Marie Holzman

Marie Holzman (born 4 January 1952) is a French sinologist,[1][2] university professor of Chinese, writer, journalist and translator.

"[5] Holzman published documented works about prominent figures of the Chinese democracy movement, including Wei Jingsheng, Lin Xiling, Ding Zilin, Hu Ping and Liu Qing.

[7] She gave lectures about contemporary China at the Bank of France, the National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO) and the Paris Foreign Missions Society.

[9] She was awarded the decoration by Pierre Bergé (who, at the time, was in a conflict with Beijing about the selling of two bronze pieces of the Old Summer Palace) on 2 June 2009, the day before the 20th anniversary of the Tian'anmen massacre, on behalf of President Nicolas Sarkozy.

She called for sportspeople and foreign officials to boycott the 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony as long as the Chinese leaders do not change their mind on the repression and the imprisonment of Tibetan opponents.