The tale of Chinese dissident and legal activist Chen Guangcheng’s stay at the U.S. embassy in Beijing seemed to be moving toward a tentative close just this morning. The blind activist left for medical care at a hospital with what the State Department said were U.S.-brokered guarantees for his safety in a deal that honored [...]
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng said on Saturday he has left a hospital in Beijing, where he has been for the past three weeks since he sought refuge in the U.S. embassy, and was waiting at the airpo... Read Post
Beijing (CNN) -- Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng left the U.S. Embassy in Beijing under duress Wednesday, a friend of the activist's told CNN, contradicting reports that he departed of his own volition. Zeng Jinyan, a close friend ... Read Post
Chinese activist Cheng Guangcheng has left the US Embassy and is headed to a hospital in Beijing where he is to be reunited with his family, according to Sky sources. His stay at the embassy in Beijing had threatened to overshadow H... Read Post