Chen Guangcheng made world headlines in 2012 when he escaped house arrest and took refuge in the U.S. embassy in Beijing, …
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Exiled Activist to China’s New President: ‘The Whole Nation Is Watching You’
Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng on Monday posted a video urging incoming President Xi Jinping to uphold human rights and follow Burma on the path to democratic reform.
Three-Year Prison Term for Nephew of Chinese Dissident Chen Guangcheng
The nephew of exiled Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng was tried on Friday and sentenced to three years and three months in prison on charges related to a clash with local officials
China: Forced-Abortion Victim Promised $11,200, but Family Fears for Life
In June, Feng Jianmei was bundled into a van with a pillowcase over her head, then driven to a hospital by family-planning officials and held down while medical staff injected poison into her pregnant belly
Must-Reads from Around the World, June 19, 2012
In today’s scan of stories: signs of tension at the G20 in Mexico, semi-exiled activist Chen Guangcheng talks to the U.S. media and a new Greek government looks likely.
Insight from the Blind: A Chinese Activist Speaks His Mind from New York City Exile
A long, sustained applause greeted blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng when he approached the dais at the tony New York City headquarters of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Assembled before him, awaiting his …
Must-Reads From Around the World, May 31, 2012
A Dissident Speaks – In an op-ed in The New York Times, Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who is in New York after escaping house imprisonment in China’s eastern Shandong province and fleeing to the U.S. embassy in Beijing, …
From New York City, Chen Guangcheng Calls Attention to Rights Abuses in China
When blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng flew from Beijing to the U.S. earlier this month, some analysts in the Western and Chinese press predicted that his influence would wane once he left China. It’s difficult to …
Brother of Chen Guangcheng Escapes Village Ringed by Security
The brother of blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng has escaped strict security in their home village and traveled to Beijing to meet with a lawyer on Thursday. Chen Guangfu follows in the footsteps of his youngest …
Missing in Action: On the Trail of Confiscated Copies of TIME in China
The note arrived in a nearly empty box sent to TIME’s Beijing Bureau. All copies of TIME Magazine’s May 14, 2012 issue with a cover entitled The People’s Republic of Scandal had been “safeguarded by customs.” …
From China’s State Press, a Not-So-Fond Farewell to Activist Chen Guangcheng
For a month now the case of the blind legal activist who sought protection in the U.S. embassy in Beijing has roiled Sino-U.S. relations, and official newspapers have denounced him as a tool of American interests. After Chen …
Bound For America: After Seven Years of Abuse in China, Chen Guangcheng Arrives in the U.S.
UPDATE: Chen Guangcheng landed at Newark airport Saturday and was taken to New York University’s campus in Greenwich Village, where he held a brief press conference.
Throughout his 17 days of government-imposed isolation at a …
Can Chen Guangcheng Find Justice in China?
For months he was simply known as “army coat.” The burly man clad in a green surplus military jacket was just another of the dozens of men who kept Chen Guangcheng under house arrest until a CNN crew accompanied actor …