# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/guo-feixiong
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:26:41.610Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/guo-feixiong"
name: "Guo Feixiong"
slug: "guo-feixiong"
description: "Guo Feixiong born 2 August 1966) is the pen name of Yang Maodong (杨茂东/楊茂東), a Chinese human rights legal activist from Guangdong province who is often identified with the Weiquan movement. Guo is known as a dissident writer and \"barefoot lawyer\", who has worked on several controversial issues to defend the rights of marginalized groups. Prior to his 2006 imprisonment, Guo worked as a legal advisor to the Shanghai Shengzhi Law Firm."
tagline: "Chinese human rights lawyer and dissident"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Guo_Feixiong.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1966-08-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.78
  momentum:             1.548974943052392
  historical:           6.151585333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/guofeixiong"
    handle:    "guofeixiong"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%83%AD%E9%A3%9E%E9%9B%84"
    title: "郭飞雄"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "جو فيكسيونج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuo_Fej-siung"
    title: "Kuo Fej-siung"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guo_Feixiong"
    title: "Guo Feixiong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guo_Feixiong"
    title: "Guo Feixiong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guo_Feixiong"
    title: "Guo Feixiong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guo_Feixiong"
    title: "Guo Feixiong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5619579"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump