FILE - In this Nov, 4, 1988 file photo, Fang Lizhi, a Chinese astrophycisist who enjoys nothing more than pondering the mysteries of the universe, has emerged as China's leading dissident voice with his outspoken support of democracy and pointed questioning of Marxism. Fang, one of China's best-known dissidents whose speeches inspired student protesters throughout the 1980s, has died in the United States where he fled after China's 1989 military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement. He was 76. (AP Photo/Mark Avery, File)