctorate in history. Since 1991, he has been a Professor in the Department of History, Academy of Letters,
Shanghai University. He wrote an article entitled "1998: The Discourse of Liberalism," which spoke of a "resurfacing" of liberal thought and was published in the widely circulated
Southern Weekly. He has participated in many public activities, such as
circular letter campaigns, in support of
human rights,
freedom of speech, and political reform. An interview with him entitled "For a Chinese Liberalism" is published in the book
One China, Many Paths. ==Bibliography==