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PICKET: CNN Producer - Chinese censors 'blacking out CNN signals' during network's coverage of blind activist

Steven Jiang, a Beijing based CNN producer tweeted on Tuesday at 8:35PM EST: "Chinese censors just began blacking out CNN signals during #ChenGuangcheng coverage- not a good sign."According to Jiang's reports at CNN online: The Chinese activist who walked out of the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Wednesday after what officials said was a decision he had made on his own said Thursday that he regrets the move and now wants U.
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US-China intrigue over escaped activist plays out on Twitter

News : Storyful (last year)

Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng was transferred to a hospital in Beijing on Wednesday, after a six-day stay at the US embassy. Reports that the activist left the embassy of his own volition were muddied by claims that he was ... Read Post

China Cracks Down After Chen Escape

News : The Coming Crisis (last year)

BEIJING—The Chinese government clamped down on activists and online media in the wake of the dramatic escape of a blind human-rights advocate from home imprisonment, an embarrassing development for Beijing that could complicate U.S.... Read Post

Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng left U.S. Embassy after threat

News : The Coming Crisis (last year)

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


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